Comfy

   Our elevator here in the dorms looked a little bleak for some reason and I've been trying to figure out why. After discussing it with some friends we decided that it was too bare - not exactly somewhere you'd want to stay for any amount of time. But now that we knew the problem we also had a solution  . . .

Comfy!
   Sixth floor was generous enough to donate a chair and now the elevator is warm and welcoming, someplace you'd be happy to curl up a read a good book. So if you find your elevator lacking maybe it's time to add some appropriate furniture!

Retro Photography

   Now that school is over for the semester I've had some time to play around with my photography. I found some really cool retro effects that I liked online and discovered that using a toy camera or a plastic lens can produce some amazingly unpredictable and beautiful photographs that have that soft retro look.



   These effects are due to the cheap materials and construction used in making these cameras. This means that each camera will produce unique and often unpredictable photos (which in this case is a good thing).

Consequently, I've added a plastic lens and a couple of toy cameras to my photography wish list:
- Holga makes both a toy film camera and a plastic lens for my Nikon D-SLR.

Holga 120S
Nikon Lens
Holga on a Nikon D-SLR

- Or there is the classic Diana camera

Diana Toy Camera 
   Until I add these to my photography kit I'll have play with similar effects in Photoshop. In this case having so much control is a good/bad thing because the effects are not so random when using Photoshop. But here's what I've come up with so far:

Hanging out on campus.

Ever find one of those trees that just looks like a perfect seat?

Hale Library on the KSU campus.


Homework?

Why do homework when I can do this?