Summer?

Here's what I've been up to. Beach, chalk, bike, work. No big surprises. Headed to Seattle next weekend though to go to a Red Sox game and get outta AK for a few days. Couldn't come sooner.

Designers come up with some pretty crazy ideas. I'm constantly wondering what I want to do when I move on from advertising, and I'm wondering how this guy {Peter Buchanan-Smith} turned the somewhat mundane life as a designer into a company that makes axes. Gotta hand it to him, they're one of a kind (and made in maine!).

four square

four square
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

On Saturday i went to the boys and girls club to shoot Oscar. Oscar helps the kids build bikes, and teaches them bike maintenance. it was hectic and terrifying at first, and the kids kept sticking their fingers in my cameras. but it the end, it was great, and there are many many more photos to come. favorite quote of the day: Oscar, "awww Leah could be a mother." This comment came as a surprise to both of us.
This was my second time at this particular boys and girls club, both for photo reasons, but this one was far more fun, even if i was mainly creepy around in the background. it was a beautiful day, and the first time i've gotten to wear flip flops this spring. (can it technically be "spring" if there's snow on the ground?)
anyway, great experience, first time i've taken a stab at shooting something in a more journalistic kind of way. i can see why people love autofocus so much now, but in all actuality i had a harder time hitting the shutter before a bike rolled off or the kids walked away then keeping things in focus the whole time.
thank you oscar.

can someone pinch me?

bobby apres snowshred duex
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

I love this camera. i love love love it. And I love that the sun is back up here in the arctic north, so we can go back to our little condos in the mountains after a day of skiing and sit down, and have this beautiful beautiful light warm on our faces.
this would have been stronger in color, thanks to brenda's cabin being so darn cute with it's little wood table and turquoise cabinets. And the sun being that golden orange it gets before setting, but I only had b/w film with me. Next time.

lens reflect

lens reflect
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

mmhmm. that's right. hello alaska.

Oh sweet, sweet film.

ice cave
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

I picked up 3 rolls today, 84 frames and 39 ended up in the good pile. That's my best batting average yet. And if it wasnt for brian's sticky shutter on the leica i would have been money. Or maybe if i didnt live in a climate where one must worry about such things.
Got out last weekend with brendan and ryan to the ice caves at the glacier on placer river. beautiful sunny, somehwhat warm day.
schooled some suckers on the pool table with bobby.
brought out the two planks to take it easy on the knee and did some sweet hockey stops with kswanson. not a bad week i'd say.
painted a mannequin green for the website, and off to gwood for more skiing and to see the 11:20s at maxines. (album is so so so close to being done.)
there's a lot going on in anchorage lately, fur rondy, and ididerod, shoots with Ba, family dinners with new members, i'd hate to say it but i may have underestimated this town, and i'm nothing but glad that i stuck around for year 2. but that's it.