I am hoping to whip up more of these knot birds in the near future.

I also got a link up on my site for weddings. Yay! http://ayatsato.com/photography/weddings/

Phew.

Artistic TZ Film//Sonar SX-70

Well, on Sunday night, my little car was broken into. They tried to steal it but had failed to so they took a number of things from my trunk. External hard drive, D70, iBook...

Now I'm in the process of gathering what I can and pick up where I can. Photographs, designs, animations, videos... Five years worth of memories.

I have such wonderful and supportive friends. I have a shoot on Thursday and a friend of mine is letting me shoot with his camera. A Canon! I've also made plans to have a shoot with my dear friend, Shannon Adsero on Sunday on the Olympic Peninsula. Rebuilding my portfolio for the new decade!

Welcome to the Future.

It's already 2010, huh? 2009 flew by incredibly fast.

A couple of highlights of 2009 included multiple trips to THE CABIN, shooting Ashley & Sam's wedding:

the Polaroid I took of Kyle Johnson on Lens Blog of the NY Times, getting to see My Bloody Valentine & Sunny Day Real Estate, all the trips to Portland, having an amazing group of people that I've become close to at Mars Hill Church, leg tattoos, purchasing my professor's Hasselblad, three group art shows, and a trip to NYC.

There are a billion other great things of 2009. There were definitely some lows but it was a really amazing year in retrospective. From 2000-2009, my favorite years were 2004, 2007, and 2009. Looking back at my Livejournal in those years are the best. I'm not the best blogger. I'd say I just like to journal. I like to keep a record of things; mostly in photographic form.

I'm 23!

It's interesting how much I've grown over the year, but somethings just don't change. I still stay up way too late, sleep too little, and take a ton of Polaroids.

Love.

So many old faces & a few new ones! All great to photgraph, of course.


The set is above is from our cabin extravaganza weekend from a few weeks back.



It's been a whirlwind of events that have unfolded before our very own eyes.

The good ones always stick through, fortunately. I've been so blessed to have friends that have been with me consistently over the past 7 years & I'm blessed to have new friends that have made my life blossom into so much more. Times are strange right now, but I've got to keep my chin up and keep on moving forwards.

Fire.

Kyle, Emily, Stefanie, Nick & I took a trip to the cabin last Tuesday.

Some of us are going back this Thursday + Portland friends! I feel super burnt out. I am not sure if it was the 2 weddings in a row, or just not being home 2 weekends in a row, but man. I do not want to shoot another digital photo for a while. I've burned through about 60 Polaroid shots over the span of 2 weeks.

I was thinking about this a few days ago. I would easily spend about $250 on film (multiple times a year) but I can't seem to bring myself to buy an iPod. Seriously? It's a mystery what goes on in my brain. I've been using my brother's shuffle and it's been working out so far, but there are definitely days where I want to listen to that one album I don't have on the shuffle.

Also, I got 2 libraries asking if I want an interview. Half tempted to just go interview. I wish I could just work at the library full time. It's really rough working at a paint store when you're tired. Working at the library tired was never a big problem. I don't know what the point of this post was. It's 3am, and I should get my 3 hours of sleep.

New friends.

It's already half way through the year and it's been a really great year so far. I've met so many new faces. I think I am making up for living in Cleveland and not meeting anyone for a year. Ever since I bought film for the wedding, I have been shooting non-stop. One of my goals for the year was to start shooting black & white packfilm again. And I am so glad that I did. The Fuji FP-3000 rules. I can't wait to get a lens for my Hasselblad so I can shoot with it. Ahhhhh! Okay, I think it's time to rest. Get ready for a lot of Polaroids, soon.

Here's a Polaroid from the wedding I shot! I hope that someday when I get married, I will have a good friend take my wedding photos in all Polaroids...

Fuck it! Part II

On Friday, The New York Times blogged one of my Polaroids of KJ. That gives me some sort of street cred, right?

That was a sign of a good day to come. I went up to Custer, which is about 20 minutes north of Bellingham for my friends Ashley & Sam's wedding rehearsal. The wedding site blew my mind & I met so many great people. Friends helping friends out, bringing the wedding together is what it's all about. Shooting the wedding on Saturday went smoothly and well, the wedding ruled, of course! I will post photos soon!

Things rolling around in my head recently are topics in; moving, upgrading my technology, "getting in on it", sharing a brain, cabin time, Portland, Vancouver BC, NYC, snail mail, wishing I had a cat, ways to manifest more fun out of Seattle, and snacks.

Fuck it!

I just want to hang out with my friends and have cook-outs all summer.


Updates updates. I should perhaps post more often...

Got a full-time job at a paint store, parted ways with Jesse, bought a Hasselblad, bought a shit ton of film, hangin/snackin with my friends in Wallingford pretty much every day, taking it slow, bought a ticket to NYC for October, art show in September & November, interning still for JesusBranded, designing coffee bags for Dan at Neptune, making up new jams in my head, and taking lots of photossss.

I've been meaning to gear up my brain for doing more illustrations again. Somewhere in between getting my job and taking photos, I lost my concentration. I gotta focus! So many projects are floating around in my head right now. I have this great installation piece I want to someday pursue, but for now I want to focus on combining my photography and illustration.

I'm such a mess lately, I feel like if I don't do everything RIGHT NOW, I'm going to forget about it or lose interest. I need to sort everything out & make lists.