I Love You, Camera. part III

Canon Canonet QL17 GIII

I simply adore this camera. I picked it up at the San Luis Obispo swap meet (the first and only time I've been, since it requires waking up at the crack of dawn on Sunday) for $5 in absolutely beautiful cosmetic condition with film loaded inside. At first I was afraid it was cursed, since I lost two of the first four rolls of film I shot with it (lost to the longs drugs/CVS changeover, another in the postal system), but since then I've shot three more rolls that have come back fine. 

Since I never bothered to find a battery for it, the shutter speed and aperature settings are completely manual. Focus is also set this way with another ring on the lens barrel, helpfully indicating distance in feet as well as meters. It is extremely forgiving and takes beautiful pictures, and I've gotten better at it with each roll I shoot.

sketchbook assignments

some definite anatomical errors in the second one, but i like it mostly. :)
(drawn from photographs 'cause I'm a cheater)

shameless materialism!

my boots came in today!!! once again i'd like to proclaim my love for zappos; i ordered them last night around 8pm and they were delivered this morning at 10!

aren't they beautiful? <3 i guessed right on the size and they fit perfectly, but it's funny that the overall effect of the contrast stitching is to make my already-small feet look even smaller. oh well :P 

here is the version that urban outfitters used in their august 2010 catalogue:

they look lovely on the model but i didn't think i could pull them off. ;P

some gorgeous $280 Frye boots that i can't afford:

and in an attempt to get this boot/shoe-lusting frenzy out of my system, i doodled some beautiful flats that urban outfitters had on sale (but were out of my size):

inane ramblings

I love zappos!! :D they upgrade me to free two-day shipping all the time. I've been looking into boots to buy for my trip to Ireland in a few weeks and wanted something rugged, comfortable, but still stylish enough to wear in public on a regular basis. I was looking into doc martens.. trying to figure out what makes them so special, but then the Bass "monica" boots I was also considering were shown in an urban outfitters catalogue from past winter! of course that sealed the deal for me because deep down I'm a wannabe hipster.

other boots I was looking at were a few pairs by Frye, but of course were out of my price range.

I would post pictures but I'm on the press right now using my phone. we've been waiting here, bored as hell for the last hour because the "journalists" wanted to wait for the results of the basketball game. we don't even have files yet. how's that for inane?