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

Light Leaks

I got my film from California developed today (Taken with a Mamiya NC 1000s). All of the pictures turned out correctly exposed which was great! I was most scared about that aspect of the photos, since the light meter was broken, and I had to set everything manually. The only downfall to this camera was the unexpected light leaks! They seem to have made their way into almost all of the photos, which completely shocked me. The camera is in very good shape, and I still have no idea where the crack is. I'm sure i'll find it with a bit more hunting though. Anyways, light leaks aside, these are some of my favourite shots from the trip down to Santa Cruz:

For more of my California photos, check out my flickr!

Much love, Sierra