what a DAY yesterday.

i shot my first professional roll(s) of film on my first ever professional film camera. i woke up to my sensai outside my window calling my name. he brought me presents: a Nikon F100 and a HUGE bag of unused e6 and c41 professional film of all kinds. and he brought a model, Rain Miller, who is also a stylist and makeup guru, and all around fabulous gal, for me to shoot. it was the best present i have ever received.

two samplings from yesterday. :)

g= grasshopper s= sensai
g: tomorrow its byotp. Bring your own toilet paper.
s: Uhhh ok.
g: Because i have no money to buy some and were out. I'm using paper towels. Those are free for everyone who enters.
s: Ok I will bring some!
g: Awesome dude.

i have these two itchy spots on my back. in the exact same spot, spaced apart mirrored by my spine. there is nothing visible. no bite. no mark. no redness. and these "itches" have been there, in the exact same spots, for the past 6 months...basically right where wings would sprout. it's pretty interesting. and strange.



when my cell phone busted, all of the bunches of photos it obtained went with it. happily, i had emailed many of them to myself. over the life of that cell phone, i journeyed along a project i immediately named "remains". the above photo is one of my favorites. you can see the rest, here:
http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=734773470#!/album.php?aid=182793&id=643153326

the new kids on the 600 block - vitale art show was last night. below is my piece for the show. (there are photos on the sides of the box as well)

and a shot of the gallery on show night. everyone's pieces were really sick. i am really happy to have been a part of this show with all of the local artists i admire.

(photos by john vitale)

today i submitted pictures to www.jonessoda.com to be considered for their bottles.

i developed more film for my project too. i only need 2 more bumpin' frames.

my walgreens guy is the best. i pulled in to walgreens this evening while he was still on his break and sitting in his car eating an oreo cookie mcflurry. i knocked on the side of his car and handed him my roll of film through the open window. "hey you."

and he texts me when the roll is done. walgreens is 2 blocks from my house. life is bliss.

this is my most favorite picture i have ever taken in the whole wide universe.

so ive been using my boyfriends nikon n80 to shoot... which is admirable considering that somehow ive broken every film camera within 10 feet of me in the past 2 months.

this week im shooting for my project due on saturday: New Kids On The 600 Block. at the Vitale Studio. it has fired me up. and ive actually inspired my sensai to seriously work on a art gallery performance project. to be honest, the sound of the shutter earlier got all my pelvic muscles fired up.