Posted in photography, ramblings, tagged a day in the life, photography on May 15, 2013 | 8 Comments »
In order to get this post out in the right 24-hour time frame I started yesterday at 7:45pm and went until today at 8:00pm. Here’s a day in the life of me. Beware, it’s fascinating.
Day #15 of Blog Every Day in May via Story of My Life. Check out the linkup here.
Posted in photography, tagged construction photography, construction photos, construction sites, creative construction photos, creative engineer, engineer photography, photography on March 15, 2013 | 8 Comments »
Did I ever mention that I worked on a construction site for 6 months? It sort of comes with the territory of being an architectural engineering major. That’s pretty much where I solidified my sailor’s vocabulary.
One of the jobs that I was in charge of was taking pictures of the site every week to put progress photos up on the owner’s website. Well, once I get my DSLR in my hand, my focus quickly goes from left-brained to right-brained. Every week I would show up with a few pictures on my camera that were a little bit out of the ordinary. My boss would call me into his office and say, “Chrystina, what is this?” – and I would respond “Don’t you love the way the light is hitting off of that object?” or “Look at the great composition of this with the long lines and shapes” – and he would look at me like I was crazy, but nod and smile and move on.
The best was when I found a pipe hanger on the ground. I hadn’t seen one before – all I knew was that it looked like a piece of the tin man. Well, that’s what I told my boss. From that day on every piece of metal I found was part of the tin man – he had arms, legs, and I even found him a sword! Good times.
Here are some of the pictures that I took on the site during those 6 months. I think it’s interesting how my right and left brain come together and I love pictures of lines and angles. What do you think?
Posted in photography, tagged black and white, new years eve photoshoot, photography, photoshoot, portraits on January 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Since the last two posts were talking about these grandiose ideas and life missions and learning to be happy – I figured it was about time I off-set that with something a little bit more fun. In the last post I teased all of you with a singular picture from mine and Jai’s photoshoot – the happy 2013 picture. Why would you want to stop at one picture when you can look at 12 pictures of how adorable we are? I know, I know – you’re thinking to yourself – but Chrystina, you said you were going to stop posting photography on this site. This is just too much fun to pass up. By the end of the week photos from Atlanta and Paris should be up (I hope) – but I won’t bore you with those pictures over here. Check it out.
Also, to any of you who know Jai, please note that I am sporting the Jai eyeliner. She did it, not me. I have to admit, it was pretty fun for an evening – I also have to admit that I’m positive that I couldn’t do it myself.
Posted in photography, tagged autumn, outdoors photography, photography, self portraits on November 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I posted a Facebook status this past weekend that said -
Surprisingly, only one person questioned this – although from conversations with people, a few more people questioned it in their heads and moved on. Well, I’ll tell you what I was doing. I was looking back at photoshoots of myself from 2005 on and pulling all of the best pictures of myself into one album on my computer. Honestly, there are thousands and thousands of pictures. I’ve been a red head, I’ve been a blonde, I’ve been a brunette. There are photoshoots where I’m dressed normal, classy, emo, gothic, in Christmas attire, and more. Usually something inspires a photoshoot – whether it be a song, a mood, a sitcom, a movie, too much America’s next top model, a good hair day, awesome lighting, etc. Well – today was one of those days – I’ve been watching too much Smash (it took me under 3.5 days to finish the first season – and I went to work one of those days) – and the lighting was awesome. It occured to me I haven’t done an outdoors autumny photoshoot – so since I’m in Connecticut, I figured I’d make it happen.
We all do vain things sometimes, right? (I keep trying to convince my parents this is normal. Although my parents can’t think I’m toooo crazy considering my mom keeps asking to see the pictures. Well, here they are, mom.)
Chrystina Noel is a lifestyle blog written by a city girl with a passion for hosting parties, designing greeting cards, and making lists. Enjoy your stay!
