SunsetSeries

I am in love with clouds and sunsets and photographing both.
My mother's house is on a hill near a lake, which lends itself to beautiful imagery.
Here are a few from day one of 2010...







all images © Andrea Garvin, 2010

More on Road Trips...

I am planning a new road trip for Spring of 2010. Who's in for a week on the road??

But before I do another one, I have to first post all the pictures from the previous one, right?
And away we go....



[Las Vegas Stip - Stripburger with Heather]


[Hoover Dam - border of Nevada and Arizona]


[US and Arizona flags - middle of nowhere rest stop]

New Mexico:





Texas:







[playing Settlers with the Trasks]

[showing our tentative itinerary]



[personal tour - Denton, TX]

[SONIC! - Denton]

Tennessee:



[coffee with Kyle]





[all our junk - backseat]


Kentucky:



Ohio:

[avoiding lightening storms - Econolodge]




[drove through and said hi to Erie, PA]

New York:




[Tom Baker - Canandaigua Lake, NY]

[Scoops!! - Canandaigua]

Back through Ohio:




Indiana:



[Hardees!!! - Indiana rest stop]

Illinois:

[paying money on the skyline - Chicago, IL]

[lit by interior car lights]

[rainy night - Chicago, IL]

- See older posts for the Wisconsin part of this journey -

Minnesota:



[learning banjo - Aunt Ginny's house]


[walking around - Mississippi River]

South Dakota:

[Corn Palace - South Dakota]

[windows down - South Dakota]

[waste of time - Wall Drug, South Dakota]

[more rainstorms - South Dakota]

[hiking up a very steep hill to see Rushmore (fail) - S.Dakota]

[Lamest fireworks ever - Rushmore, S.Dakota]

[history - Deadwood, S.Dakota]

[independence day parade re-routes us - Bell Fourche, S.Dakota]

[sleeping in the car - S.Dakota]


North Dakota:


[one of MANY gas stations - N.Dakota]



[Roosevelt National Park - N.Dakota]


...more to come....
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California

All images © Andrea Garvin, 2009

5DmkII footage

Just a short video project done with the Canon 5DmkII...that camera really is quite amazing.



...more to come

©Andrea Garvin, 2009

Santa Monica

Brad and I went down to Santa Monica and took some pictures/video with my camera...

all images © Andrea Garvin, 2009

New Camera :)

I just got the new Canon 5D MarkII and I am verrrryyyy excited about it!
So Brad and I strolled around the Beverly Center in Los Angeles and tested out the super cool video function on it...



And also took a ton of photos of course...

I GRADUATED!!

I just graduated from Brooks Institute!

And now I have my BA in Visual Journalism.

:):)

[Tam - my business partner - From the Attic!]

[my grad prints at the Cota St. campus]

[my family made a giant sign with my name on it! haha]

Graduation, August 2009

all images ©Andrea Garvin, 2009 on a crappy camera phone haha

Regarding Road Trips...

I have been shuffling through hundreds and hundreds of photos from the road trip my brother and I recently took (whilst also trying to make 2 new websites and interning at a studio....whew)
And as much as I'd like to say I'm done with them...I'm not...
Here are some photos from Wisconsin (one of my favorite places!!) to keep you entertained for the moment...

[at uncle Dean's in Deerfield]

[driving to the cabin in Danbury]

[beautiful countryside]

[at the cabin]

[dad driving around Danbury]

[gorgeous Danbury, Wi]

[driving to find a hiking trail]

[we found it!]

[uncle Dean's cabin in Danbury...I love this place]

[bonfires at the cabin]

[lunch at Wild Waters in Danbury]

[mmmm chicken nuggets]

[dad and his soup]

[Willd Waters Restaurant in Danbury]

[shooting the air riffle]

[camp fire]

[more shooting]

[and onto Minnesota...]

Check out more here!