Treasure Weekend

This weekend can best be described as a Treasure Weekend. There are no other words. 

Friday night was filled with sushi...mmm.

Saturday was filled with blading in Brooklyn.
Sunday was filled with getting blading clips.

This is what I wore! The tee is Casualty, which is a rollerblading brand. Oh and I made the America headband! 

 This was the first year of this competition. NYC Street Invitational. All the pros were there. Alex Broskow took the W.

Our friend Mark Rosen filming for ONE magazine.

 My sweet boy's brother taking great shots.

 
And then I couldn't see the comp any more and was referred to this vintage store. Where there were row upon row of vintage lovelies. I was in vintage heaven. I could have spent a whole day and my life savings in there. Everything was priced well especially for the quality of the pieces.

Then we headed to the beach for my sweet boy's brother's birthday.

My sweet boy taking some pictures.

Sunday. My sweet boy geared up to get blading clips that will be included in a video.

Look at me! I filmed two of his tricks!

I hope you all had a great weekend! I can't believe it is the start of another week!
Be sure to check back in tomorrow for a great Toast Tuesday!
-Lo

How to Bokeh...Better than Me

Hi all! I know that many of you are huge into your photography and I wanted to share with you the Bokeh effect that you can produce rather easily or you can buy a kit for it here but it is so much fun to do it yourself. So for those of you that do not know, Bokeh which is an adapted Japanese word is used in photography to describe those areas in the photograph that are not in focus. You can create images in which Bokeh is in the background creating a nicely blurred backdrop to your in-focus object like:

..find here..

or the Bokeh can be the center of your photo like:

Here is a video that shows the Bokeh effect:

Here is an easy tutorial on how to make your own Bokeh effect:

I really wanted to try Bokeh out for myself almost a year ago and luckily a friend was pretty much a pro. The heart photo above is mine and I had luck with a few other shapes too:

So after that success and recently seeing the video above I thought that I could give it another go but I wasn't using my sweet boy's 50mm Canon lens, I didn't cut the Bokeh object small enough, and I don't believe my aperture was at its lowest. Oops. So instead of little heart lights I mostly just shot through the cut out and just fooled around with my camera in general. I was on Church Street in Burlington Vermont.  They came out funny but I don't mind it, here they are:

Now you all know how to Bokeh better than me! Thanks for stopping in and share photos with me if you use the Bokeh effect!
-Lo

"I'm Going to the Beach"

Maine 011' from Casey Geraghty on Vimeo.

A video created by my sweet boy of him and our friends running to the dock in Maine. I love it!

While in Maine I saw this next video which totally hooked me and is my most favorite Foster the People song.

Foster the People - Helena Beat from Dot & Effects on Vimeo.

Thanks for stopping in! Don't forget to check out my Toast Tuesday below!

-Lo 

Little Somethings & Printed Peaks Videos

Litte Somethings By Little Lo Hood from Casey Geraghty on Vimeo.

Printed Peaks Part 1 from Lo Hood on Vimeo.

So yesterday my sweet boy was nice enough to go with me and help me a ton on getting a new banner photo. He made the first video. It came out really great & it was really nice of him to make it. I made the second video, which didn't come out really great but it is more of a thank you to my dad for being so helpful! :)

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! 

-Lo