What I've been doing and pictures!

Goodness, I didn't realize it had been so long since I'd posted anything. But anyways, here I am, still breathing, so that's good.

I'm happy to say that I have several reasons for my absence.
 Naturally school is the first,

then probably drawing,

writing useless bits of fan fiction and photography.

Speaking of photography, I've been using my DSLR pretty regularly.

I took these today. (Since I don't have photoshop elements I've had to find another program to edit pictures. Fotor.com is fabulous if you want to change the colours/add filters/change the curve of the photo. But that's basically all the side does. I'm still looking for a program that will let me add Brad Pitt to the photo. There was talk about adding him to a certain group picture in front of a certain Trojan Horse, but I digress.

These next ones are older, the first one is from last night.

 

I saw this once and it makes me laugh everytime I see it

 

“What are you doing in the tree?”
“Listening to the birds, feeling the breeze in my hair, becoming one with nature.”
“You can’t get down can you.”

September 29, 2014 vlog

I don't know why I bother to do these videos. They're not that good, but it's fun and hopefully they're entertaining.

Anyways if you want to see a day in my life condensed to just three and a half minutes, here you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzzt85MbfcQ

Cosplay: Elsa (More pictures)

The weather is pretending that it's winter already. That means cold, and very very windy. I mean, make you fall over windy.

So naturally, I saw a photographic opportunity. And it went really well. Except for that terrifying moment when my tripod fell over and my camera, my precious three month old camera landed on a rock. Let me tell you, that was really, really scary. However my camera sustained minimal damage. Only three dents and dings. Phew it could have been a LOT worse....


What is this post about? Elsa, OH RIGHT. Okay, pictures. Here they are (oh yeah, and I decided to forego the wig, 'cause let's face it;I was just not meant to be white blond):

Let's here it for random websites that allow you to add snow!

 

 I don't know which I like better, the origonal (this one)

 

Or this one.

 

 From the back

 

 

 I really like this one. :)

 

 

Night time photography

 

I love love love this picture, it took us several tries to get the wings the same shape.
-minor colour editing with Fotor.com-

 

I've experimented with painting with light before. It's an easy and entertaining technique. Just find a dark place, a slow shutter speed and something that emits light.

Now that I have a camera that has a limit of 30 seconds for a shutter speed instead of 8 I decided that I should give this trick another go. It was great fun! And I got some pretty interesting pictures. I decided that spamming my Flickr with pictures of the dark was not a good idea so I'm posting them here ;)

 This was not meant to be anything, just swirly and cool.

 A poor attempt at giving myself wings.

Structured designs are easier with two people. One person posing, the other person running the flashlight.

I really like this next one, I did everything myself. I posed, I ran the flashlight and I pressed the shutter. Also, I don't have photoshop, so all I did was adjust the the hue of the light a little bit.

 This picture is kinda creepy, but I'm really proud of it. :D

Easy DIY Hidden Phone Pocket- Tutorial!

I like wearing skirts.
I like everything about them, except that they NEVER have pockets. And if they do have pockets, they're ugly.
 Here is a simple little sewing project that will help you avoid those awkward looks when you hike up your skirt to get at the phone that's in the pocket of your shorts.

What you'll need:
-A pair of leggings that you hate (or some stretchy fabric)
-Scissors
- Fabric chalk (or just eyeball it like I did)
-A way to sew it together


Start by putting on the leggings, make sure they fit snugly around the thighs. Decide where you want the phone pocket to be. Depending on the length of the skirt, I'd suggest a few inches above the knee. Then take your phone and put it on your leg to see how long the band needs to be. I'm recommending making the band about an inch longer than your phone, mark the beginning and end of the band with chalk (or with a little snip of the scissors).
Take off the leggings and cut the bottom (the side closest to the knee) straight. Cut out the top so that is has a tag at that's two or three inches in length. If you cut the band so that it has two tabs, cut one off. You only need one.

 The next step is cutting out the pocket for the phone. Put your phone on the fabric and trace around it. If you want your phone to have extra protection, cut more than one of this shape. Don't forget to add a tab at the top. Like so:

Next step is to pin the the pocket onto the band. To do this, I put the band on my leg and held the pocket in place. Pin the pocket to the band so that the tabs match up. Then take it to the sewing machine and sew three sides (Do not sew the side with the tabs!!).

Put the band on your leg and put your phone in the pocket and tie the tabs together. And bazinga! You are ready to go!

(Sorry if these instructions make no sense, I've never written a tutorial before.)

Elsa Cosplay: COMPLETE!

Thought I'd share a few photos from the first photo shoot.