Wharf Delight

The weather was gorgeous today. Not warm but pretty with the sun. I took a quick trip down to the end of the Wharf, since it’s not that many blocks away from my apartment. Yet I still took a bus because it was so cold and windy. The wharf was beautiful, many runners and tourists were out taking photos and children were playing in the water. One little girl got completely drenched by a wave. She screamed and seemed like she was going to cry then started laughing. It reminded me of what how free and awesome it is to be a kid. Even when you get soaked by a wave children still laugh after the shock. I think that even as adults when something unexpected and unpleasant happens to us, we have to find a way to laugh through it.

I am still learning all the ways of photography, since there is so much to learn. Half my shots were blurry due to me not focusing well and not holding my arms closer to my body. It’s a huge learning curve, but the process its a lot of fun. I am so used to using a medium like Photoshop and Illustrator to create something. So using a camera to create photos is a challenge and almost therapeutic for me.

Capture the Moment

This past weekend was more of a learning process than anything. I finally took the plunge and bought a Panasonic GX1 SLR Micro 4/3rds. It’s the lightest SLR I’ve ever held, yet takes beautiful photos. I wanted something I could put in my purse and still take high quality photos and enjoy buying a new lens every now and then. To say the least, I have a whole new respect for photography. I had no idea what went into setting up a camera, to actually creating a photo. Derek and I spent the weekend taking head shots and random things like dust. Yes, dust. We even sat down and watched some Lynda.com courses on the basics. It was a pretty nerdy weekend!

Here are a few photos that I created.

Flowers of mine. Taken with a Macro lens.

Downtown SF.

Derek and his GH2.

Shot of Derek taken with a Marco Lens.

Headshot of me with the macro. The lens picks up every detail!

I invite you to comment below, leave links to your photography work, or flickr account. Or if you have something else you’d like to say.

GDC 2012

Game Developers Conference is this week in SF! I am super stoked to attend with TinyCo this Thursday! If you’re in town or at the conference, please tweet me @hillaryhopper to get in touch and meetup. Also, TinyCo has a booth there so stop by for swag, meet awesome people and play some games! We’ll also have recruiters there at the booth to talk to you about career opportunities.

TypeKit, New Friends & The Mistake

I had the pleasure of making new friends at the start of the week due to the AEA conference. Friends that I have met on Twitter, but hadn’t yet had the opportunity to spend time with in person. I’ve come to realize that one of the most important details in life is creating new friendships and laughing. I certainty had a lot of that the past two days. From meeting up with friends at the Media Temple party in SOMA to going to the Typekit closing party in the Mission. The in between stages of dinner, taking BART and enjoying life with people was certainly the highlight of my week

I have decided that instead of just talking about things I want to do, I am really putting my foot down for 2012 and really doing them. It may mean less tweeting (Yay for you guys! I know I tweet often) and less time on social media. But it will also increase social media. By doing, and then displaying what I am completing, it will bring a lot more influence and insight to you. I figure, it’s a win, win situation! So this week, making new friends and going to events was apart of my #DoNotTalk goal. Sometimes I just want to curl up in my bed and watch Ancient Aliens all night. But it’s great to get out and meet new people and build relationships that I’ll have for the rest of my life. 

On the other hand, I do make bad decisions. I wore the wrong shoes.
I wore them to work, wore them to dinner, then wore them to the Mission for the Typekit closing party. I am way home, I had an older business man walk me to my stop, to make sure I got on my cable car safely. He said he saw me struggling in my shoes and suggested that I keep an extra pair of flats in my purse next time. Then after said I was an angel. It was so kind and not creepy. It’s amazing the quality of people you meet in the city. We didn’t exchange names, it was very un formal, but he left as soon as my cable car appeared. Almost as if he was an angel. I was really thankful for that, because I was feeling uneasy walking home late at night, in shoes I could hardly walk in. Yet someone, kind enough, took the courtesy to walk me my stop. 

Overall, I’ve learned many lessons this week. Which will always some how tie into design, work and moving towards my goals. 

Enjoy the photos I have posted above in the slide!

Saw This T-shirt

Saw this t-shirt and had to buy it. I like collecting blog/web t-shirts. Even though people don’t talk about my blog. It would be cool if they did! 

(Click on the arrows on the side of the image to see more)

I am off camping for the weekend, so catch you all on Tuesday!