Take a chance on me....

I'm glad someone took a chance on me.
Things are going well and I feel so blessed to have so many opportunities in my life and to have the people around me that I do.
So it's no secret I love film and photography.
I had this amazing opportunity to be DP on one of the commercials for the directing commercials class. It was kind of trial by fire because you know I fool around doing my own stuff, but I've never been DP for any legitimate project.
My original mentor ended up not being able to be there on set at all, but I did have help to start from one my sister's best friends who is really talented. I don't know what I would've done if she hadn't been there to get me started.
Anyway, I always say I don't know all the technical things. I spent the days leading up to it researching everything I could find and calling all my resources to make sure I was doing things the right way.
Nothing was perfect, but I thought the majority of what we got looked beautiful. Check out this one shot below:

That was the director's favorite.
Then we built a bathroom in the dining room and it worked out so well. Movie magic. I love it. I think what I learned yesterday was that the technical things come second to m=being intuitive and having an eye for what looks good. I did learn lots of good tips and tricks. I'm creating a separate part of my brain strictly for DP/lighting tips. That space will probably end up being half my brain.
When I got home yesterday I was just high on life. Not only that it all looked pretty good, but also that I survived because I was so nervous going into it.
Getting a good shot and good lighting totally floored(sp?) me, so I'll take it as a sign that I'm doing the right thing.

On another note. The leaves randomly all just started falling last Sunday. They had all turned, but weren't really falling. Now after a week most of the trees are bare.


We went to the Festival of Lights at the Krishna Temple. I had to film an event for my documentary class and it was pretty fun. I love this picture.


And then... the sunset was beautiful and the temple itself is gorgeous.


Then a bridal shower for this beautiful girl!

Here is the set up, it was so so cute! Props to the host for a good time!


I love fall. All I want to do now is stay in bed and read and snuggle under the covers.