While I am not a photographer by any means I love experimenting, especially with all the toy cameras out there; the Diana, the fish-eye and the holga. Here are some of my favorites pictures from my recent trips.
Clockwise from top left: Seven Mile Highway, Cloud Gate in Chicago, Key West Cementary, Pepe’s Key West
With a beautiful weekend upon us all I can think about is sunbathing, grilling and drinking cocktails like this pineapple and rum drink. Yum! More delicious drinks from Martha here. Cheers to a gorgeous weekend!
Tad Carpenter is an illustrator and designer based out of Kansas City, Missouri. His work might look a little familiar because he’s worked with well-known clients such as Target, Kid Robot, Chronicle Books and Chop Shop Records to name a few. I am in love with his whimsical and graphic point of view—it definitely puts a smile on my face.
Check out more of his work and his blog.
images via here
Over the weekend I was introduced to The Pink Line Project which is a website dedicated to art in the DC area. It’s a great resource for art lovers providing an up-to-date calendar of events and reviews of art in the area.
Sunday was the opening reception for Paper Cuts: The Art and Science of Rock Posters which features the work of 15 poster artists including Jay Ryan, John Foster, Marc Harkness, Zach Bryan, Strawberryluna, Todd Slater, Adam Saul, Criminal Design, Marq Spusta, Hatch Show Print, Dan Grzeca, Guy Burwell, Chris Cernoch, John Whitlock and Anthony Dihle. This is a wonderful collection of poster art—I definitely recommend the trip to Alexandria to see it.
Exhibition: March 25–April 25, 2010
Location: Athenaeum, 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
posters clockwise from top left: The Pixies by Todd Slater, Melvins Seaberg by John Foster / Bad People Good Things, DC Lunchbox by Anthony Dihle / Dirty Pictures, The Clientele, Orange by John Whitlock
My sister and I attended the kite festival on Saturday which was amazing. There were so many people young and old participating in the event. It pretty much made a sea of kites from the Capital to the Washinton Monument. And we saw some truly unique kites from flying pandas to pirate ships to huge dragons. For the record me and my sister are not professional kite flyers and only managed to have one really good flight—I blame the box kite and the wind. (These pictures were taken with my phone because I didn’t realize until I got to the Mall that my digital camera battery was dead. I did take some pictures with my Diana which I’ll post when I get developed.)
This weekend in DC the Smithsonian is hosting its 44th Annual Kite Festival. I’ve never been before, but I think it’s going to be sort of magical seeing all the kites/colors in the air. Last night I purchased a kite of my own for the event. AND I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures. Find out the details for the event here.
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Awesome job posting for Lifelounge found via @andjelicaaa
