I swear this is the worst week ever. So Monday I wake up sick as a dog, and Im running late for fashion class i get there and end up doing nothing. Then i had a shoot and half the people stood me up. Then tuesday rolls around and Im still sick and I had to skip class so i got home to ohio ok because the weather was horrible. As Im driving i was eating chick fil a and my teeth decide to hurt really really bad and i was like ok whatever it will get better.

Then I got home and hung out with bre till midnight. Then Wednesday..aka the day from hell...i wake up go to my doctor for a check up, on my post surgery. Then i leave and go to an ear nose and throat doctor ends up i have bronchitis....AWESOME. THEN i go to the dentist to get my tooth looked at he said it was my teeth grinding on each other. and i find out i have some click disease in my jaw that can become really really bad but the surgery for it, the outcomes are not that great. So i go home and drink some OJ and i had excruciating pain, so my mom calls and i had to go get a root canal...now let me tell you i have dealt with alot of pain in my life and that was horrible!

Then of course me and my mom went shopping, mind you im all hopped up on percocets.

She was gonna buy me boots and of course they didnt have my size so they called around and found it at a mall like 15 mins away....we go all the way out there and they dont fit..apparently i have fat calves. ughhh today was a bad day :-(

All I have to say is OBAMA! :-)

Papers, Models, and Cameras....OH MY!

Today was a hectic day....i woke up with 80 million things to do before i had to leave and go to school and do even more things. I was super excited for this shoot i had tonight at 6 after my class i had a great model and a really good makeup artist, yet the makeup artist cancelled this morning and that just added on to the list of things i needed to figure out. Finally i got to school and dealt with all that crap and was still freaking because...no makeup artist....and god knows i can not do my own makeup let alone a models! 

So Stuart came to my rescue he had the idea of calling Macy's downtown and asking the MAC people if they could do it for me, and they did! Which i ended up knowing the guy and it turned out so great and I'm sooo extremely grateful. 

My creative mind was on a break today, because i could not for the life of me think of poses but it seemed to work out good. MINUS the fact there is something seriously wrong with my camera and I'm scared. The focus is all messed up and random parts are in focus and idk what to do...so its pretty much hit or miss with my images...now that i think about it i should of used one of the schools cameras...ughh oh well right!?

This week is insane, I'm trying to back up images onto DVDs right now because i think my computer is getting full....:-( 

I'm really excited for Wednesday me and Emily are heading to McConnell's(sp?) mills to shoot...very excited.

Well I'm off to bed, more homework to do tomorrow and now more editing....it seems like i can never get one shoot all edited and done, before another one pops up...ugh goodnight!

Everyone go out and VOTE tomorrow! (for Obama...hehe)

seriously....go vote....

can i be brilliant like them. when i think about all the amazing photographers out there who take stunning shots it makes me wonder can i be THAT good can i soon compare to the breathtaking pictures in vogue, w, bazaar....etc. 

its a competitive world...

yet in order to get there i must believe in myself and know i can be that good..one day

theses images below are breathtaking to me and not just because of the model/wardrobe...but the lighting..its beyond impressive

ok im done rambling...hope you enjoy them as much as me :-)

(eolo perfido...check him out!)

Rainy day in the burgh....

This is my first time blogging. I feel like it will help me get my frustrations and ideas out. Lately i have been really upset. This city im in (pittsburgh) is extremely depressing. Most of the people here are rude, ignorant and self centered, and here is me who puts everyone else before me and i think i let half the people here walk all over me. Im always there to give a helping hand and do anything for anyone and it seems there is only a select few who would do the same for me. I guess i just have to take what i got and be happy. well see how well that works.

Sooo its FINALS time and i am stressed out beyond belief, yet i have been reading more then i have been working on finals... i blame it all on Amy, my manager, and Breanna. The series Twilight has me HOOKED i can't put this book down. The upsetting thing is that im almost done and i don't have the second book! hmm..well its time to head to lovely Photo Crit. Class. Three and a half hours of boring. :-(

-lauren