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I am a freelance photographer recently relocated from Hawaii to the Monterey Bay, CA area. Feel free to contact me: janda03 at gmail dot com.

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(photo by Alisa Greig)

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Hump Day ramblings

1. I met Aviva, the fabulous face behind Aviva Photography. She's based in Okinawa, Japan and is on Oahu for the week visiting friends, sightseeing, and fitting in a photo session or two! I had the pleasure of watching her shoot a delightful family in Haleiwa last night. Hope to meet again, Aviva. May the Space A Gods work in your favor this week :)



2. I edited this image from my family session last week for the sole purpose of entering it into the I ♥ Faces "Feet Week" category, but goshdarnit I missed the deadline by one day. Bummer. My client requested this shot; how could I refuse shooting these tootsies?



3. Welcome to the cave, err, I mean my office. I went into Ross the other day and no matter how hard I try, I can't walk out of there without purchasing something. Fortunately, this time around I was on a mission to get something specific so that I could come home with an excuse for bags in hand. I picked up storage doo-dads that are cute, functional, and didn't break the bank. Love Ross (incidentally, I also get some props there. The home decor section is a gold mine).

This room is usually dark and HOT (ventilation is nil). Which explains the Vornado in the bottom left-hand corner. I broke out my flash & tested the magnificent Nikkor 14-24 for the wide shots (rented from Lighthaus Camera).



Props. This is about 50% of my collection.


this is totally staged! it's not as neat in the present.


various items that live in and around the office

....except for the lens. I had to return him :( . Oh, and the chocolates have been long gone.

4. The 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon was yesterday. Call me a nerd or a dreamer, but when I was a little girl, I always looked to the stars. I wanted to be an astronaut more than anything. I'm fairly sure I've passed the age requirement but at least I can pretend: Space Camp.



5. I have some big news to share soon (hopefully). I'll make an announcement when the time is right. Perhaps I'll do a giveaway... I'm feeling generous :c)

5 comments:

Alisa Greig said...

awesome post athena!! i love your office!! i will not show pictures of mine--hehe.

Ashley said...

1. Just checked out Aviva's site. Awesome stuff there.

2. Love the tootsies:)

3. Love your office. You totally made made me laugh with your descriptions. Annoying cords cracks me up! I have moo cards too! I have the mini's. Are those minis? I also love the Milk Chocolate. We need chocolate!!!

4. That's so cool you wanted to be an astronaut! You can buy a trip to the moon nowadays..right?..lol

5. Oooohhh...I can't wait to see your giveaway:)

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LeeYen Lobendahn said...

This is awfully COOLIO. Love the "staged" look of the office.

Carrie Hasson said...

aww, i have the same polka dot cat! actually my daughter does lol. and unfortunately i also have the same milk choc. covered macadamias...so bad!

aviva5271 said...

Thanks, Ashley!

Uh - Athena, edit that scary bald spot on my head thanks to that North Shore breeze - omg! YIKES! haha! I love that you got shots of me shooting - and yes, their family is just the bomb. When we got home I showed Kanoe your site and she loves your stuff too, she WILL recommend you. I wish we had had more TIME - but soon. PROMISE. I love that place, and I will be back. (Or hey - a trip out here to Oki could be fun for you....hint hint?) Thanks for the love, everyone couldn't believe we didn't already know each other! Love the office space shots & all this fun, you're doing so great! I know you'll invest in that killer wide-angle as soon as you can, girlie. TTYS!! mahalo!

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