Road Ends here

I was walking my dogs the other day and to my dismay there happened to be another canine owner walking her two, what appeared to be, beagles (but on steroids because they were the biggest beagles I've ever seen.) This is never a good thing for anyone walking four dogs, three of whom can be a BIT volatile. While my 'boys' stood alert, ears erect, the girl was struggling to control her two animals. As I was waiting on her to proceed with them so I could take my dogs in that direction, her attempts and pulling one of her dogs failed as it broke off the leash and bolted over towards my pack. As all hell broke loose the girl ran over to retrieve her runaway. When she finally did I had to wait yet again for her to head off. Getting tired of waiting I decided to just turn and head in the opposite direction. There isn't much grass and we usually don't walk them there for the fear of fleas, ticks, and so on. But whatever I was getting annoyed with the situation. It was while I was in this peeved state of being, walking in the hot Charleston sun with equally sweltering dogs that I came across this sign.

I later came back out with my camera because, Idk, I'm weird and like things like this. The road here ends to abruptly, giving way to the natural world with all its animal inhabitants.

As I was walking back from a somewhat disappointing shoot of the sign above, walking up some stairs, when I nearly stepped on this little guy.

beach in Charleston, SC

I hate it. I don't think I've been anywhere else where there are actually a noticeable amount of ants crawling around the sand. And the water....yea I don't see how people swim in that. Maybe it's just because the first beaches I had ever been to were on Guam where the water is [usually] crystal clear. Every other beach I've been to, in Cali, Texas, Korea, Europe, and here in Charleston, has had water that is murky and pretty unattractive. LOL
Anyways so Sunday we went to the beach because my parents were just heart set on running down there. So for what FELT like an hour they were off running while I had to sit with Zae among the masses of other sunbathers who seemed to be enjoying themselves way more than I was. Mostly because it was hot and Zae was fussing almost the entire time. I couldn't even really get any shots which was my initial intention. BUT I did happen to capture one guy....

I love the whole lawn chair IN the water lol

After the beach I was starving since I had yet to eat sooo before heading home we stopped by this AMAZING little bagel shop: "Charleston Bagel." Besides the 'sandwiches' being yummy I found a cute little sign hanging up on the pick-up window.

Luckily for me there were plenty of bottles lined up right beside the sign further emphasizing the saying. =]

Until next time,

RAGity Ann =]

Never-Never

It's so insane to me how much news coverage the story of Michael Jackson's death is getting. To see just how many people from all over the world he has effected. For any one person to have such an enormous following blows my mind [in a good way.]

I guess what freaked me out the most about M.J's passing isn't how sudden it was, but how relatively young he was. I mean, my dad is 50 also and it really good shape for his age. But it just shook me to think about something like that happening to my own father. I try not to think about the passing time but when things like this happen it forces me to acknowledge the fact that people grow old and eventually die. To just imagine what life would be like without either of my parents is too much to bear. I guess in a way I'm like Michael and J-holiday in that I just wish there was a real never-neverland "where nobody has to grow old." lol blahhhh

The following are some photos I turned in for my final project for Photo Foundations I my second quarter. The subject was repetition [yea kinda lame but it was completely last minute I had no inspiration.] But I actually liked how these came out.

I loved the texture of the steel bars and how through the first four you can see glimpses of the building in the background.

I feel like since i've been in the states I've wanted to photograph telephone poles. The repetition as well as the interesting visual you get from the hanging wires always intrigues me. I also liked the gradation in the sky and the two other structures looming in the background.

My favorite from the series. I chose to cut the faces halfway to emphasize the praying position of the hands.

RIP

Regardless of what anyone may say, this man has left an impact not only on America, but on the entire world. His music has crossed boundaries and has succeeded in bringing masses of people together. He is a legend, and icon, THE king of pop.

R.I.P- Michael Jackson

1958-2009

A Day At The Beach..

This is my final project for Photo Foundations II. Yea the title is LAME but i couldnt think of ne thing else at the time lol.

Body Tagging

For some reason this wouldn't flippin upload on myspace. But yeeaaa this is one of the photos from my original book idea which was using diptychs to show similarites between things in the natural world and humans. For instanceeee, with this photograph it's counterpart would be a graffited wall. I loved the idea but didn't have enough time to execute the damn thing. UGH O well I'm pretty pleased with how my current book is turning out. Once I'm finished putting it together and send it out I'll be posting all the photographs from that.

Until Then,
=D

X-men Origins

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G...ok I am a huge X-men freak and I just got home from watching the newest installment. Besides the story making more sense that previous ones, they FINALLY included Gambit!!
Origins is by FAR better than The Last Stand; in my eyes anyway. The action, characters, and story were just on point to put it simply =]
I hear there's another Origins coming out within the next year..or two? This one centered on Magneto. I'll most def be awaiting that release as well....

In other news, this weekend is pretty stressful with my 20 photos for my book for Photo FoundationsII due tues AND me changing my subject at the last minute. I'm not to enthused about the change but I literally have NO time to complete my original idea so yeaaa..I'm working with my fall back. I believe I have all the pics I need, I took well over 20, BUT the hard part is finding useables worthy of publishing LOL

Besides all THAT my sister is here for the weekend so that kind of levels me out. I just saw her a couple months ago but it feels like forever!

Most Valuable Characters in X-men Origins: Wolverine(besides Wolverine of Course)

[Wade Wilson/DeadPool]

[Gambit]