Could Iceland be my next travel destination?


Ölkelduháls
Originally uploaded by Ingahel

All of a sudden it hit me. I want to go to Iceland. It has been a dream destination of mine for some time now, but always seemed to get shuffled to the back when I pondered places I wanted to travel. My best shot at making this trip a reality is when I am over in England for work this fall. From London it is roughly $300 to Iceland - very reasonable compared to the $1000+ price tag if flying from the US. My excitement for this trip is at level 11 right now because of the incredible photography opportunities that will be available to me there. Iceland boasts some of the world's most beautiful landscapes and capturing landscapes is what made me want to be a photographer in the first place. I am going to try my hardest to make this trip happen - it needs to happen.

summer feet


summer feet
Originally uploaded by wellerb

Miniature England.

Lately, I have really enjoyed turning some of my shots from England last year into fake model shots.  I am still learning how to perfect this process but these are some of early attempts, hopefully more to follow soon.  

































The River Thames.

Grandmaster Vanilla Thug of the underground



That is what my name would be if I was hip hop/rap star. How did I get such a pimped out name? The Hip Hop and Rap Name Generator of course.

Dirty cereal bowl.


























I need to do some dishes.

The cats figured out they can get on the roof.






Wednesday night storm.



























Went out to brave the storm tonight and was lucky enough to capture this shot.  

What's Up.

A lot of stuff has been happening lately, let me fill you in.  


- I am moving out of my apartment
- My brother and I have made some preliminary business plans
- Finally moved into the digital side of the photography: purchased new Nikon D200
- Heading to Florida this week for Jeff's wedding and some much needed time with friends
- Went to Leslie's wedding this weekend, saw some people that I have not seen since high school - strange, but good
- I am trying like to rap music

Most off my free time has been spent packing, which is always hard for me because I have this urge to look through every thing I own, never letting a notebook or old school folder go without investigation.  This habit annoys me, but one thing that was really cool to find was my old sketch books from college.  For my drawing classes I had to keep a sketch book and make an entry everyday for two hours.  I had some rather amusing sketches in there and some I would never want anybody else to see but  some of the better I will get scanned and posted on here.  While looking at the books wasted valuable time, it did really make want to get back into sketching/drawing on some form of a regular basis.  I do not have the time start now, but in the following months expect some random drawings to pop up here and there.
 

Once I get back from Florida, I will be quickly heading back up to Black River Falls Wisconsin for a couple of days, then back home to unpack in my new house, and then soon after that I will be heading to England/Scotland for a couple of months.  There is a lot to do, but thankfully Kate is here for a few days to lend a helping hand and provide some much needed time together for us. 
 

On another note, I recently purchased Picross for the DS, and quickly discovered one of the most addicting puzzle games ever.  If you have a DS and like puzzle games, you have to check it out.  Unfortunately, this game could not have come at a worse time, sucking way too many hours away from more productive activities.