Visual Afflatus

Contrast: Project 365 goes to Mexico

hannahbananabean — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:39:21 +0000

For this last week, I have been exploring Mexico, visiting family and seeing the sites. I have many more photos I plan to add ASAP, but first, here are my chosen Project 365 pieces from the week. Enjoy!

Project 365 2012: 02.01.12 Paths--I took this through the car window on our first day of the trip. Long exposures are fun.

Project 365 2012: 02.02.12 Plane--I took this in the plain airplane.

Project 365 2012: 02.03.12-Butterfly-in-hand--My cousin holding a butterfly in a forest of millions of monarchs in Mexico.

Project 365 2012: 02.04.12 Shadow of Teotihuan--We all went to Teotihuacan with the temples of the sun and moon. I took this from the top of one of the walls. I love ancient places.

Project 365 2012: 02.05.12 Mariachi on Water--We went to Xochimilco, the only part of the lake left that once covered all of Mexico City. There are boats and parties all over. This is one of the boats which you can hire for a song or two!

Project 365 2012: 02.06.12 Legs--Need I say more?

Project 365 2012: 02.07.12 Positivity--I painted this the day we arrived home. I tried mixing my dry powdered paint with oil. The result wasn't brilliant. The oil didn't bring out the glitter from the paint, so I decided to add some water splatters on top. I was really happy with the splotched results.

Project 365 2012: 02.08.12 Another sunset--with my 35 mm Prime set to f1.8, I was ready to take this low-light beauty. I HEART THIS LENS!

Project 365 2012: 02.09.12 Obsession--I think I'm obsessed with eyes.

Only light

hannahbananabean — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:07:07 +0000

This week was a photography week. Yesterday I bought a 35 mm prime lens, which I’m having a lot of fun with. The picture from yesterday was taken with it.

I head off for Mexico City tomorrow, so I should have some fun Project 365 photos this week!

Thanks for reading!

Project 365 2012: 01.27.12 Silks--We had our first rehearsal for a circus performance. The people who can climb the silks are so amazingly strong!

Project 365 2012: 01.28.12 Huh?--My mother, Polly, makes a beautiful and hilarious clown!

Project 365 2012: 01.29.12 Circus Bliss--My sister, Elly LOVES monkeying on the German Wheel. She warmed up before our performance.

Project 365 2012: 01.30.12 Parliamentary--I am involved with Youth in Government. We use parliamentary procedure and find it fun. I find this antique book fun. Also, I LOVE YIG!

Project 365 2012: 01.31.12 Glittery--Taken in a Target store with my brand new 35mm Prime. GAA! I love this lens!

Also, the song of the week is Jack Johnson’s “If I Had Eyes“. I can’t stop listening to it. It’s one of those songs that energizes and motivates. I can’t figure out what makes it so awesome.

Paz y Amor!

Project 365: this week

hannahbananabean — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:35:11 +0000

My week in art.

Project 365 2012: 01.22.12 Splatter Hair--I love my paint. I let this one create itself. I had no idea what the splatters were going to turn in to.

Project 365 2012: 01.23.12 Stars, moon, sun--I was doodling (like I do 90% of the time I'm sitting), and drew a moon. I realized how I have been lacking in the creation of moons in my artwork. I decided to change that.

Project 365 2012: 01.24.12 The Pres--I was watching the State of the Union, and I realized what distinct facial expressions Barack Obama has. He's a cool guy.

Project 365 2012: 01.25.12 And then she remembered--I had a headache. I felt like my brain was going to fall out.

Project 365 2012: 01.26.12 Key--I watched Forward Theater Company's 1,000 Words and was inspired about what words can do. The story is about a fantastic photographer, Walker Evans whom I am so inspired by.

Tears of light

hannahbananabean — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:33:42 +0000

We cry tears of joy, tears of sorrow, tears of anger and tears of confusion, but we fail to remember our tears of light which are the tears that aren’t physically apart of us, but are so vital to our existence.

Project 365 2012: 01.21.12 Tears of light

Division.

Our light was exquisite yesterday. I shot this using a “natural gobo”. This is my invention. I used the light coming through the window and the got the light to point on Elly’s face through the side of a window shade. Thanks for following!

Snow-capped

hannahbananabean — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:57:47 +0000

We’re covered with snow. I captured this dead plant with a cap of snow with my aperture open wide so that I could achieve a very blurred background. Edits in photoshop achieved this painted, grainy final piece. Thanks for following!

Project 365 2012: 01.20.12 Snow-capped

Inside, outside, upside-down

hannahbananabean — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:18:02 +0000

This week has been crazy! As I was putting my 365 images together, I was having trouble remembering what I did everyday. Twas a very fun week.

Project 365 2012: 01.17.12 Eagle Eye

Project 365 2012: 01.18.12 Whoooo--My monkey sister, Elly performs on a German Wheel. She's so cool!

Project 365 2012: 01.19.12 Board-Meeting--I get to testify at the Dane County Board Meeting!

Have a fantastic weekend!

~Hannah

Peanut butter brownies

hannahbananabean — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:25:43 +0000

I was hoping to have something cool and leadership-y to share for this beautiful Martin Luther King Jr. day, but alas I don’t. Instead I will share with you the sugary, fattening and oh-so-delicious peanut butter brownies I made this evening. I found the recipe on The Chocolate Peanut Butter Gallery. This is probably the coolest website ever. Is there anything more heavenly than chocolate and peanut butter tangled up together on one’s tongue? Didn’t think so.

Project 365 2012: 01.16.12 Peanut butter brownies--Not to be too modest, but these were FREAKING DELISH! You can find the original recipe here.

And now I leave you all with two more meaningful and not so fattening quotes from the King himself.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Purple Chaos

hannahbananabean — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:23:40 +0000

I think I have a chaotic week ahead of me. I’m going to strive to live in the moment and love the process.

Here is some art that came out of my brain over the past two days.

Project 365 2012 01.14.12: Straight Chaos--I'm not really sure where this came from, I just kept drawing lines...

Project 365 2012: 01.15.12 Purple view--Model: Elly Craig---The light was to beautiful today, I had to capture it. I love how her belt reflects off of her funky purple shirt on her right arm!

Enjoy your week and Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Whispering loudly

hannahbananabean — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:33:25 +0000

I found this photo which I took during out first snow back in December. I can’t believe the perfect ring around these beautifully dancing trees.

They are dancing on the wind. Fearlessly showing themselves. Whispering loudly.

Screen printing!

hannahbananabean — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:12:31 +0000

AH! Today was an awesome day! I sat around in the basement in the dark with my family a lot. There were also some very interesting discussions which out of context would be extremely strange. However, I am not at liberty to discuss those discussions here…;( I’ll leave that up to your imaginations.

Me with my screen printer!

Screen printing is magical. The moment I saw the screen after burning the design with light, I screamed for a couple of minutes. Seriously. I should have video taped the screaming and jumping that went on. Then, when I first put the ink down on the screen and saw how the print looked I had another screaming attack.

Screen printing is boss.

Happy Friday!

~Hannah