Thursday, March 5, 2009

Royksopp: Happy Up Here


Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

I'm usually not one for electronica style music, but combined with this music video it is mesmerizing.  I love the quick smooth motion of it all combined with bright lights.  And while I usually think of electronica as very stiff and jolting, this song seems to pull off a somewhat light hearted feel.

Stranger Candids: Part 2

Part Two of my Stranger Candids, where I tied a disposable camera to a park bench and asked strangers to take pictures.








More to come tomorrow!

Good Morning: Some coffee and a Good Book



Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Blank Walls

Four months after moving into my new apartment, I still have several blank walls.  I just can't decide what to put up.  I love the ideas below of doing framed art collages.  It makes narrowing down a little easier.

Photographer: Jim McHugh Designer: Kevin Corn
This one would be a great use of old vintage photographs from my grandparents.  Or if I wanted to start taking panoramic shots and displaying them. 
 
Photographer: Jim McHugh Designer: Kevin Corn
I've always wanted to do the picture ledges I see in the catalogs of Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel.  I love that there are so many pictures on these ledges of all shapes and sizes.  You could easily refresh the look too by moving everything around every month.

Sometimes it is difficult to know what to do with all the photographs I take.  This is a perfect way display them.  Especially if I wanted to eventually do something with the best of my 365 project.  And the glass clip frames are pretty economical.  You could also create different series and switch out the photographs every couple month.


Usually door frames always pose a problem for me with hanging artwork.  It can be very difficult to find the perfect size pictures that fit in between the door frame and the wall.  And even if you do, sometimes it just looks awkward hanging there by itself.  I love this idea of hugging a bunch of pictures up around the border of the door.  Especially since the blacks offset each other.


There is a vendor at Eastern Market that sells boxes and boxes of vintage maps.  They are so beautiful and I always want to buy one, but never was sure what I would do with one lone map.  I love this look of using several old maps to create a series and am very tempted to make another visit down to the market.


This is another example of framed photographs hugged up between the wall and door frame.  I am a fan of the pattern behind, which gives the photographs a little more power and punch.

Stranger Candids: Part 1



This past weekend I was inspired by an Atlanta camera project and decided to try it for myself. I tied a disposable camera on a bench in Eastern Market with a note telling people to take pictures.  It was an extremely fun project as I've been looking for more creative side projects that also inspire others to be creative.  

When I came back that afternoon for the camera almost the entire roll was shot.  It was great to see the kinds of pictures people took and I am definitely going to have to try this project again in another location of DC.  Over the next week I'll share a few pictures from this project every day.  I'll also upload them to my flickr account at the end of the week.    


This is the only familiar face on the roll.  I had told my friend Lauren about this project the night before, so when she went running the next morning she must have seen the camera.






More to come tomorrow!

Good Morning: The Old Lady and the Birds



Tuesday, March 3, 2009

My Weekend in Pictures

So I admit it, I completely dropped the ball yesterday with my annual photographs of my weekend post.  I blame it on the fact that I worked a 6 day week and had an insane Monday.  Because I had a very short weekend, I'm doing just glimpses of little things.  Besides, I honestly didn't do much more than relax and try to keep warm from the cold.

Molly wanting in from the cold.

Leftover wine after I watched Bottle Shock with Turner.  Which on a side note was a really great movie.

I went to a craft show in Baltimore with Turner on Sunday.  While I didn't get any pictures at the show, I took a few shots on the drive there.

My converses after trudging through the snow to get Sticky Rice.  Eating Sticky Rice every weekend is starting to become a trend.  I tell you it really is that good!

Max and Molly loved playing together in the snow.  They took a break here to eat it.  Then again Max eats everything.  And I mean everything.

Right when the snow started on Sunday night.


A perfect winter scene of wet boots at the door while the dogs play outside.


I love waking up to snow!

Good Morning: Through the Morning Shadows



Monday, March 2, 2009

Monday Morning Metro Thoughts


One of my favorite games on the Metro is to try to figure out how people traveling together are related.  Sometimes it is pretty obvious they are family or a couple but sometimes it takes a little more observation and analyzing before you can make a speculation.  It is interesting though how quickly we can process information about people just by looking at them, hearing a few snippets of conversation and observing their body language.  

You can speculate whether the two people are good work friends or just engaging in the awkward coworker conversation of danget we were walking to the metro at the same time and its strange not to talk.  Whether it is an old friend visiting from out of town or a new friendship still developing.  If it is the weird first or second date or the comfort of a long term relationship.  And sometimes I just don't have enough time or clues to really make any sort of good observation at all.  But I enjoy catching glimpses of people's lives and how they relate to each other.

Good Morning: Memories by the Sea



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