a yoga summer

Lately I've been feeling extremely inspired. I came out to Philly with a couple of simple projects and goals in mind but now I feel like I don't have enough time for everything I want to do! I have a million books I want to read, small (oh and BIG) projects I want to make, recipes I want to try, photography techniques I want to learn, and even perfecting a small green thumb (yes my tomatoes have failed miserably so far). One of my goals this summer was to get into shape and do a lot more yoga. I've been a huge fan for a while, but with school and everything I haven't had time to do it as much as I would like. One really great thing that I've just come across is this yoga video. It's Jennifer Aniston's trainer and she goes through the same workout she usually does with Jennifer Aniston. I know a couple of you are yoga lovers (Heather I knew you would like this) and that you would enjoy this workout. 

finally in philly

After about 36 hours of driving we finally made it to PHILLY! It was a LONG drive and when we figured out that our GPS was set to the wrong address, it was an even longer ride (about a 2 and a half hour detour). Needless to say, Ryan and I weren't the happiest when we finally pulled in at 7 am (we decided driving for 2 days and through the night definitely shouldn't be allowed for our marriage's sake) but once we had a good nights rest we found that we LOVE Philly!!

 Winston is simply the BEST little traveler ever. He slept almost the entire way.

 

A bunch of us went out downtown for our first ever Philly Cheesesteaks. They were delish-just make sure you get the cheese wiz (I know it sounds nast but it really was so good!) We can't wait to see what else Philly has in store for us. After working SO hard with my last semester (but it paid off with straight A's! YES!), I'm SO ready to relax and enjoy another great summer away.

Hens Have Gobblies..Who Knew?

I needed a rooster for this crazy photoshoot idea that I had for my chair BFA project. Once I found a lady who told me I could come to her farm and catch whatever I needed, I volunteered Ryan to help me. This place was honestly nuts. There were all kinds of birds running around free, giant turkeys chasing us, even a wild moose walked through at one point. I kept pestering Ry, "Catch that one!" "What are you waiting for, that one's perfect!" while he ran around trying to grab one. He will NEVER admit it, but he was freaking out the whole time that it was going to peck him or something. We finally cornered what we thought was a rooster in a cage and headed out to an old barn.

Once we got there I figured we could just set it on the chair and I would snap a few photos. Unfortunately, the following picture is what actually happened once we set the so called rooster on the chair.

20 minutes later we caught it, pulled the string out of my hoodie and tied it to the chair. From then on, the shoot went fairly well. When we got home I was so excited to show everyone my photos. They sadly informed us that our 'rooster' was actually a hen. Oops. It turned out ok though, yet much more difficult than we anticipated. Here's the final shot...

Who drives on sand anyway?

This weekend I decided to go to Utah with Ryan to get some photos for my BFA project. You'll probably be confused when you start to see all of these crazy photos with chairs but I'll explain my concept for my BFA project later when I have more shots to show. In a mean time, here is a preview of what I had to get to go through what I did on Friday night (I'll post more when I get them edited at least. The color really doesn't show well on here.). Here's the story:

We started the trip out by going to the north shore of the Salt Lake (just by the Spiral Jetty if anyone is familiar). It is absolutely an amazing area!! It was perfect for what I needed and had in mind. The water is SO shallow on the north shore that you can seriously walk around in the lake. Ryan thought it would be helpful to get as close as we could to the shoreline so he got off the road and kept driving...and kept driving...and kept driving. I was starting to get nervous because this place didn't look like the most stable area in the world. It's surrounded by salt flats and unpredictable ground-but he comforted me by showing me the previous tire tracks in front of us and said "If they can do it, so can I". And....you guessed it.

Unfortunately, we ran into a little detour. But don't worry it was only for about 8 HOURS!!!!! DUH! Who drives on sand anyway?! Well I guess Ryan has his way of getting himself into trouble (like being stuck twice already in the last month). I ran out and took my photos because the sun was already starting to set. So there I was...walking ankle deep in freezing water taking pictures while Ryan was literally under the car trying to dig us out. We are INSANE! Who does this for a measly photo? 

By the time I had gotten back to the car, Ry was still digging the car out. All of a sudden we see headlights off in the distance which was crazy because we were seriously in the middle of nowhere. WE WERE FINALLY SAVED! We turned on our hazards to let them know we were in trouble. The car kept coming towards us, and then stopped and turned it's lights off. We were so confused! And it was dark outside by then and we couldn't see a trace of them anywhere. I immediately thought they were coming to kill us or something and that we had to get out of there STAT. We had dug the car out as much as he could and we thought we'd give it another try. Of course, it wasn't that easy. The car sunk back down to the frame. I was starting to panic. By this time it was 9PM, dark, we were potentially going to be murdered by the freaks in this mystery car, and we were in the middle of NOWHERE. Seriously it was 45 minutes to the nearest town. Just then, the car's lights turn back on and the car simply drives away. So now they were just going to leaving us here to die!? I guess they weren't murderers after all....I've seen one too many scary movies!

There was nothing left to do but try and get help. Ryan's phone died and mine was completely out of service. We thought that we had no choice but to sleep there and hike out in the morning. Then, out of nowhere Ry found his car charger in the center console. (Miracle #1) He tried to make some phone calls but nothing was going out until he tried calling Callen and Kellie, Ry's brother-in-law and sister. The call goes through!! (Miracle #2) They decided to come meet us out there to come to our rescue. (Miracle #3...let's face it. After all the stories I've heard, Ryan didn't really deserve to be rescued from Kellie that night.) After that phone call, Ryan couldn't get another call out to anyone. All we could do then was sit and wait for another couple hours. Luckily we had Arrested Development in our car so the wait really wasn't bad. A few hours later, a big truck started to drive down towards us...but it wasn't Kellie and Callen. It was the county sheriff. He told us the mysterious car that came before came to help us, but got scared thinking we were sitting there, stuck, to trick them into coming down there and then we'd rob them or something. How sad is it that people don't trust each other anymore. I was scared of them and they were scared of us.

 Finally Kellie and Callen came and they completely saved us. They towed us out at about midnight, still leaving us with a 3 hour drive to Ryan's parents house. But thanks to Kellie and Callen, we weren't sleeping out there.

Needless to say, I really hope my photographs were worth the trip!

Paul Mitchell Shoot

This last week I did a photoshoot with some of the students from the Paul Mitchell school (www.hairacademypm.com) here in Rexburg. I was out on location with them all day. They did a GREAT job doing hair and makeup! If you like the styling I can hook you up with the stylists responsible. They are amazing. I was going to post my favorite shots but the color is really off on this thing. If you want to see the real thing check out my flickr account.

Brand New Blogger

Hey everyone. I suck at this blog thing but I'm going to try and be better. A lot has been going on this semester! I started working on my BFA Final Senior project (I'm sure I'll post more on that later) which I'll show in December. I'm also planning on graduating in December! We also found out we're moving to Philly for the summer!! We're only a few hours away from New York so the wives will be taking some trips there I'm sure. I've also been taking a Historical Photography Processes class which I actually have come to find is one of my favorite photography classes yet. I decided to post a couple of my favorite photos that I've done in the class so far: (from the bottom up) kallotype, cyanotype and a gumprint. Enjoy.

welcome

Welcome to my blog! I have decided to start this blog to share my love of photography with others. Photography has always been an interest of mine and has rapidly become a passion. Life is beautiful and should be captured.

If you want to see some of my work you can access my Flickr account at www.flickr.com/meganhobsonphotography where you can view sets and slideshows of my most recent pieces. 

Feel free to leave comments and suggestions! I would love to hear what you think as well as what I can work on. 

Enjoy!!