430EX II

I have been dreaming about the next few items I should buy for my camera. I have a few in mind like the vertical grip, a fish eye or wide angle lens, strobe kits, or an external flash. My sister and I visited UniquePhoto today and played around with some of their toys.

External flashes were number one on my wish list considering my old Speedlite 430EZ is prehistoric and ready to be six feet under. I played around with the 430EX II and I fell in love in aflash. It was a little pricey for me still but def not too expensive like the newer model 580EX. After a few snaps I asked if I could get a new flash because I was ready to purchase.

Lenses are definitely next on the list for me. I've been wishing for wide angle lenses since forever (by forever I mean when I got my camera). I also played around with some of the wide angle lenses and got my eye on a Tamron 10-24mm. Oh the joy it brought to me. Well my birthday is coming up soon and I can't wait to force my folks to buy it for me.

Speedlite 430EX II

backshot

behind the scenes... thanks mom!

my DIY macro photo studio

LIM

My co-worker, Monika, who I haven't seen in about 2 years, sent me an invite last week to come through to her apartment in the city for a party. The theme was animals or some type of beasts... you'll see in some pictures. Pretty hilarious theme if you ask me.

It took almost half an hour to find parking until i gave up and just paid the garage a few bucks. I buzzed in, opened the door, went up the elevator, knocked a few times, and finally got in. It was a sight, let me tell you. You had to be on the "guest list" to get in. But not really.

wall display

Today, at work, my manager and I finally fixed our store's window display. Oh man was the sight so horrid before the smart move. It didn't even make sense. Boots were next to flats, the UGGs were separated, sneakers were next to Birkenstocks... it was ridiculous.. but it finally changed today! Oh, and sorry for the cell phone quality.

before

after

my short manager

...dancing for customers

Central Park

Neil and I decided to hit up the Museum of Natural History today. We figured that it should be interesting and full of surprises. Full of surprises it was... it was surprisingly BORING! geez. I don't know if it's because we didn't go with a party or maybe it was the long walk prior to visiting the museum that took the toll on our fun-ness. We only went to the 1st and 2nd level out of 4. The only thing that dropped my jaw was the large whale hanging down from the ceiling. you have to see it. Other than that it was all mediocre. So we left and walked around Central Park.

Port Authority

free

love

just checking out the boats

here they are

catching a fish

call of duty

who broke my bike?!

woohoo!

Rilwan hit me up today and asked if i wanted to go to his freind's beer-b-q. HELLO?! why not?! haha. For a small group, it was very entertaining. Beer-pong and flip cup all niiiiiiiight. Met a couple new friends and just enjoyed those very last days of summer.

a few

a bunch

anymore beer?

getting scolded haha

Nancy's cousins

the loser group

light weight

schemers

girls rule

for the win!