Philadelphia Instax

 

 

Palm Trees

Taken March 2014

The Golden Gate Bridge & The Getty Museum

I always tell people my instant film/instax cameras are my favorite material possessions. I'm not lying.

SF Day One

Fake Spring Break, CA Style

For the last week, some members of the BYU photo program and I escaped Provo and headed to greener, warmer pastures—specifically San Francisco and Los Angeles. It was a wonderful experience but I'm happy to be in the airport as I type this, getting ready to board my flight back to Salt Lake City. It was just what I needed. We visited photographers in their studios and made a lot of time for playing. More on all that later. For now, I give you a simple little video. It may be far from perfect but it makes me happy and that's enough.

Bonneville Salt Flats

My friend Chiara and I went to the Bonneville Salt Flats this weekend and it was a refreshing mini road trip. I'm working on my photography portfolio—due November 30th—and I'd been wanting to check out the Salt Flats since I'd moved to Utah. You know it's real friendship when you timidly suggest leaving at 7 ("if that's not too early!") and they call you a terrible liar and say "I'll see you in the lobby at 6!" It was pitch black and we saw the sun rise on the way there—one of the most beautiful things I've seen since moving here to Utah. I was a little sad to return to civilization. It's deserted out there.  

We made a little video just for fun. You can watch it here!

Also, Pirates of The Caribbean filmed a big scene at these very salt flats. It's really interesting and you can see a behind the scenes video here. Can we all just take a moment and imagine Johnny Depp in Tooele, Utah? I can't even imagine. So funny.

The blurry ones always end up being some of my favorites.

 

Proof I was actually there. Self-timer style. Typical.

Early Morning At The Salt Flats

Such a good day. Super imperfect and yet still beautiful. Just the way I like it.

Woke up at 5 and saw the sun rise. I think I'll make that a regular part of my routine—it was so peaceful.

I'll admit it; Utah sunrises are unreal.

The Capitol Building

Meeting five bajillion people in the past week involves explaining to a lot of people where I'm from. Usually I end up explaining that I live wonderfully close to three of the greatest cities in the world: Philadelphia, NY, and DC. I found these in a draft I had never published, so it felt strangely appropriate.

CA Film circa 2006

I've always been an Northeast kind of girl, but these old photos of mine make me want to reconsider.

Washington DC Day Trip

Today was such a great day. I found out that my future roommate Kayla is in DC and only has a few days left before she heads back out west, so we decided to meet up at the temple and spend the day together. We've been vaguely acquainted as of almost four years ago, but after spending the day together and getting to know each other much better I can't wait to live with her come August! We decided to spontaneously take the metro to Union Station in downtown DC, where we walked around Capitol Hill----it was such a gorgeous day. 

Some food trucks almost won us over, but We, The Pizza sounded even better. And it was! I'm telling you, that white pizza in the photo was amazing. I also had a slice of sausage with peppers, but I don't think anything could top that white pizza. Along with the homemade italian sodas, I give it two thumbs up!

Anyway, this spontaneous day trip to DC just made me even more excited for school to start come August. I can't wait! 

PS:

Aren't iPhones amazing? The photos in this post, I mean.

Los Angeles

I was cleaning out and backing up my iPhoto today (my disc memory was full, isn't that always the best. External hard drive to the rescue!) and I found these photos from an August adventure in LA. Some of them aren't the best quality because they're video frames (still got a lot of learning to do in that department, but I'm getting there!) but I wanted to share them, all the same. 

If you love (500) Days of Summer, you'll probably recognize Angel's Knoll Park. That trolley may look fun, but it was almost the death of us! SO rickety. 

In case you missed it, I made a silly little video tribute to (500) Days of Summer that you can watch here. And you can watch a video of some California Vacation highlights here.

Also, if anyone knows of a reason why the alignment in the photos is just slightly off, let me know! It's driving me a little insane! They're all justified to the center... I've looked into it, but I can't seem to put my finger on it. If you can diagnose the problem, let me know! ;)