Doctor Who - From Earth to Gallifrey and Back

Whether you're British, German, Australian, Canadian, or Singaporean, we all fall under the same title. Whovians.

Let's face it, Doctor Who is more than just a show, it's an incredible fantasy world delicately crafted over the past 50 years, as the show celebrates its Golden Jubilee this November. With millions of fans all over the world dedicated to the longest running sci-fi television show in history, it's safe to say the Doctor has won over more than just the hearts of his many companions throughout the years.

Who has been shooting in American, for the deeply anticipated Series 7 (which airs on BBC America September 1st) and has won over many more North American fans in the process. I mean really, who could say no to Matt Smith, with his British accent and his fantastic bone structure? Matt Smith (commonly known as 'Eleven,' as he is the Eleventh actor to play the role of The Doctor) is on his third season as Mr. Gallifrey himself, getting close to David Tennant's fourty-four episode run. It's probably safe to say there is a regeneration in the near future, and hearts are sure to be breaking for the parting of The Ponds at the end of Series 7 that Steven Moffat has in store for us.

 I do not see this television show disappearing as the TARDIS does anytime soon, the timeless classic will forever hold a place in the hearts of British, and all other Whovians alike.

Make sure to tune into BBC America/SPACE on September 1st in order to catch the series premier: Asylum of the Daleks - you can watch the trailer here on BBC's YouTube channel.

Happy time traveling everyone!

Sierra Nickel

DIY Perfectly Pressed Petals

Today I decided to press some flowers! My backyard is full of all different leaves and flowers to pick, so it was a good place to start. The surprise of taking the flowers out of the press reminds me of my childhood, and pressing petals and leaves with my Grandma. Here is a step-by-step guide in pressing your own flowers.

1. Get yourself a flower press! This certain one alternates cardboard and parchment paper. But don't worry if you don't have one, because you could also use a large book (dictionary, encyclopedia, Bible etc.) but I would suggest placing the flowers on white paper before pressing, so that you don't wreck the book with the pollen stains from the flowers.

2. Place your flowers around the page. You can fill it up as much as you like, or place one flower on each page, whatever you like! Try and find flowers that are at flat as possible, if it has a really long steam, make sure to cut it off. I flattened all the flowers with my hands before laying them down.

 

3. I always place my flowers face down, so I can get an idea of how the petals are going to press, and so I can make sure the petals are not overlapping (unless you want them too!)

4. The flowers should be finished pressing within 2-3 days, depending on the type of flower. I'll post a follow up DIY for what I am going to do with the petals once they are nicely flattened and dried. Stay tuned! 

-Sierra

Live at Squamish - Day Two

Day two was spectacular. The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, Plants and Animals, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Airborne Toxic Event, Mother Mother, and City and Colour to wrap everything up very nicely. Here are my favourite shots from the day (a lot of Dallas Green, I apologize but I'm just so in love with everything he does) :

I hope you all had an amazing weekend!

-Sierra 

Live at Squamish - Day One

Well I'm pretty sure I just had one of the best weekends of my life. Back in June, I won two weekend passes to the music festival Live at Squamish, from The Peak! The day finally came when we got to drive up and go watch some bands. The first day driving up was going splendid, until we hit standstill traffic because of an accident. It took us about four hours to get up to Squamish, but it was totally worth it. We saw plenty of bands the first day, The Sheepdogs, Wintersleep, Facts, Maurice, Chromeo, Current Swell, and The Tragically Hip were our favourites. Here are my favourite shots from Saturday:

Music really does bring everyone together.

-Sierra

Hello friends!

I'm currently working on building up my photography portfolio, and am in desperate need for models! If you live in the Fraser Valley-Vancouver area, and wouldn't mind lending me your lovely face for a day, I would be more than happy to do a shoot with you, for FREE!
Let me know if this would be something you would be interested in doing, I could really use your help!

Thank you!
Sierra Nickel

Post-Prom Photos (Nice Alliteration Eh?)

Today was a beautiful day! I went out and shot some post-prom grad pictures. The weather was drizzly for our prom day, and it was hard to find anywhere dry to go and take photos. We decided we would be better off to dress up again, and go out another day when the weather was more agreeable. People were a little confused when they saw us walking around town, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do for a great shot. Here are my favourites of Sarah from the day:

I couldn't be happier with the way these pictures turned out! It was hard to pick the best ones to post! The day was perfect and the locations we chose were wonderful.

If you care to see more of my photography, go check out my flickr to see more of my work, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks!

Much love, Sierra

Bamboo Capture

Wow! I haven't written on here for ages it's seemed. Nothing in my life is exciting enough to blog about these days, but I did receive a wonderful Bamboo Capture for my birthday, so maybe I'll talk about that for anyone who is interested.
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, click here for the actual website.

This little guy makes photo editing a breeze! It's much easier to edit photos with the pen versus a mouse or the finger pad on my laptop. It takes a bit of time getting used to the pressure sensitivity, and the best way to hold the pen, but after a few hours of experimenting it got very easy to control. The tablet also comes with SketchBook (Express version), so if you're into digital sketching and drawing, this would be perfect for you! It has many different brush, pen and pencil effects, and the pressure sensitivity on the pad make it pretty close to the actual thing.

So obvisouly showing you pictures of what I editing with the pad wont do much, but I was also experimenting with writing quotes on photos (all them hipster blog are doing it, I hear) and I would forever hate myself if I actually drew sharpie on my prints, so this was a lovely alternative! Here is some I rather enjoyed:

Hope you are all having a lovely August!

Much love, Sierra