nervousmotion artworks blog

One blog to rule them all!

Sonja — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:58:26 +0000

redsonika.wordpress.com

It’s a long story. One that’s explained over there.

New website!

Sonja — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:13:20 +0000

Nervousmotion Artworks is now being incorporated with the Shooting Buddha photography/Buddhism blog into one big website full o’goodness. The archives will remain here, and any new posts will be made over at the new site.

sonjaengdahl.com

Moving on.

Sonja — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:36:35 +0000

This daily photo thing is going well, and it’s starting to gel with my daily sort of Buddhist “practice.” This can only mean one thing…

Blog about them both! At the same time! So, for the meantime, I’m changing directions and moving to a new space.

http://shootthebuddha.wordpress.com/

Daily Photo: September 16.

Sonja — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:48:16 +0000

I guess I’ve got a sort of “bikes on sidewalks” thing going on. This one feels very different from yesterday’s, even if the subject matter is similar. I saw this bike with the leaves and it just felt so September-y, very fall, very back to school.

Daily Photo: September 15.

Sonja — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:43:47 +0000

I love that the colors on the motorcycle match the colors on the fire hydrant. Great un-intentional urban still-life.

Taming the Beast.

Sonja — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:52:35 +0000

I’m usually not one for how-to guides on anything artistic, but I started browsing this book – Mastering Your Digital SLR – at Borders yesterday while sitting in the café, and I ended up going home with it because it is by far the most practical guide to a DSLR that I’ve ever come across. It shows you bare-bones what the camera is capable of without being prescriptivist as to what you should do with the camera.

I’ve made some cheat sheets to carry in my mini-Moleskine (which I take everywhere and could wax evangelically about how I couldn’t possibly live without it) so that I can consult them “in the field” so to speak. This makes me feel like a huge camera nrrrrd, but so it goes. I suppose acquisition of DSLR has plunged me head-first from “I like to take pictures” to full-on photographic passion. Others have pointed out, and I strongly agree, that having a better camera doesn’t make you a better photography. But oh holy G-d, does it ever open up a lot more opportunities where photo-taking is concerned. And let’s face it, it’s a wicked fun toy.

So, yes, if you have a DSLR and you want to really get to know all of its many features, I highly, HIGHLY recommend this book. Plus, it’s pretty.

Daily Photo: September 14.

Sonja — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:45:57 +0000

This plant lives in my kitchen and was acquired simply because I thought a knotted tree was made of awesome. I do my best not to touch it though, plants tend to see me coming and kill themselves. This photo is the closest I’ve ever gotten to it.

Frida @ SF MoMA!

Sonja — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:22:40 +0000

Any Bay-Area Frida lovers reading this should be sure to catch the Frida Kahlo exhibit at SF MoMA before it leaves town on the 28th! Were I on the left-coast, I would sure make a pilgrimage there myself.

Daily Photo: September 13.

Sonja — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:40:28 +0000

I love these chimneys in my neighborhood, they remind me of Mary Poppins.

Daily Photo: September 12.

Sonja — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:37:47 +0000

I have no excuse for uploading this a day late. I’ve gotten into a routine of *taking* photos everyday, but uploading still gets procrastinated. I blame Spore. And my generally absent-minded nature.

This is one of a handful of photos from the Alpha that I’ve edited. I’m sans Photoshop at the moment and have been using Flickr‘s editor, Picnik. Picnik is fine and dandy for simple stuff like this (I adjusted the contrast), but man, I do miss Photoshop.