Anndi Photography

So I only have one class this semester, French. I go to school at 1:00 and come home at 2:30. I have Media Arts, too, but it's on my own time now. I'm getting an SLR soon, like in two weeks. It's a toss-up between a Canon Rebel, XT or XTi, dunno yet, or the Nikon D60, or the Olympus E-510 or E-410. I know the Nikon is the best out of the lot but it's also the most expensive. I might settle for one of the Olympus' because I can get a really good deal on it with two lenses so I have more options. I am also photographing a wedding in June. I've been making lots of money, so work's good. Gonna get a bunch of accessories for my new camera, too. Maybe a new external flash, a softscreen or softbox, and if I get the Olympus I can get a cable release, too. Lots of stuff to make the wedding photos better. In July I might be going home to England, probably just for a month or two. I might be going with my best friend, or we might just meet up there coz she might end up going earlier or later than me. It should be fun. My grad is soon, as well. I have my dress, it's red, and my shoes and my bag, which are black, and my mum is probably doing my hair, I'll probably get it braided. I completely cheaped out on grad to save for my SLR instead. That makes me a true photographer. Anyway I'll be going now... for another several months knowing me, lol.

Well I gots me the Olympus SP-510UZ on the 6th and it's pretty damn sweet. It boasts 7.1MP and a 10x optical zoom. But then they decided to bring out a new one a couple days after I bought mine, the SP550, with 18x wide angle optical zoom plus optical (hardware) image stabilisation. So since my mum works at Future Shop I'll probably upgrade to that one at no cost. Also got a Soligor M8100 tripod. I used it to take some sweet macro photos of a tulip and some other type of flower. You see the flower to the left there. These were my birthday presents, my 17th birthday was on 27 February. Now I'm looking for some more photography work.

So my mates and I went to Science World. It's definitely better when you're little, but it wasn't bad. I haven't really had any photography work lately. I'm getting my new Olympus Stylus 720 for Christmas. But in exactly one week, at 3pm on Saturday 16 December I have an interview at Science World for a 9-5 job through the whole Christmas break. I'll start on 23 December, get a few days off for Christmas, and work until around 8 January. It should be fun. If that goes well, I might also work there for Spring break and Summer break in 2007. My report card came and I had straight A's, but my Social Studies mark was close. 86%, which is the lowest percentage for an A. I've always done much better in Social Studies. Although in Spanish I have 100%. No joke. And I still have 100% for the next report card. Who cares if I speak Spanish at home? So does this other boy, who is getting 76%. My straight A's prevail. Anywho, I'm painting wooden picture frames that I made for a few mates for Christmas. I'm putting their favourite photo of mine in it and painting it their favourite colour and writing their name on it. I also made each of them a styrofoam/pom-pom/toothpick snowman. They're so cute. I made the snowmen look like them. Other than that, life's been pretty shitty. See the guy in the photo? I have a crush on him. But I'm dead pissed with him at the moment. That's all for now, folks.

Been getting a bit more work lately. It's fun. And I'm hanging with mates on Friday at... SCIENCE WORLD!!! The ten-year-old in me shines through... Last week they kicked me out of the gym because they thought I was ten. Seriously. Anyways, had work today, have work tomorrow, got work on the 29th. Fun, fun, fun. Oh! And I'm finally putting my ad up at the barn, so I'll hopefully get some paid work there soon! And I'm back to school on September 5th. Fun? Maybe. I have a photography course, and guess what I get to do all day in that class... take photos! Anywho, that's the scoop. Tootles.