Project 365 - Day 3

Today's photo features the bracelet I bought in Vancouver. The artist who created this piece also created the sculptures for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His name is Joseph Chiang and the ladybug is his signature which is a symbol for good luck.

It's quite a boring image, I know. My fingers look fat...

Anyways, I used the cropping tool for this picture today. I'm hoping I'll be able to take something a bit more "Vogue" in the near future.

It's only been 3 days and I'm already getting tired of how boring my pictures are... Do you feel the same?

Item 1: Banksy Exhibit

Here we are at the Banksy Exhibit. I say Banksy Exhibit but it's just random graffiti from so many people. It's sponsored by Asahi beer and there was so much free beer! There were a few interesting pieces. I took a few other photos. These most likely aren't originals and are probably prints.

The two people in there are my friends Dil and Taylor. We go through the entire art gallery talking about each painting. It was fun just arguing and reinterpreting each piece.

This was inbetween two activities yesterday. The first one was drinks at the Princess Louise. The last one was finding where they were shooting a scene for the Dark Knight Returns. In any case, fun!

Project 365 - Day 2

Yes I know. I'm late in posting this but better late than never. I actually took this picture when I woke up this morning, I just didn't get around to playing with it until now.

This was the shot I wanted to take yesterday before I realized that the battery bled dry. This is what usually happens in the mornings, I usually go back to sleep after doing this...

I decided on black and white because my blinds are orange and it gave the coloured version this weird orange tinge. I am not powerful enough to give it that morning glow in Photoshop yet so black and white is my short cut out of this one.

Project 365 - Day 1

Today's the start of my self portrait project. 365 photos in 365 days. Because I don't know all the techniques and such, I've decided on a very simple snapshot. Plain and simple, no post-processing.

I've discovered that I don't like looking at pictures of myself at all, looks weird, feels weird, and I can only focus on all the bad things.

After looking at a total of 71 photos today of nothing but my face, here's what I learned about myself.

1. I think my eyes are my best features, I actually like them
2. My face is not symmetrical, my right side looks better! Something I need to keep in mind for future photos
   

TSO (Lobut Drops the Ball)

As promised, here is a picture of the nice little TSO packaged that arrived at the same time as your postcard.

You need to come back to Toronto right now so I have someone to get a culture fix with!

I'm seriously considering going by myself at this point...

(I'm still waiting to see a picture of that kilo of chocolate.)

Weddings - Singles Dropping Like Flies

My friend got married a couple of weekends ago. Weddings are popping up one after another now. This translates to more money spent on clothes that I'll probably only wear once. It also translates to more people asking when I'll get married.

Did I tell you about the time that my cousin in China tried to set me up with someone because she's worried I'll never get married? I literally had culture shock in my own living room. Who does that these days???

Can you guess who the bride is?

A Bunch of Louvres

That's the Louvre.

I was sitting in front of one of those Triumph de somethings, I think. I wouldn't know. Friends weren't interested in learning about the area. But nonetheless, that's where we are. Louvre was gorgeous.

Had a great afternoon and just relaxing with some iced tea and some old friends and new.

Pictures don't tell you that I'm at a crossroads in my life. France would have been the 6th distinct country that I would have visited this year alone. Unsure about where to go or what to do with my life. Not too far away from taking radical action either.