{57} Michel

Tips from my photography class teacher about improving in portrait photography.
1. It is better to get as close as possible to the person or people you're photographing. Half the distance and half it again if you can.
2. Try to fill the frame of the photo with the person. The photo is bad if the person being photographed is a tiny speck.
3. Also, usually your subject should be anywhere except in the center point of the photo. Pictures are usually more interesting if they have an asymmetrical balance.

{57} Hidden Memories...

Boxes full of secrets, letters, pamphlets, invitations, birthday cards, milestones...

{56} Treadmill

My personal trainer today told me I need to join the gym because I am considered "borderline obese". Message received. I am going to start using this baby more hopefully and start running to some DVDs.

{56} Scattered

I don't like how I can't make the picture bigger on this blog...hrumph.

{55} Gung Hay Fat Choy

Chinatown was super crowded today for the Chinese New Year Festival.

{55} Jazzyboo

Exhausted after a day of unproductive studying

{54} Lake Merced

Man fishing in lake on the pier.
Random chair I think makes the picture sorta interesting, because it's like "Why is it there?" and the light hits it quite nicely. I used to run around the entire lake in high school (5.41 miles) during my cross country days. These days I would most likely get a heart attack and die.

{54} Recycle Lacquer

Got this lacquer bottle from Cat

I suck at painting nails, they run all over my skin :D

Review: I like the color a lot. However, the paint brush is very skinny. Therefore, it made applying the paint much harder on the nails because it would streak and run out of paint quickly.

(or maybe it's all because the bottle is half empty and I couldn't get enough paint on the brush....)

{53} Bed Homies

Meet (left to right) Coco Nacho, Mr. Greenie, & Gerald.

{53} Cherry Blossoms

My favorite time of year at home is "spring", when all the cherry and plum blossom trees on my street begin to bloom.

{52} Red Velvet

I have been craving this for months, so I finally took matters into my own hands.

{52} Random Occurrings

Everything about today made me feel extra grateful for the life I live today.

Even when my car died on me today, I had people come rushing to help me--even strangers!

Maybe I should stop questioning why things may seem the way they are, and just enjoy what I have now. And start learning how to live in the moment

{51} Legion of Cars

Cars parked outside the Legion of Honor Museum...hope to go back tomorrow morning to get some shots of the museum building when the light is right

{51} Vchatted

She was singing and playing guitar for me. Oh, so lovely.

This isn't exactly a picture, more of a print screen shot.

&& we have matching glasses!

{50} Flying Garlic

Delicious raw garlic in motion before ending up in my stomach

{50} Water Does Your Body Good

drink smart

{49} Good Morning, Sunshine!!

Today the light shone through all my windows. So, I stayed home to study on a desk in my own room for the first time.

{49} Conservatory of Flowers

Beautiful Sunday visit to the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park with the family. We used to come here every weekend when I was little, so that I could run around on the grass.

{48} Strings

I saw No Strings Attached today, so I decided to take a picture of some strings...guitar strings.

{48} Oggi's Fields Goal

nom nom nom...

some pizza before watching No Strings Attached!

{47} Boom Boom Boom ...

... into my ears

editing the picture lost it's clarity

{47} 5A5 Steak Lounge

for SF Dine About Town - ceiling lights and strawberry dessert

{46} Iced Hazelnut Latte

Coffee, populated environment, & extremely loud music blasting directly into my ear from the headphones = an effective method to concentrate & study.

{46} Volcano

I picked up my ceramics piece today. Volcano with smoke and flames looming over unsuspecting town and neighboring forest.

{45} Bikram Yoga Seacliff

My first day of Bikram yoga - I was dizzy, nauseous, and almost passed out...but at least I got to drive through the scenic Seacliff neighborhood after class

{45} Too Green or Too Kiddish?

{44} Twin Peaks View

A very nice man gave me some tips on which settings to pick and let me borrow his tripod

{44} CHA CHA CHA

Stopped investigating the scapula and the skull, left anatomy lab early, and headed out to CHA instead.

{43} Do I Have My Priorities?

Should I read my new Bazaar magazine that just came in or for my anatomy class that I am officially behind in...

Maybe neither. Got a movie date with Rocket Dawg.

{43} A Very Foggy Day

Taken on my block

{42} The back of the bus

Bus lights

In honor of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and MLK holiday

{42} In Love ♥ With Paulette Macarons

sweet wedding almond, sicilian pistachio, violet cassis, caribbean chocolate, & columbian coffee.

{41} Grandviews at the Grand Hyatt

Morning toast and tea with a view

{41} 31 Stories Up Towards the Sky

At Hotel St. Francis | San Francisco

{40} Sutro Baths

"Hiking" around the Sutro Baths ruins with lovely friends

{40} Bubble Lounge

Purple Shooter.

Dance Dance Dance.

Crystal.

Jennifer.

Miki.

{39} Window Sill

Audrey Hepburn a la Breakfast at Tiffany's sitting on bedroom window sill

{39} Palace of Fine Arts

At the Exploritorium after playing in the Tactile Dome

{38} Coit Tower

Parked and walked up the stairs to Coit Tower

{38} Coit Tower

Up, up, up to Coit Tower & the city view.

{37} On the plane home

Reading The Handmaid's Tale with a cup of hot tea

{37} Tastea

{36} Ring Road

Nostalgic moments on college campus

{36} You Cannot Measure Happiness Without The Comparison of Sadness

Since I forgot to take a picture, I will leave you with this quote I found:

If someone told me that I could live my life again free of depression provided I was willing to give up the gifts depression has given me--the depth of awareness, the expanded consciousness, the increased sensitivity, the awareness of limitation, the tenderness of love, the meaning of friendship, the apreciation of life, the joy of a passionate heart--I would say, 'This is a Faustian bargain! Give me my depressions. Let the darkness descend. But do not take away the gifts that depression, with the help of some unseen hand, has dredged up from the deep ocean of my soul and strewn along the shores of my life. I can endure darkness if I must; but I cannot live without these gifts. I cannot live without my soul.'

-David N. Elkins, Beyond Religion

{35} Huntington Beach

At the pier with the "boys upstairs"

{35} Huntington Beach

Out of focus

{34} Ghost

Two pictures taken seconds apart at The Edison, a bar in downtown LA.

{34} Omnivore

YUM YUM YUM.

lunch @ thanh long restaurant | com bo luc lac

{33} Korean Barbeque

We had bul go gi and kol bi with raw garlic!

{33} '06 Represent

I did nothing eventful today besides take an ugly picture of my curry vegetarian dish and cry over a Korean drama. So I will post up another picture from Vegas. And apparently as college graduates, we can't quite get our 6s correct. [poster effect]

{32} Cable Car

A San Francisco icon. I am such a tourist wannabe.