Yee Olden Days

I just spent the past few minutes going through my flickr from beginning to end.  I’ve had it for three years, so to see what has changed has amused me greatly.  There’s cute little stories attached to a lot of these photos…that’s mainly why I keep them up (I know they aren’t that great of pictures, but we all have to start somewhere)

Let’s start somewhere near the beginning, shall we?  I’m going to be obnoxious and only post the links so you can see them the way they were uploaded

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/152634246/

From my first ever “Photoshoot”.  I was waiting for my model to arrive.  This is the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida.  Why my parents let me go to shows in Ybor as a young teen, I’ll never know.   But this is what I lived for when I was younger.  Shows shows shows.  The orpheum was my favourite (and you gotta love the “in lust we trust” sign by the bar…)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/167899356/

Charlene was always a good sport and modeled for me whenever I had a whim.  This was taken up at our favourite spot…the overpass in my neighborhood in Tampa, Florida.  She is pretty much the only thing I miss about Tampa.  I have a few friends that I consider close, but she really is my BEST friend.  One day I’m going to go to tampa and kidnap her and make her live with me and we can take tons of pictures together again.  And she knows this.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/171129683/

this would be the infamous show that blew my eardrums out.  Thank you, copeland, for forever ruining my hearing!

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/219450619/

the first and last shoot I ever got paid for.  I think.

I must bring good luck because they’re married with a baby boy now.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/218911844/

the day I discovered the “liquify” tool

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/352581551/

I went on a shoot with my friend right before I moved to Nashville.  He had gone off to take pictures of trash or something…and he had no idea I was doing this kind of photo.  He rounded the corner right as I took a flying leap…and I think I scared him to death to say the least.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/414354545/

Taken during the most depressing time of my life.  I hate looking at that series.  I made it colorful and happy though, because I’m not one to give up hope.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/428876892/

Before my sister moved she had a demon cat, manduren.  Oh, she was cute…but she slapped and bit and ugh.  I couldn’t stand the little monster.  My sister had to give her up when she left Portland…so now we think she’s probably got dreads and is tokin’ it with the hippies in Oregon now.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/528857212/

I don’t care what people say, this is my favourite picture that I’ve ever taken.  I was in Charlotte, NC at a dance competiton.  They hyped up this hotel so much, and it was awful in the end.  But I took photos and had a great time.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/955075165/

I lied.  This photo is my favourite.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/2263679637/

Every time I see this photo I’m shocked at the fact that I had the guts to put it up…but then I realize that nobody on earth knows what the meaning is behind it and so I chuckle to myself and move on quietly.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/2471894646/

I had no clue that picture would get even the slightest bit of attention.  It was just a random idea that came forth on a boring day.  King hippo totally stole the show on this one.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/2606033666/

On a trip to tampa last year, I went to visit Julliet.  She is such a dear friend to me.  She’s hilarious, creative, obsessed with batman and secretly (yet not so secretly) wishes she was asian.  Now she lives in DC and I’m going to have to make a trip up to see her, because she simply is the bomb diggity.

 

Last but certainly not least

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecameraismakebelieve/2609750018/in/photostream/

the day I met my flickr friends, Kate and Amanda.  Now we’re all bff and stuff.  If flickr did anything for me in the past three years, it brought me two really great friends

 

Hopefully this amused you somewhat.  I know it did me.

tea time.

ciao