Renaissance Faire 2011

4/9/11
It's that time of year again for the Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Irwindale! This time I went on opening day in costume again along with two pirates (Annie and Janista) and a girl from the future (Kristen). The bad part: no Prince Eric :( :( :(

Almost all of these were taken with the Nikkor 70-300 f/4-5.6 I THINK I LOVE THIS LENS NO I KNOW I DO

I began using manual mode but with the crazy weather that alternated from sunny to cloudy, I quickly learned to just stay on aperture priority mode. So excuse the first hundred or so pictures.

Encinitas

2/26/11
Went with the family to the opening celebration of my dad/sibling's sifu's friend's new karate studio. Then we went to Seaport Village and it simultaneously rained and then didn't rain. Missing: a hobo cart my mom wanted me to take a picture of but I didn't want to take a picture of a hobo cart. Kinda hard to take pictures of the karate because there were so many people in front of me, but it was still a fun event all around.

Taken with my dad's D90 and 18-200 super zoom kit lens.

Fashion Island

4/1/11
Fanny, Maryann, and I decide to go to Fashion Island because the weather was nice out and it was our last Week 1 together (i.e. no real homework).

Got lost on the way there (AGAIN) and other fun things, but in the end we got there and explored it for the first time. Irvine has such nice shopping centers full of things that I cannot afford.

Mary Stuart Selects

Queen Elizabeth I and her compatriots.

Promotional shots for the UCI production of Schiller's play 'Mary Stuart'.

Disneyland w/ Fanny and Maryann Again

3/18/11
Fanny, Maryann, and I have a magical day at DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Disneyland. Oh my gawd, ElecTRONica, how I love thee. Oh my gawd. Oh my gawd.

Not the best photo-taking day for me, but I got some that I am quite happy with.