5.14.2009

Ali Stephens

This is Me... and i am Bored and not in a great mood either..





ugh.... this stupid swine flu crap is annoying me. It has made everything boring, and scary. No one wants to hang out, go out, or do anything. It is simply boring. boring!!!

I am going insane!!! i need to get creative and do some photo shoots soon!! or i will go out the window!!...


ugh...

5.12.2009

Vote for SHeeNA NOWW!!


hey guys !! do a favor and vote for SHEENA! SAFARI!! she is the prettiest and nicest girl!! so VOTE FOR HER and pass it around!!!

http://www.missengland.info/regionals/photoheat9

Sheena Safari to 84205



5.09.2009

Sasha Pivovarova


a fellow 24 yrd old Moscow model with art history knowledge from the russian university of humanties. she never considered modeling until a fellow friend/photographer shot her and send her photos to international modeling agencies. from then on, she has become one of the most popular models for exclusive brands.




i think eastern european girls are so famous for modeling because of their unique looks and their freshness and youth that most carry physically and mentally . They are simple humble girls picked out and made into fashion icons throughout the world, making fashion look even better and so outstanding.

i consider myself a photographer, although i have recently started being good, but i always had a good eye and thats what makes me good. i like to go through models ports to check out the looks and get ideas.

5.05.2009

The Fashion Shoot






These models were not chosen by me, it was a class work and well they didn't turn out so bad but with better models it could have been more interesting. that is what the future is for .. to get better hehe.









So for as long as i can remember i always wanted to go volunteer at an orphanage home or any kind of place in need of an extra hand. Ive always loved children, that is a fact evident to all who know me forever. I couldn't do it before because i was too young myself and always traveling so that was chaotic enough. Now that i've found myself with extra time and the will and compassion to go help others i am researching for orphanages around Guadalajara, Mx. to go and help out.
All this thinking gave me an idea the other day, of going and photographing some children there while i volunteer and get their trust and liking first of course , so they can truly open up and give me a photo full of history and expression. My hope for this is to make calendars with photographs of the orphanages and their daily routines and lifestyles, to be able to capture the sweetness and sadness of it all and to help out somehow by giving the calendars away for any charity money they could receive to help out buy food or any kind of things these places might lack of. so this is a project i am working on hopefully to be shot this year.

By the way the picture along this post was taken by a really good photographer but unfortunately my stupid firefox froze and i don't remember his name . so am sorry for that. hopefully i can find it again so i can post up a bit of info about this nice photographer and some of his work

How did we get from a hollow, muscular organ heart to the spiritual and emotional symbol of love heart?






A little bit about the anatomy of the heart:
The heart is the strongest muscle in the body, constantly pumping blood into different organs of your body. The heart moves blood full of oxygen, nutrients, water and waste to and from every part of your body.

A heart is about the size of a person’s clenched fist. It has 2 sides ; left and right side each side having an specific name being the atrium ( top part) , and the ventricle ( bottom part). Both sides have a vein where blood flows into the atrium. Valves control where the blood goes and separate the atrium from the ventricle. Other valves control the flow of blood from the ventricle to the artery that sends blood back to the body.

The heart is made of muscle that by contracting builds up a blood pressure by pumping blood throughout the whole body, this is known as “beating” of the heart.

I wont get into detailed information about the heart because I could write and write and write …. And I will lose the main point of this post being how did we get from this beating, muscle heart to the heart of love and emotion.

So just having a vague idea of what the heart is for our body, you can understand it is like the core of your body, the pump that keeps you alive.

My interest in the anatomy of the body an the functions of our systems interest me so much that I’ve reached into old boxes of schools things and found my biology books from my sophomore year at CHS with my teacher my. Goddess. He made class very fun and he always gave us a bunch of interactive activities and projects. He would hang on the walls the best projects and it was a constant competition In class to have the best and “prettiest” work.
I have also gotten out my massive notebooks and handouts from my biology class in IB from Iran. I didn’t discover my love and intrigue about the human body till recently. I was always interested in it but I never made it a big deal, never thought anything serious of it. Maybe the fact that the hospital has become such a common place to be and that doctors have become the subject of conversation these past few years, or the fact that I have more dr. numbers in my mobile … I don’t know. I Only know that I realized that with this disconnected personality of mine that so many take as cold and distant, I have come to feel so strong about this whole world of medicine.

So enough of that and lets get to the part where the heart has been taken as a symbol of love and morality and why.


in the past, the heart was believed to be the intellectual core of a person, instead of the brain. from ancient mythologies and religion, the heart was always the core of the human mind. taken from its word root and back to latin, in many languages it is defined as the core and soul of a person or things.

In european traditions, the heart has been drawn in a more styled shape pleasant to the eye where it is typically the color red of blood and passion. it has been like this since the 15th century and is now particularly associated with a romantic love. the heart shape has made a controversy as some people believe that its actually depicting the heart of a cow, more than a human heart. Others say that the heart shape is actually to depict a woman's body.

whatever all the history of how the pumping muscle heart came to be the typical love heart we see everywhere nowdays, i understand why they chose to use the heart as the symbol of love.
When you fall in love with a person, you feel something strong in your chest. you feel like your heart pumps a bit faster and just the same when you get heartbroken, you feel the pain in your chest. The idea of having a loved one, they most of the time become a huge part of your life, and without them you feel blue and sad and sometimes to extremes you get depressed and you feel like you will die without them.

The heart is such a vital organ in the body, it gives life to the rest of your body and it is constantly working in order for the rest fo your body to work successfully. so yes, it is the core of you and whatever you feel will be very much felt around that area.

i thought i was going to get into huge detail about this topic since it is a very interesting one. but i have been awake most nights and i am so tired now that all i wish is for this post to be done.

5.04.2009

First work with lighting and it's effects





so, due to my disruptive sleeping patterns, i am still awake. yes ive been knitting like a spider i have so many projects to finish so i can start new ones and ouh so many things that i want to do.
i thought it would be nice to post some of my first photos playing with lighting. it is truly amazing what light can do for a photograph, give life to a flat object and give expression to a blank frame.
so i think i will try to sleep now. and tomorrow keep adding more photography and random things of my interest.

5.03.2009

bedroom makeover of 2009



after so many changes and attempts to make my room a more comfortable and special place, i decided to go for a clean look.

i had decided a few months ago to go for the french vintage look since i had the perfect bedroom furniture for it. i was so happy just imagining the result of the transformation, but sadly it didnt work out because my grand-uncle decided to not give me the bedroom furniture till he was dead.
what a mood killer, i wont wait for that, i cant, by that time i will me married and living somewhere else. maybe, i can make one guest room as a french vintage look, for the girl guests at my house.

so.. i painted 2 of my walls including the one with the Big arched window a light mint color. it is fabulous, i love it. its light, calm, peaceful and beautiful.

i have designed a bed frame that will be white and minimalist style. As soon as i get it i will post a picture of it. in the mean time, i will be buying new decorations for my room. i dont like to stuff my room with things. it is probably why i dont like people in my room either. i feel like my space is being invaded with their daily drama and vibes... no thanks.