i still can't decide whether or not i should be offended by this plate, but it's true nonetheless. gotta get back on the grind, so i can get my tan on.. in a bathing suit! dun dun dun.
stairmaster, i hope we meet again.. soon.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
words to live by..
..for the next couple of weeks at least.
i still can't decide whether or not i should be offended by this plate, but it's true nonetheless. gotta get back on the grind, so i can get my tan on.. in a bathing suit! dun dun dun.
stairmaster, i hope we meet again.. soon.
i still can't decide whether or not i should be offended by this plate, but it's true nonetheless. gotta get back on the grind, so i can get my tan on.. in a bathing suit! dun dun dun.
stairmaster, i hope we meet again.. soon.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
FINALLY.
finally.
i got it right.
or as right as i could hope for.
and i didn't even have to embarrass myself to get this shot.
all i know now is that the 50mm f/1.4 lens will never fail you.
so without further ado, may i present to you my lovely corner at RBC NYC. it's not one of the cutest cafes in new york, but you could never tell from this picture. i love love love all of their espresso-based drinks here carefully brewed on their infamous Slayer machine, but i craving something cold this particular afternoon. i couldn't bring myself to get one of their non-coffee drinks seeing as i was at RBC. it's like going to levain bakery and not getting a cookie. you just don't do it. so i settled for a cold brew.. or iced coffee as 99.9% of the world refers as it to. in retrospect, a latte would probably have been a better aesthetic choice, but whatever, i'm just happy i got the shot right. on FILM, no less.
i got it right.
or as right as i could hope for.
and i didn't even have to embarrass myself to get this shot.
all i know now is that the 50mm f/1.4 lens will never fail you.
so without further ado, may i present to you my lovely corner at RBC NYC. it's not one of the cutest cafes in new york, but you could never tell from this picture. i love love love all of their espresso-based drinks here carefully brewed on their infamous Slayer machine, but i craving something cold this particular afternoon. i couldn't bring myself to get one of their non-coffee drinks seeing as i was at RBC. it's like going to levain bakery and not getting a cookie. you just don't do it. so i settled for a cold brew.. or iced coffee as 99.9% of the world refers as it to. in retrospect, a latte would probably have been a better aesthetic choice, but whatever, i'm just happy i got the shot right. on FILM, no less.
checklist at trendy tribeca cafe? moleskine, double check. (film) dslr, check. thick plastic frame glasses, check. holier-than-thou attitude, ALWAYS check. sebastian tellier blasting through monster turbine pro headphones, check. fringe bangs, can finally check this one off (see below)! i think i had an american apparel v-neck on then too.. check.
it's not rocco's best picture as he definitely looks a little cracked out, but i look ok. i forgot photo booth's ability to make everyone look good, and the fact that these bangs shaved 10 years off my face doesn't hurt.
and i finally started a flickr! it should be easier to manage than a blog, and i thought it was about time that i stop creepin' around there..
Monday, April 18, 2011
when tracy met photoshop..
ok, not my first foray into photoshop, but the first time that i've spent an extended period of time in there for a while. i've been trying to cure my levels/curves/color balance addiction, but stressful monday means too much in photoshop. hopefully these are the you-can-tell-i-post-processed-in-photoshop-but-it-was-totally-intentional kind of look. i know i could've been more concise with that, but wordiness is my thing. anyway, i'm getting nervous my paragraph is getting too long as i am prone to more grammar/spelling errors the more i write. so that's it for now. fyi, i can speak/write properly.. my typing is just horrendous, haha.   |
scenes from dc | union square greenmarket | cappuccino from la colombe torrefaction
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| more from brunch at untitled at the whitney. |
gonna get my developed film from this sunday tomorrow which means hours of spot healing brush time in photoshop. i.am.excited.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
my colorful sunday.
all digital! in color!
one of the wonderful things about the dslr is the instant gratification that you get from being able to see your picture milliseconds after your shutter goes off. even better, you get to fix it if/when you fuck up. it helps me a lot. anyway, picture-heavy post because i am pooped from today (sorry, none of my lame commentary). i tried to make up for the fact that i did nothing yesterday.
tadaaa.. no pics of rocco.. shocking i know. waiting for wednesday. disney on thursday!
one of the wonderful things about the dslr is the instant gratification that you get from being able to see your picture milliseconds after your shutter goes off. even better, you get to fix it if/when you fuck up. it helps me a lot. anyway, picture-heavy post because i am pooped from today (sorry, none of my lame commentary). i tried to make up for the fact that i did nothing yesterday.
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| untitled at the whitney. top: huckleberry pancakes. loved these more than clinton st's. blasphemous..? bottom right corner = heaven in the form of sea-salt honey pie from four & twenty blackbirds. |
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| central park. upper right corner: notes on my film pics, haha. bottom right corner: muddy puddles where my flats sunk in. |
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| cortado at cafe grumpy. |
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| left: PB&J macaron from bouchon. favorite.macaron.ever. right: tulip bouquet because i complained that i was going to have a bad day. |
tadaaa.. no pics of rocco.. shocking i know. waiting for wednesday. disney on thursday!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
still a film newbie.
shitty weather outside means tonight's going to be a CSI:NY night. my least favorite CSI, but they always have good music, e.g. they have DJ shadow playing while they track some prints in the sand.....? i don't know, it make no sense sometimes.
there is probably a reason why my f100 came with an instruction manual (and instructions from the agent at b&h to read the instruction manual), but regardless, i still haven't touched it. proooobably would really help my pics, but oh well, still kinda like these. grainy but i guess it's kind of part of their charm? haha just trying to make up for the fact that i can't use this camera properly. so until i actually read the manual, i guess y'all will just have to deal with my "intentionally" grainy/blurry pics!
jar of sunshine on film / dc landscape / trinity church juxtaposed.
i should probably spend tonight reading the manual since i'm not doing anything.. but that fact usually precludes any chance of productivity. only goal for tonight? finishing off my smoothie and mint chocolate chip ice cream, and finally listening to the thom yorke/four tet/burial collab (guaranteed to be legittt)!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
feeelin' laaaazy..
feelin' lazy and feverish, so just a quick update. some random scenes from this past weekend.. although not really indicative of my weekend at all. haha, oh well.
Monday, April 11, 2011
top 10 reasons i know i love my puppy.
1. i probably say "i wuv you wacco" at least 20 times a day. yes, in a baby voice. you know how it is. i think any girl that's ever accosted rocco in the street (and there have been many) reverts to the highest voice in their vocal range.
2. i don't get jealous by the other girls that give him attention, butonlybecausehelovesmethemost.
3. i'm okay with the fact that he left a shit stain on my pillow. true story, it happened when i came back from work today.
4. i skip the gym to be back that much earlier to be with my puppy. seriously. huuuge sacrifice. a sacrifice i've been willing to make consistently for the past two months.
5. for the most part, i always share my food with him. i couldn't say that about anyone/anything else in my life.. ever.
6. i make up excuses for the ('love') bites/scratches he gives me.. "what happened to your arm?" "oh, i walked into the door." "oh, again?" sad part is that the latter scenario is also entirely plausible and probably half true any given morning. if you didn't get the former part of this joke, then you are a good person or i make lame jokes.
7. he would be the first thing i grab from the apartment in case of an emergency. blackberry and macbook are second and third, respectively. yup, i would take him before my bb!
8. because he loves me! :)
9. and how do you not love the cutest puppy in the world?
10. umm i'm sure there's more.. buttt he's on my macbook and ready to play!
2. i don't get jealous by the other girls that give him attention, butonlybecausehelovesmethemost.
3. i'm okay with the fact that he left a shit stain on my pillow. true story, it happened when i came back from work today.
4. i skip the gym to be back that much earlier to be with my puppy. seriously. huuuge sacrifice. a sacrifice i've been willing to make consistently for the past two months.
5. for the most part, i always share my food with him. i couldn't say that about anyone/anything else in my life.. ever.
6. i make up excuses for the ('love') bites/scratches he gives me.. "what happened to your arm?" "oh, i walked into the door." "oh, again?" sad part is that the latter scenario is also entirely plausible and probably half true any given morning. if you didn't get the former part of this joke, then you are a good person or i make lame jokes.
7. he would be the first thing i grab from the apartment in case of an emergency. blackberry and macbook are second and third, respectively. yup, i would take him before my bb!
8. because he loves me! :)
9. and how do you not love the cutest puppy in the world?
10. umm i'm sure there's more.. buttt he's on my macbook and ready to play!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
testing 1, 2, 3..
REVELATION!
i had been wondering why my pictures were coming out so pixelated when i uploaded them into blogger. of course, it was because they were compressing my 4000x6000px pictures into a tiny little 500x600px (i made up both those dimensions for reference). so yeah, duh, as if anyone needed any more evidence of my retardedness.
so here i am testing my appropriately-sized pictures:
they still came out a little weird, very hard around the edges.. but i'll figure it out later. going to READ a physical book finally, with dvorak's new world symphony playing in the background. i like to class it up sometimes.
and just for good measure:
how do say no that face? i don't. i can't. it's impossible. thankfully his puppy metabolism keeps up with the amount of food i feed him.
i had been wondering why my pictures were coming out so pixelated when i uploaded them into blogger. of course, it was because they were compressing my 4000x6000px pictures into a tiny little 500x600px (i made up both those dimensions for reference). so yeah, duh, as if anyone needed any more evidence of my retardedness.
so here i am testing my appropriately-sized pictures:
they still came out a little weird, very hard around the edges.. but i'll figure it out later. going to READ a physical book finally, with dvorak's new world symphony playing in the background. i like to class it up sometimes.
and just for good measure:
how do say no that face? i don't. i can't. it's impossible. thankfully his puppy metabolism keeps up with the amount of food i feed him.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
april showers bring may cherry blossom flowers.
i went to the cherry blossom festival this past weekend in DC, and i got hail, rain, and extra bright (not the nice kind) sunlight all within twenty minutes, annnnd now i hate cherry blossoms. however, i took most of my pictures on film, and by virtue of that fact, i will hate them a little bit less.. even though my pictures came out really, really blue.. oh well, practice makes perfect..decent..good-enough-to-justify-buying-this-camera (i have low standards).
despite my newfound hatred of cherry blossoms, i did have a few revelations (re: only revelations to me) this weekend:
1. there are no cherries on cherry blossom trees. i don't know much about flowers, so you know, this was quite a revelation to me. i think flowers are nice once in a while, but generally, they're kind of boring and weird-looking, especially when you stare at them for a long time. something about their reproductive organs being out in the open also freaks me out.
2. i need to learn how to focus my pics. wearing glasses (in the rain) does not help any. plus, manually focusing and refocusing each shot over and over again was nauseating, and the fact that it was an endless sea of white flowers did not help my cause.
2a. did you know that cherry blossoms are white?! not only are there no cherries, they are not pink as i had previously thought.
3. japan gave these trees to the US as a sign of their nascent friendship in 1912 (only one of two cool revelations/facts i learned this weekend.)
4. the US almost gave up on aviation in the early 1900s, but it was revived as a result of the US postal service using it to send mail. (second cool fact i learned this weekend.. obviously the nerdier of the two - courtesy of my brief foray into the national air & space museum.)
5. my title is technically incorrect since cherry blossoms bloom in early spring, but i liked my lame title too much.
6. i.love.jelly.belly.sours.
7. i know every rest stop between NJ and DC. i can't help my small bladder.
8. exposure is tricky, tricky thing. i couldn't sleep one night and ended up reading about it from 4-5am.
9. asian tourists will always have a bigger, better camera and lens than you. always.
10. there are cherry blossom trees all over DC. like everywhere. even in front the the shitty apartments on the outskirts of dc. i don't know why i subjected myself to the boredom, nausea, and hunger walking around the tidal basin for two hours.
11. i don't know much as is evident by the fact that i am having revelations every 10 minutes apparently.
ok, enough rambling for one post i suppose.
can you tell that the sun finally came out in the last picture? haha, and unblossomed cherry blossoms definitely resemble cherries. a little..?
despite my newfound hatred of cherry blossoms, i did have a few revelations (re: only revelations to me) this weekend:
1. there are no cherries on cherry blossom trees. i don't know much about flowers, so you know, this was quite a revelation to me. i think flowers are nice once in a while, but generally, they're kind of boring and weird-looking, especially when you stare at them for a long time. something about their reproductive organs being out in the open also freaks me out.
2. i need to learn how to focus my pics. wearing glasses (in the rain) does not help any. plus, manually focusing and refocusing each shot over and over again was nauseating, and the fact that it was an endless sea of white flowers did not help my cause.
2a. did you know that cherry blossoms are white?! not only are there no cherries, they are not pink as i had previously thought.
3. japan gave these trees to the US as a sign of their nascent friendship in 1912 (only one of two cool revelations/facts i learned this weekend.)
4. the US almost gave up on aviation in the early 1900s, but it was revived as a result of the US postal service using it to send mail. (second cool fact i learned this weekend.. obviously the nerdier of the two - courtesy of my brief foray into the national air & space museum.)
5. my title is technically incorrect since cherry blossoms bloom in early spring, but i liked my lame title too much.
6. i.love.jelly.belly.sours.
7. i know every rest stop between NJ and DC. i can't help my small bladder.
8. exposure is tricky, tricky thing. i couldn't sleep one night and ended up reading about it from 4-5am.
9. asian tourists will always have a bigger, better camera and lens than you. always.
10. there are cherry blossom trees all over DC. like everywhere. even in front the the shitty apartments on the outskirts of dc. i don't know why i subjected myself to the boredom, nausea, and hunger walking around the tidal basin for two hours.
11. i don't know much as is evident by the fact that i am having revelations every 10 minutes apparently.
ok, enough rambling for one post i suppose.
can you tell that the sun finally came out in the last picture? haha, and unblossomed cherry blossoms definitely resemble cherries. a little..?
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
monday.
this picture basically reflects how i feel right now.
everything's hazy and unfocused. just struggling to stay alive above the fray.
ok, maybe not so dramatic, but it's still monday and it sucks.
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| the high line. |
ok, maybe not so dramatic, but it's still monday and it sucks.
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