Olive is still alive!

Hey guys! Olive here!!

First of all, let me apologize for both myself and Cossy, we've been super busy this school year. Let me elaborate. Cossy is enjoying herself by being part of her school newspaper! And I am not-so-much enjoying myself by working at a local movie theater, and I use the term local lightly.  The difference between these two amazing experiences? I get paid for mine, and Cossy gets her name (REAL MIND YOU) published in a *school* newspaper!

Personal, I'd rather have my name put in a newspaper!

Besides working and school, I've also been preparing myself for college next fall. And if that one sentence wasn't clear enough, I'm old guys. I've also been taking a photography class. (My first EVER!) I have some pictures that are worthy of your sight:

Not only have I been working *very little actually* on my photography but I'm preparing for NANOWRIMO. yay! Yep, it's November again (in a week!), and I'll be working towards that 50,000 words while working on my ACT and working at like my job. Both are majorly required of me. I mean I could quit working at the theater, but I kind of like it. Plus I get free movies. ;) Nevertheless, I will get 50k this year!

I'm also am going to be doing some self promotion here for a sec. Sorry not sorry. I mean I updated you guys, right? RIGHT??

I recently opened a photography shop, on the lovely etsy, and did some test prints! My first 3 buyers/testers are actually happy with my pictures, imagine that! But no one is actually buying anything. People have said, 'Oh I love that picture, I'd love to buy it' and then they don't. Which I don't really mind, but could you at least pretend to order!

Anyways. I'll leave the links after I show off a couple more pictures and then you guys can continue ignoring me. :)

Please keep in mind, that Cossy and I love you readers dearly. We miss blogging (well I do,) and we hope to be back up and running soon!
-Olive

LINKS -
blog
facebook
etsy

Dark pictures for you.

Hi guys! Olive here again! Cossy has returned from a lovely vacation, but I'm giving her a couple more days to recover from sweet bliss.* I know you guys are missing her, mainly because I'm boring, but I think you can survive a couple more random posts. Today is short, but I have a couple images for you guys.

Now, before you guys start wondering, no that is not the sun set (or sun rise for that matter). In fact this was taken right before it stormed, and what you don't see is the top of a roof. I darkened this image, just for the purpose of showing off the tiny piece of sunlight that was left before the sky went dark.

This was taken in the full sun on an afternoon about 2pm. I darkened this as well, to showcase how BRIGHT the sky is, and how the trees indeed have a shadow. 

This was also darkened, and taken shortly after a summer rain. It was darkened VERY little, and only done so to bring out the color a little more, and make the rain drops a little more obvious.

I hope you guys enjoy these images! I sure enjoyed taking them, as always :)

Tune in this week for some special posts! 

~Olive

P.S. ~ thank you for the comment, I love hearing from you :)

*Cossy was feeling a little sick on the trip home, so she'll join us tomorrow or Monday with a special post.

Long Exposure

Hello there everybody. Olive here :)  I'm sorry I haven't posted recently, I shall make it up to you this week, I promise. I'll be posting everyday this week minus the weekend and Wednesday! Hopefully I will be able to do it successfully!

Lately it's been raining, which is disappointing because Saturday I was supposed to have a pool party, but it didn't work out. But my parents and my sister and I have started watching Downton Abby which is a very lovely show, I encourage you all to watch it.

Another thing I did last week, was take this image:

(black truck)

 I have no idea how I got this. You see, Thursday or Friday afternoon it was raining, and so my family (minus my mom) went outside (to wait for my mom) and enjoyed the rain. For those of you who don't know me, I've been trying to get pictures of rain since the moment I started photography (roughly three years ago). So far no success, but there are some pretty cool things you can take that involve RAINDROPS.

Like this image:

Now before I change subjects, let me go back to explaining my first image. It was taken due to this fancy title called: long exposure. You can do some really cool things with it. Like this:

yes i know this isn't that cool but  it's an example!

Yes, the swing is moving. Long exposure, basically captures moving things very quickly, and blurs them. At least I think that's what it's supposed to do...

Long-exposure photography or time-exposure photography involves using a long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while blurring, smearing, or obscuring the moving elements. The paths of moving light sources become clearly visible.

There you are, a definition thanks to Wikipedia! Due to getting the very first image (yes I'm still talking about that) I tried to get a couple more by going inside and making my sister model for me. Unfortunately I failed because something funny happened to my camera and I freaked out. I guessed that it had something to do with the lighting, and so I took my sister and went outside to our neighborhood park/clearing. Once outside I realized that I had guessed correctly. I had Googled long exposure before I had left the house, so I had an idea as to why my camera freaked out on me.*

I managed to get a couple good images, thanks to Google, and my sister being a pro at doing what I say (at least when it comes to photography)!

Well that's it till tomorrow!
-Olive

*read more about long exposure here

I'M SUCH A LIAR UGH

I'm sorry guys. I promised I'd post those things, and I didn't.

But, hey, at least Olive's back! :D *throws pie at Olive*

She posted a few days ago, getting this blogging ball rolling. I'm going to be starting summer vacation very soon, so there will be a lot more time to blog.

This used to be the funnest thing for us, and then we kinda just fell out of it, and we apologize. I'm sure we've got a lot in store for you guys in the near future, which includes (but is not limited to) MOAR WRITING, MOAR PICTURES, MOAR GUEST POSTS!! :D

And such. To give you guys a sneak peek at what you'll be seeing, here's a poem I wrote and a picture I took! (Yes I still kinda take pictures.)

i hear the wind

rustling between the leaves of the tree

just outside my window

the sound is muffled;

i lie under the sanctuary of my blankets

locking in my warmth

i long to open the window

to listen to the song the leaves and branches make

to hear them whisper their secrets to me

though i have many covers

if i dare open that window 

the words i once thought were so beautiful

the words that are actually so cold

would seep through my body

removing my heat

chilling my bones(astheyalways do)

in the dead 

of winter

(this is the Lego Gandalf keychain my friend got me for my birthday :D)

I love you guys, seriously. Thank you for checking out our blog. It means a lot, really. Like I always say, feel free to comment or email us (random_bloggers43@yahoo.com) about anything! 

Ah, it's good to be back. :)

-Costello

Update.

Hi guys. *waves* Olive here again. I know, it's been one post and you're already tired of me. Well deal. I'm here for the summer (and hopefully the rest of the year) to torture you all with images you don't care about and words you care even less about, which equals: you don't. Either way, I thought I'd stop by today, and give you all an update. I suppose only about me, for I only know so much about Cossy's busy school career, which is apparently a bit boring. Who knew!

ANY-ways, since the last time I posted, which was....*checks*  October seventh! And if I remember correctly, that is around an important day, but I can't remember what the day was...I think one of my siblings was born...eep.

Since October, a sibling was indeed born. A girl, if you must ask. We *cough(actually my parents did I had no role in it)cough* named her Pond. Not really, but for security reasons, we will call her POND. Why? I just finished Doctor Who, Season 7 PART ONE. It was ....in one word...amazinglybrilliant, of course, the last episode was a bit rough. They ended it poorly, me thinks. They did have a good way of saying goodbye, but a warning next time would have been nice.

Not saying I didn't know the Ponds were going to leave us all behind, I did in fact know, I just didn't expect something as *dramatic* as that. Anyways, don't let my upset-can't-believe-they-actually-left self ruin the season for you! Let me get back to updating -

Besides my sister joining us in this eventful world, I also published (self thank you) another poetry collection of sorts. Just came in the mail in fact. Turned out beautiful. I also printed out a butt load of my images, and stuffed them into my portfolio, completely and utterly out of order. I also read a collection of books, including My Sister Keeper, the Delirium sequel, and annoying little series that made me want to rip it in half. I won't give out any names, but I say, beware of Greek myths put into modern times, they are horrible and I do not agree with them. Though, I did like a couple of the characters...just not the main one. Sort of how it turned out with Twilight...but that's another story! And one I will not be telling!

I also started a brand new blog, due to the fact that my old one is attached to an email I can't get into. And I would like to forget it. So...I'll added a little link to the side bar when that's up an running for you all. Not that you lovely people care. And now here is a treat: A picture that is on my poetry collection cover.

Till tomorrow arrives
-Olive

Ollo~

Hello there, Olive here. Long time no...post? Anyways. Here are some pictures to make up for it!

These were all taken like two years ago, but they still look lovely, so here you are:

Thanks, Guys.

So, no one entered our contest. Thanks.

Oh well. YOU GUYS MISSED OUT ON THE AWESOME PRIZES.

Sorry we haven't been blogging lately. Our Olive isn't going to be around as much, some stuff happened that I won't go into detail with, but I think I'll be running the show for a while here now.

We've been busy. School and such. Plus! NaNoWriMo! It's currently day fifteen, at the halfway point! I'm at 16.5k, which is rather far behind. See what missing one day of writing does to you? :(

So after November, I'm sure I'll be posting a lot more, and since I moved, and I found the batteries for my camera, I'll be taking more pictures of new landscape things!

But I've got to go, more writing to do.

P.S., Are you doing NaNo? Leave a comment on how you're doing, what your wordcount is, what you're writing about, etc.

Oh, and if you want to do a guest post about what NaNoWriMo means to you and what your best ways to get through it are, or something like that, email me at random_bloggers43(at)yahoo(dot)com!

Happy Writing!

-Costello

Hey, Guys!

Hey! So, uh, I see that no one has entered our wonderful contest yet. Whyyyyyyyyyyyy? We love looking at all of your lovely pictures. :) Sorry we can't offer any better prizes, but maybe sometime in the future?

I'm going to re-post the rules, 'kay?

Autumn/Fall Photography Contest

Take a picture of what you think represents fall. Pumpkins? Go for it! The colors of the trees? Halloween costumes? Whatever you like!

Rules:

• Keep it appropriate
• Limit one picture per person, or entry
• The deadline is October 31, 2012. We will extend it if not enough people enter.
• Have fun!

Prizes: Any two of these *

• Blog icon using safe pictures, free of royalties
• A poem by Olive
• A story written my me or Olive
• A printed photograph of any picture Olive or I have taken, autographed, if you're okay with it.
• Some blog-editing sites, including tutorials to add fancy schmancy things and backgrounds and such.
• Guest post (if you want) (we can link your blog in the post)**
• Promo for a week or so on the side of our blog**
• A drawn picture of anything you want, by either Olive or me.
• Anything else you guys can think of!

And that's about it! Send your entries to random_bloggers43@yahoo.com with 'October Photo Contest Submission'. Also, email us if you have any questions about what to take pictures of, or if you have any question/comments/concerns about anything on the blog!

Good luck, guys!

-Costello

*Any of the story/writing prizes can be written by both Olive and me, if you so choose.

**These are already yours when you win, if you wish to accept them.

It's that time of year again...

It's almost winter time! Sort of...

First comes fall of course. And with the change of the leaves I bring you a contest. To be more specific a photography contest.

Theme: the best picture you think personifies autumn; trees, people, scarves, pumpkins, ect. and/or anything that presents winter.

Deadline: Halloween (a costume could be an interesting photo), October 31, 2012

Rules: No inappropriate images please, one submission per person, and of course, no images sent after the 31st.

Prize: guest post, a poem, (possibly badly) drawn picture draw by Cossy or me, a short story (written by Cossy or me), a photo of anything you wish (maybe something we've already posted here? We are willing to ship copies of pictures if you are willing), and anything else you wonderful people can think of.

I realize that our last contest kind of...failed. BUT, I think that this one will be more...oh what's the word...better? Eh. Either way, Cossy and I are a bit excited about this, and look forward to what you guys submit! So please, submit away!

-submit to our email - random_bloggers43(at)yahoo(dot)com
-put in the title - October Photo Submission - please.

--Olive--

Short Post.

Been a long day. Sorry I didn't post. Um. Here are some pictures, I guess.

If you didn't know before, or didn't notice, or just happened upon this blog, I take pictures of mostly flowers. Check out our past posts! Night everyone!

-Costello

Color~

-O

Pictures

Ollie here with some pictures!

These ones are of water <3 more="more" tomorrow="tomorrow">

First Year Anniversary!

Olive here~ *cough* Sorry we haven't posted in so long. A lot has happened since, what, January?
For example, we've reached our *cough* blogs one year anniversary! I know we keep mentioning when we started the blog, but I must say, a YEAR is a long time! July 16th was the day we started, and here it is the day before August 1st! I'm impressed! I didn't think we'd get very far!

Cossy deserves a lot of the credit. She's kept this blog running while I've been out of it. I've been eh, sick, you could say, off an on since about Novemberish, and Cossy has kept this place running either way. You all have her to thank!

We are also nearing our 100th post! I'm sure we're going to do something exciting for that!

Also, with school starting soon, Cossy and I won't be posting as much as we'd like, but hopefully I'll be able to get at least a few posts done in the coming weeks. I have had one photography outing that had some great outcomes that I can't wait to share with you guys, and I also had my first wedding event. I'll be showing you guys pictures from that in parts, so be looking for news on that here soon!

Here is a sneak peek on future posts from me! look for posts with Wedding Event or Downtown Event in the label section.

Some photos~

Here you guys go! Love Olive~

Hi! Olive here....sorry about last week, been really busy. I'm hoping this week will be light with school, and yeah! Saturday is going to be pretty awesome come photography wise so be sure to tune in for that one! Oh and I'm going to put up a poll on the side so be sure to vote! Uh and yeah photography time -

Did you know that your camera could have a focus ring? It is a wonderful tool! Of course these images weren't taken with the ring, but oh well. I'll talk more about that next Monday/Wed!

-Olive