ashes and silver

"Why is that toy on your head?" "Because if I wear it any place else, it chafes."

Arizona

Female

About

[ Photography, art, design and some blogging about all and the same. ] I am a former advertising art director-turned flight attendant-turned web & graphic designer/ corporate marketing communications specialist. I was born in Northern California, grew up in North Carolina, lived in Los Angeles and am currently living (restlessly) in Arizona. I'm a graduate of North Carolina State University with a double-degree in English and Graphic Design.

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Equipment & Techniques

Unless noted, the equipment I use is a Nikon D200 digital SLR with Nikkor DX 18-70mm and Nikkor DX 55-200mm VR lenses, as well as a Lensbaby 3G selective focus lens. I run Photoshop version CS2 on my either my iMac or Dell PC and it's past time to upgrade. I bump up my colors using LAB channels. Now you know all my secrets.

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So Sarah Jessica Parker walks into a bar. Bartender asks, "Why the long face?" 17 hours ago

Usually this is the time of year where I spend every other weekend inside the Phoenix Art Museum and therefore have artsy stuff to blog about, but this summer has been busier than normal. I'm taking some classes which are occupying an extraordinary amount of my free time. However, I do want to take a weekend to just sit in a movie theater and watch about four different movies in a day and let Harkins or AMC pay for the air conditioning. I'm really bummed that I missed seeing Indiana Jones in the theater. What happened to the days when one blockbuster movie would play for the entire summer? Jeez, nowadays if you don't get into the theater on the opening weekend, you might just miss it altogether...