WOW!

Uh yeahaaaaa 2 posts in one day! ROCKIN YOUR WORLD! :) just kidding...I just wanted to say I CAN NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!


Its a book on wellness written by a woman who defeated cancer at age 31 by trading in her crappy lifestyle for something better!

Totally part of this new life transformation healing moving forward ect.....reminding me WHY I AM CHOOSING THIS AMAZING WELLLNESS LIFESTYLE. By now I guess you should stop reading this blog if you don't like wellness, art, photography
Jesus, or crazy girls who live like a firework. (or emotional roller coaster you pick...ok working on that alright!) Yup thats me. Take it or leave it. Trust me I am ok with it! Again due to my new found freedom in just being ME! :) I know this sounds kooky and weird but trust me I am on a journey to healing some stuff thats been buried for my WHOLE LIFE. Just in time for my 28th (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH mirrors breaking, children crying, people running in horror) birthday.

Oh andddddddd did crossfit this a.m. for the first time in a few weeks. I am teaching a new friend and we were rockin' it. My body was like "THANK YOU!!!!!" Seriously movement is essential to life.

Oh and how do you like the new look for spring? Ya I know it snowed today trust me......I know. But A girl can pretend right?

Final Project.- Time by Amanda Cannon

Time.
There is no substitute for it.

Everyone wants it.


We wish we could find more of it.


You can try to forget about it.


You can regret it.


You can try to hold on to it.


You can be afraid of it.


You can give it.


You can try and master it.


You might want to escape it.


Some times you just have to wait for it.


But eventually healing can come from it.


Time is all we have........so make the most if it. You can't get it back. This life is but a moment of it...... It's yours to do what you will with it.......

Movement

Life giving.Movement.My dear friend Alexis asked me "What are you doing that is life giving today friend?" SKIING! I answered! There are certain things in life that bring us life and certain things that suck life from us. Welp for me skiing is something that brings me life! :) I was able to do it at my sweet Aunt and Uncles condo at Mount Tremblent in Quebec! What a beatuiful mountain. Get this I got to ski out right from their condo to the gondola! :) SO COOL!
(Warning photos taken with my mom's point and shoot not my canonbaby ha)


Me looking like a boarder chick yeh...ah!

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The village :) So very von-trap family feeling eh?



Before I went down the black diamond. :) Yep I did a black diamond! Its been a little while peeps. I was proud of my self.



Good thing I didn't drop the camera.



Me and my sweet mom. One of the most amazing people on the planet. She is in pain everyday and still smiles and doesn't complain though she could. She is so strong. I am so proud of her.

Canadain Maple syrup on a stick. Pretty great! Me and my Aunt!



I love Canada!

It was a much needed trip. Thankful for family. They love you no matter what! And as my chiro Fran the Man says: "Do what moves you!!!!"

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Class work

Some of my latest work for class.
Playing with light.





Assingment 6 was abot perspective. Taking shots at different angles to show different perspective of what you are shooting. I wanted to tell a story here first about my subjet by slowly introducing her over the series of shots and mostly about the building. I also am introducing the first in my series of photos for my final project which is going to be on the concept of time. Wasting time, loosing track of time, timeless, ect. I am super excited about this and also the clock pictured here will be in each shot but I am going to shoot different people and different aspects of time. I am really excited!

Home......

Canada. This place will always be home to me. Even though both of my parents live in different homes than when I lived with them and grew up.....just walking in to the airport off that plane my soul smiles and says....ahhhh. Home.

Some times you just need to go home. Clairty, unconditional love, healing, and understanding, no matter what is going on in your life.

I'm going skiing tomorrow! IN CANADA! Its going to feel wonderful! I haven't skiied for 5 years. I am ready to have the wind whipping in my face, the feeling of flying and glorious snow flying under me at the speed of light....ok maybe not light. Im not on kyrptonite or anything. :)


Here is the trail map :)

See ya on the slopes peeps! HUURRRAY!

SNOW....be careful what you wish for.

If you ever read my blog then you know I am a big fan of snow. (Here is an archive of just how much!)

It was the thing I missed the most in Alabama,and the thing I was most excited about in moving to Gloucester. Everyone here thinks I am nuts except for a few peeps who share in my love and jump for joy and catch snowflakes on their tongues just like I do! Most everyone else just grumbles and complains about it. Not this little Canadian. :)

Well this year I certainly got what I wished for. We have had MONUMENTAL amounts of it.It is actually to the point its a little funny....um well to me. I think its all just for me. Who knows where we will end up after we are done here in school. Maybe California! I am sure getting a good dose of it while I can.

Excuse me while I go warm up my car......Where is it?




Maybe I should trade the good old Maxi in for this...



Stay warm peeps. And if you live in the warmth you coulllllld send a little sunshine our way to melt down the snow banks. Just sayin' :)

2011? Whooops!

Well hello! Good grief its been....... well too long. I have had a world wind of a fall/winter so far. From becoming a student again, to new jobs, changing jobs, and then changing jobs again. I am finally here and ready to begin my new year. Yes it is February in oh gee a day and a half, BUT Im just gunna pretend tomorrow night is new years k? K. Cuz I need a fresh start......:)

I have loved being a photography student! Oh how fun it is! I mean the driving to boston sitting in traffic and driving home is not really that fun (everyone in my classes can't believe I live in Gloucester and commute there just for class! I'm like "I've been dreaming about this for 2 years people!!!") I am learning so much and see how very much more I need and have to learn.
It has gotten me out an shooting again just for myself! Its been a long time. I desire to learn so much more creatively and technically. I will tell ya shooting outside these days is BRRRR COLD! I have little gloves that make me look like a homeless person with my fingers sticking out so I can adjust my settings quickly. Here are a few images from a day I went to just go shoot for myself. I have been wanting to take pictures here for a long time. I reallllly wanted to break inside and take more! But I couldn't figure out how to do it. Probably a good thing....don't need to do any jail time right now!




I love how there is beauty in the destructive. This place is abandoned and bare yet the rust, and wear make it interesting and I am sure on the inside the walls themselves tell a story. Kind of like how I have felt as of late. A little worn.....

I promise to blog more in the new year....you know the one that starts on Feb 1st! :) I think I just created my own new calendar!