I made these cupcakes a few weeks ago. The sugar pearls were kind of expensive, but i've always wanted to use them so I decided it was time.

Mike..and Ike

Here's a gem that was the product of having nothing to do at 2am and ending up at a 24 hour Walgreens.

We made Rainbow Cake!!

My Alex, Bari, and I made Rainbow Cake yesterday for my birthday using this recipe.

Flickr

Hello!
I'm sorry to be disloyal to you Blogger, but lately i've been flickring quite a bit.
I'll still be posting here from time to time, but for more up-to-date photography-viewing check out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordaesthetic

I was playing around with blending modes in Photoshop today and I thought I'd post the colorful results.

(original photo by tanvi maloo)

New York

1.Ms. America
2.Sneaker wearing Monk on Liberty Island
3.Mike jumping on the Battery Park subway

Take me to the post-process graveyard

Well, I can't decide which one I like better. The first one is the photo just as I took it. Pure, plain, not the greatest actual photo, but daylight-y. The second one is more processed and...more interesting (?) as a result.
It's always bothered me that I can never choose which edit I want to present. However, when I don't choose and present more then one, the image usually looses impact.
I guess in the end all photographers seem to be able to buck up and pick a final copy.
But I feel like there should be a graveyard for everyone's edits that came close but never got to see the light of day.
That could be a cool concept for an online picture community..hmm.

Pair

Jumpin' Jack

I live here.

Harajuku Girls

I read in a guide book that it's considered particuarly rude in Japan to take photos of strangers, so I have very few from the trip. But these girls looked so amazing, I had to.
Right after I took the photo they both noticed and sort of glared at me.

Before the Summer ends

1. A nice natural juxtaposition I stumbled upon
   
2. Emily in the Met
   
3. Andy at the CW playing the accordion
4. The studio room where we tape the vodcast at the CW
   
5. Fork-knife-and-spoon that some pre-college kid hung from a tree at the beginning of the Summer and no one took it down.

AHHH!

This is a photo of my dad and me in the middle of a simulated plane crash. We set it up ourselves. (My dad flys planes.) I put my camera up on the dashboard to take a photo of us and just as I was about to press the button, without warning me, he sent the plane into a dead drop.
A ...unique photo moment.

Murphy playing the flute

Paper Chase

(ME, circa 2nd grade, with friends)

(Click to enlarge and read. )
Image is the property of Mad Peck Studios.

Providence summer