Smile! #holidayseason

I am obsessed with photography. I've had Stephen, my Sony, for about 3 years now and I have never used it as much as I have in the last few months. I was always just sitting around waiting for a time to take a perfect picture. Let me tell you this- that is never going to work. The most perfect pictures are the ones taken in the moment, capturing the emotions just as they are- raw, and sometimes shocking you with its beauty. Moral of the story: lugging your camera with you everywhere will be rewarding. I added a "Snapshots" section to my blog for some of my pictures.

Ok, thats enough deep writing, soul searching etc... Lets move onto something more shallow- Me! (holy cow that sounds selfish, but I guess it is my blog).

The days of being surprised on Christmas days are pretty much over. Well, I don't know exactly what I'll be getting, but I didn't have much on my list so I'm assuming that I'll get most of it. But you know what they say about assuming... either way, I'm excited!


Christmas List 2011:
* Garage door opener- I know this is the dumbest thing for a 16 year old girl to ask for BUT I'm currently parking in a third stall in our garage. One that I have to manually open. This means scurrying out of my car into the garage, yanking the door open, and then dashing back to the warmth of the heated vehicle. Doing this in the temperatures of Minnesota winter is grueling. Especially when I'm still wet after practice at night. Frozen hair is something I want to avoid.

*These Sperry Top-Siders. I'm really not a fan of how the normal ones make my feet look like Big Foot, so these high-top ones were a perfect find. And the gray glitter on them really just makes me smile.

*Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto album (2011). I have been resisting clicking "purchase album" on iTunes since the day this came out. Music is the perfect thing to put on Christmas lists because $15 is the perfect price for extended family members or secret santa things.

*Fujifilm Instax Mini 25 camera. I am SO excited for this. Its a small-ish, modern version of a polaroid camera. The exposures it prints are the size of credit cards. They're so tiny and cute. The only downside to it is the fact that film is super expensive. $15 for 20 exposures? yikes.