Shalina Lives

I Shot Gerald

Sunday, I went shooting in Castro Valley. My co-worker’s husband is a local artist/rapper and he wanted some promo shots.

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Here’s me shooting & Katie playing. Thank you - Kerri - for the photo.

Shalina Photography

Add comment | August 14th, 2008

My childhood best friend, Cassandra, came to visit this past weekend to celebrate her birthday. She is now married with 3 kids all age 3 and under! She and her husband, Matt, are amazing parents. Their children were so well behaved and adorable! We headed to Cowell park on Sunday to get some family photos. Katie loved having them around and even got to help “babysit” their youngest [6 weeks old] during the photo shoot.

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2 comments | August 7th, 2008

Blog War

Tonight I went shooting with a friend at the marina in Martinez. I got some really cool shots, thanks to my teacher, Steve.

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Shailna Photography

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3 comments | August 4th, 2008

Quaker Life Cereal

Thursday was my last night of class [for the summer] and I had to turn in my final project. I made a book about life.

Here is the outcome:

Life

Final Project

Thank you to all of you that participated! You’re all my lifesavers.

1 comment | August 1st, 2008

Teeny Tiny Burrito

Two weeks ago, my bff, Angie, gave birth to her second boy, Luke. She let me take some photos of him yesterday to use in my final project for my photography class. I just want to bite his cheeks.

Baby Luke

3 comments | July 31st, 2008

Help Me

Please.

For my final project in my Digital Photography class, I’m making a handmade book of portraits, portraying the growth & aging process of humanity. I also want to capture the many emotions we face through our experiences in life.

If:

1. You are human.
2. You want to help me.
3. You want free photos of yourself.

…please contact me and let me know you’re interested! I need people of all ages.

This project is due Thursday, July 31st, so I have to start shooting asap.

Thanks!

Add comment | July 22nd, 2008

Hockney

I’m in a Digital Photography class right now and we had a project to do based on the work of David Hockney. We were asked to shoot a ton of photos of one scene and use Photoshop to collage them together. This was a fun project.

2 comments | June 25th, 2008

The Girls

The Indigo Girls played an amazing set. There were only a few songs I couldn’t sing to [I love when that happens] and they were songs off their not yet released album. I can’t wait till February to hear the whole thing! Also, Amy Ray has a new solo album coming out July 22.

Funny thing. When we were walking up to the door, this guy came over to me and asked me if I’ve ever met Emily, as if it was totally normal for this to happen. I said no, and he proceeded to tell me that she would flip if she saw how much I look like her in a younger sort of way. I asked him if he knows her and he said, kind of awkwardly, that he does. I’m thinking he’s a roadie or something. Towards the end of the concert, I saw him at the front of the crowd flailing himself about with all of the women that were dancing.

Brandi Carlile was the opener. I didn’t expect such a strong voice from such a small girl. She totally blew me away! I tend to have twinges of jealousy towards people with so much musical talent. I think it’s time to pick up the guitar again. She really was amazing, and I loved how Amy & Emily asked her [and the rest of her band] to join them on a bunch of their songs.

Mom - Thank you for the fun night!

Here’s a video of Brandi:

1 comment | June 25th, 2008

Death Party After Cab

On Saturday [June 21], I went to the Death Cab for Cutie concert at the Greek in Berkeley. It was a really awesome show with really awesome friends. Afterwards, IRF [my brother’s band: www.inreverentfear.com] played the after party show for Death Cab at Blakes on Telegraph. Their energy was high, probably due to their new member, Greg. They sounded better than ever. I took some photos, of course.

I love irf:

In Reverent Fear