Day 41: Salt Flats

Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems surreal? Nothing seems real at all, like you're living in some wonderful dream where no one and nothing can touch you? I have. I love days like that.

PS: Be spontaneous. It will take you places. Sometimes literally.

PPS: Go to my Facebook page to see more photos from this photoshoot Stella and I did at the Salt Flats!!

Day 40: Nail Biter!!!!!!!

Just kidding, I don't actually bite my nails.

Day 39: Worlds of Colors

What the heck?

A picture of a beautifully vivid red strawberry in b&w?

Yup.

Who said it was red? 

Think about it. Use your imagination.

Maybe it's a purple strawberry! 

Hell, anything is possible these days (especially with all the preservatives and pesticides used on food...but let's save that conversation for another day!)

Day 38: Calm

How is it possible to be an 18 year old college student-athlete and stay calm? Good thing for tea, or my head might explode. 

PS- I'm back in Salt Lake :) Flew back this morning! Bad idea to ever fly on a day when you have class, practice, and lifting all one right after another. I need a full days recovery from flying cross country. Especially when I stayed up snuggling with my dog the night before and only got two hours of sleep!! Baaaad idea. Bad. 

Day 37: Pure

Pure, innocent, carefree, happy, naive.

What I was today.

Day 36: BEACH!

we went to long beach island for the day :) I love being at the beach when it's cold and windy. is that weird? but it's so nice. and you can walk along while you're all bundled up and look at the beautiful ocean stretched out before. I always wonder who is on the other side of the ocean looking towards me. there must be someone!!!

Day 35: Pancakes

Yum.

Day 34: Roam

I thoroughly enjoy roaming through the forest pretending I'm lost and thousands of miles away from the world. 

Day 33: Off

Just off.

Day 32: Racing Thoughts Running Through My Head

This is me in my favorite thinking place. 

Day 31: Figuring It Out

Why the hell am I always trying to figure everything out? Why the hell can't I just let something be, the way it is, for once in my life? 

Day 30: I'm Back!

AH! Such a great shoot today! It was so much fun and it felt great. I was so raring to go and excited. It might have been my best shoot yet. Now I'm all ready to go and want to be snapping pictures all day, everyday. I've rekindled a love with my camera that sorta slipped away from me for the past few days. 

To see more photos from the shoot go to my Facebook or Flickr page!

Day 29: Family

I told myself I would NEVER put up friends/group shots in my 365, but when you have no time to do anything else, it has to be done :/ ...at least I got one picture...right?

Day 28: Frolicking

Today I took Bella frolicking through our old stomping grounds today around sunset. It's so nice to be able to walk and just forget about the world around me. Now sitting by the fire watching the moon rise. It's a gorgeous night and making me think of summer!

Day 27: HOME.

AHHH this is late. it's been a crazy day. i flew home yesterday and didn't have time to post cause I got in at almost midnight. But I'm back in PA, and ready to have a relaxing spring break! And this photo was taken on my phone, at about midnight, right when I got home and saw my Bellabooo :)

Day 26: Reflecting

Let's look at our reflections and reflect.

Take a moment from your day and think about who you are as a person. Are you selfish? Try to be selfless. Are you too proud? Find humbleness inside you. Are you all you can be for the people around you? Take time to do something for the people who do something everyday for you.

Day 25: BUSYYY

Had SUCH a good day today. Daniela is here visiting from PA, and we went up Little Cottonwood Canyon up to Snowbird, to take the tram to 11,000 ft! It was magnificent. Then later that night JP went with us to Park City and we went tubing and walked around town and had dinner. It was such a good day. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I love being outside, I love having fun, and most of all, I love my friends!!

Day 24: Dreaming beneath an orange sky

Daniela and I sat climbed up to the giant "U" on the mountainside today. We watched a BEAUTIFUL sunset. It was amazing and an absolutely wonderful day :)

Day 23: HAPPY FEET!

my feet are happy that it's spring! barefooted weather, here we come!

i'm not a fan of shoes in the summer, i'd rather go without! :)

ps, the movie Happy Feet = best movie EVER.

Day 22: Friends and Bubblegum

yum, bubblegum :)

oh, and i love having friends.

friends in general are just wonderful aspects of life.

Day 21: Hidden

Have you ever done something, and afterwards it makes you feel like you wanna hide away from the world?

Day 20: Sunsets Sunsets, I love Sunsets!

So I hate smog. I hate pollution. I hate people who litter. I hate people who leave lights on. I hate people who take three hour showers. I hate people who leave their sink dripping. I hate people who don't think about the planet!!! Okay, so I seriously don't actually hate people, that's too strong of a word, but it's extremely annoying. And I may be extremely annoying and chide you for your extremely long shower, or for not turning off the TV when you leave the room...but COME ON! You're asking for it. So get ready, if you wanna be my friend. Alrighty, so my point was, before I started rambling, that even though I hate smog and pollution, it has one positive effect: sunsets. Did you know that the more the smog, the prettier the sunset? Isn't that awful? But amazing at the same time? So Salt Lake has a ton of smog, and the sunsets here are EPIC. And I see an amazing sunset every night from my dorm window :) I really do love it. But I would rather have no smog and boring sunsets then breathing in this awful air everyday. My poor lungs!! So please, turn off your lights when you leave the room, bike/walk/take a bus instead of a car whenever possible, and take shorter showers if you actually care about your children's' future. Mother Earth says thank you. 

Day 19: Unoticeable

I thoroughly enjoy making boring things seem interesting.

Day 18: Boring

Okay, okay, I need to step it up.

I'm have not been feeling the creative juices flowing lately.

This is my "oh no" face, because my photos are not exactly what I want them to be!!

I promise they'll get better :)

Day 17: Reality

My friend Cristina sent me some much needed Post-its with a few great quotes on them. It was a wonderful surprise! Monday's are no fun, especially after skiing all weekend. Heading back to reality isn't exactly fun most times. I'm more of a daydreamer, who would rather stay as far away as possible from mundane, routine life. I like excitement, surprises and chaos. As far as I'm concerned,  everyone needs a little (or a lot of) excitement in their life, or else you just can't be happy!

Day 16: MORE Skiing

more skiing!

except today we went to Alta. It was a GREAT powder day. SO much fun. 

And yet again, I'm exhausted.

Day 15: Skiing

SKIIIIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!!

My cousin Natalie and Uncle Tim are out here in Utah for a few days from Pennsylvania and we went skiing at Snowbird today! It was such a good day to ski. Beautiful, warm and pretty good powder! I'm exhausted, headed to bed...NIGHT!

Day 14: Blurred Vision

I shot this while half asleep. Not kidding. So. much. homework. It's killing me slowly. I'm exhausted because of it. And extremely sore from doing two extremely hard workouts yesterday. I need sleep. Bad. You know when you become so tired you can't see straight? That has been me since like 5PM. I can't see straight. This picture pretty much sums up my vision right now.

GOODNIGHT!

Day 13: Overload!

Whew. Oh man, today has been full of lots and lots of...stuff. First off, my day started out with me full out sprinting (backpack and all) about 100 yards to make the Trax heading downtown. I ran up to the last car to push the button to open the doors, and WHAM, somehow slipped (it was raining out!) and full out landed on my knees, sliding about three feet forward. Pretty sure every single person on Trax saw this, and people walking, and people in their cars. And also the conductor, because Trax actually started to move, then I fell, then Trax stopped so I could get on the train. That never happens! Trax never waits for anyone! So I guess the conductor felt really bad...not sure if that's a good thing or bad. Despite this, having an extremely hard day at lifting practice, and the fact that it's not the nicest day in the world, my day has been pretty good :)

Also, I have an OVERWHELMING amount of homework. Man, high school was a piece of cake compared to this. I love college, but I think I could live without the workload! This is midterm week, so I'm cramming for my essay-format Environmental Ethics exam (which I LOVE!...the class, not the midterm...). But at least my classes are subjects I thoroughly enjoy learning about. That's what college is all about...right?

Anyways, sorry this is a never-ending post about my never-ending troubles, but I hope you like the picture, because I took it while procrastinating studying! :)

Day 12: Stella la la LA

Tonight I did a photoshoot with Stella! It was awesome! She is awesome! She's very good to work with. I got a ton of great shots, I honestly couldn't pick my favorite one. I love photoshoots. I feel so...in my zone...when holding my camera. It's a great feeling :) 

you know those people who have great passions for a certain something in their life? Photography is mine. I think the happiest people are people with passions. People who have passions have a zest for life that cannot be replaced. 

What's your passion?

Day 11: This is my life

In exactly one month from today, I'll be throwing at my first Division I track and field meet. Today we did our first serious full run-throughs at practice, and it gave me SO much adrenaline! I love javelin, I honestly do, and throwing it is such a thrill so me :) 

I hope EVERYONE comes to our meets! GO UTES!!!