Side Project for the AP & 35mm Alaska Stills

I finally have the opportunity to sit down and write another post, I created the blog while I was in Portland helping my brother move to college, and since that point I've basically been on the go and am now moved back into my apartment near Chapman University.

I've been working on a project while I've been in transit and hopefully I'll be able to incorporate it into the AP. Basically, I've decided that I want to photograph places that my characters would have passed by or stopped at while they were on their road trip, and my hope is that these photos will be interspersed between each scene of "Pit Stopping." Initially I had wanted to film something like establishing shots of different places, my boyfriend came up with the idea, but it seems a little too difficult to fit into a three-day shooting schedule, so instead, I'm taking photos that will serve the same purpose. So far, I've taken photos while in Alaska (maybe I can get away with using a couple), on the road to Portland (I'm not quite sure if any came out well enough, my brother refused to stop, which was understandable considering it was a 12 hour trip), and on the road to Orange (I made a 6.5 hour drive into an 8.5 hour ordeal, luckily my friend riding with me didn't mind). I still have to get them developed, which will hopefully happen in the next two weeks.

Speaking of getting film developed, I wanted to post some of the photos from Alaska that I took with my mom's 35mm Canon. It was a lot of fun getting the chance to experiment, I don't have all that much experience yet with film, but I did get a lot of shots I was happy with!

The wildflowers in Alaska are beautiful, I couldn't believe how many different varieties there were.

Matthew out along the Bartlett River Trail.

The photos out on the water were from the Glacier Bay Boat Tour we went on while staying in Gustavus.

Marbled Island is home to a bunch of bachelor sea lions and a large variety of sea birds, we even got to see a puffin, can't say the island smelled all that great, but it was definitely worth it.

Lamplugh Glacier

Johns Hopkins Glacier

I heard from the ranger that this hollowed out side of the mountain is literally a text book example of how the glaciers shape the landscape when they recede.

Along the path leading to Glacier Bay Country Inn.

My family and I passed this while we were biking around Gustavus. If possible, I'd like to use this shot in the AP, but I doubt it will fit in with the other photos, I guess we'll see...