i thought i told ya, i'm a star.
oh the last few days. my week of “training” has been a mixture of insane/fun/awful. i was supposed to work 5 days, each 7-8 hours, but i am quickly realizing that when you work at a photo studio that closes at 6pm, you don’t actually close then. if a customer walks in a 6:01, you must take them. in fact, if a customer walks in at 7 while you’re still around filling out paperwork and making sure everything is in order? you must take them. welcome to me leaving the studio around 8 or 9 every night.
i’m exhausted. 9 to 9 is not ideal, but i do like my job. there are things that annoy me (people wanting comic sans on there photos, the use of vinettes, the fact that no one knows what an f-stop is) every little thing matters in the photo. their fist is curled, they’re looking slightly to the left, they moved at the last second. most of my customers are kids and wow, getting a kid to smile for a stranger with a camera? hard work! you HAVE to be on top of your game
at the same time, i am getting great experience. i am learning to pose strangers, people who aren’t my college friends. i am learning to be more comfortable selling products, taking photos, interactive.
there is SO much to remember that i am actually dreaming about package prices. it’s kind of hilarious.
so this is my life right now. a hectic job and a slow crawl back to the city.
HQ. Not that….you’d actually want to see this mess up close.
can i cut those two out and just stare at askars in that adorable outfit all day?!
11/04/2009: “Make me my heart beat double time.” -The Kills.
michael and i started fortheexposure roughly 13 days ago. sometimes we hate the shots we are forced to post (see above! not enough time in the day between class and work, we try to post a new shot taken on the post date) but other times we get way too much enjoyment out of finding lyrics/quotes that fit our photos and fall in love with the shot and what it means to us. i love hearing about a photo michael took and why he choose the quote he did. not to mention we find time to chat every day. it’s something small we’re doing. a blog with a few handfuls of followers, but it feels like something bigger is happening. as photographers, we’re falling in love with our field again. each photo may not get better, but it means something to us.
fuckyeahlgbt:transpride:fuckyeahftms:ihaskidgloves:
“the loss in Maine today was a big let down for LGBT rights, especially since so many activists thought it would pass. As a transman who cannot currently legally marry (to marry you need a copy of your birth certificate, in my state of birth the only way to change the legal sex on your birth certificate is after you’ve had a hysterectomy and bottom surgery, which I cannot currently receive due to financial constraints) I know firsthand that it is not only lesbians and gays who are impacted by marriage inequality, transpeople are too. Marriage inequality impacts ALL queer people. Despite this set back we need to keep working as a community towards achieving the rights we deserve.”
i love this picture. adore/love/adore.
11/3/09: “Children wake up. Hold your mistake up before they turn the summer into dust.” -Arcade Fire.
ugh michael, i adore this.
travelhighlights:Fira at NightSantorini, GreeceVia herfeffannie
definitely need to live here some day.
(267): After you pregamed and were plastered you saw the cop was parked illegally so you gave him a citizens arrest
— texts from last night (via xx2)
11/02/09: “Would you please forgive me if I found my way back home?” -The Get Up Kids.
xx2:
Victoria Beckham at a Los Angeles Lakers game, October 2009
fierce
what the hell is more fierce than this woman?
WHAT.
WHAT IS?That’s a Fierce Bitch!
I love her. I love that she wears five inch heels to a basketball game. I love her handbag and her distressed jeans. I love her smile/smirk. She’s flawless.
leaves actually fall from the trees here in spokane. funny, that.
