wide angle lens

I'm getting a little more adventurous with my photography lately. I even added a (gasp) wide angle lens to the mix! The lens actually belongs to Corban, but I am, ahem, borrowing it for the time being.

Thanks, babe. :)

We took the following photos when we went to Austin over a month ago. Least dedicated photographer of all time. Sigh.






Hopefully my photog skillz will continue to improve. Until then...

Austin, TX: Food, Drinks, and Mustaches

This weekend Corban and I took a little trip down to Austin, just to get away (also, to eat...the eating was very important.) We re-visited some favorite spots:


Magnolia Cafe for nommy breakfast items


Perla's for delicious food and drink



Once Over for coffee and peaceful reading (Corban is reading The Pale King by DFW and I am working on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer)




And had a few new experiences:


Imbibing delicious cocktails at Peche (I highly recommend the "Bees Knees")


Shopping on South Congress where I bought some lovely sunglasses at Prototype Vintage



Cataloguing all the different types of hipster Austin mustaches



Then, of course, we came home and immediately went out to watch the Rangers kick some Orioles butt.



I took my AE-1 on the trip, but I didn't really use it. I prefer portraits to landscapes, and it was only me and Corban, so I didn't exactly have an abundance of subjects.

A lovely break, but now it's back to the grindstone. Today I am observing an ESL class taught by the famous and talented Ken Myers. I'm excited to see friends and hopefully learn something (crossing my fingers that the "something" is not that teaching ESL is way more than I can handle and I should fall on my sword directly!)