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October 13, 2008
Amy's Wish List of Very Expensive Things, not surprisingly.
The Holidays are upon us. And I'm broke. I have been sending out home-made Xmas postcards the past few years because I have far too many friends and family and there ain't no way in heck I'm spending that much money on y'all. Sorry.
So in the spirit of wanting, here is my wish list. First part details photo equipment I actually DO need for my business. The remaining items are things I may or may not need. Depending on the mood. Right now, I NEED THEM ALL.
I also realized that if I had never quit my job in Vegas and never had moved to Portland, I could've been able to afford a few of these items. Like the boots. Or the monitor calibrator. Yeah, but nooooooooo, I decided to be Bohemian and move to Portland where I currently have no job. AWESOME.
So yeah here is my wish list.
Things I, surprisingly, actually DO need.
Do I actually need to explain why I need a second camera body? No.
$1400.
I want this baby SO bad. Currently, I shoot most of my portraits with a cheaper F1.8 and while the quality is quite surprising for the price (under $100) the AF is a bit slow. And when you're photographing over-active kids, AF is your friend. So... I want this one. NOW. $350
If I have a second camera body, might as well get the second flash unit. $407. Funny-looking flash diffuser. $40
A bigger camera bag suitable for traveling, especially through the Atlanta airport, where some really burly men work. $142
More lenses. A girl can't have too many of these. $1033
A few more of these. At the moment, I need to bring my laptop with me if I have back to back photoshoots. My two 4GBs and two 1Gbs are just not doing it. At all. $50ish
I rarely ever use tripods. But you just never know when you might need one. Like, having a black friend. $100ish (the tripod, not the black friend).
Well, while I'm listing all these fun goodies I might as well just mention that I need a new computer with RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF GIGAS. Like. RIDICULOUS. 350 GB will do just fine. $1500
Once I have my nifty iMac thingamajing, a monitor calibrator would reduce my stress by 90%. $70.
Pretty please? okthxbai. $1800 and your newborn.
A cell phone with email capabilities (and Google Maps, of course) and a Portland 503 number, because I can only laugh so long at clients who FREAK out upon finding out my cell number is from Puerto Rico before it gets tiring. $I have no idea.
Oh, and more photo clients.
Things that would pretty cool to have
Like, a dresser. My undies are currently stashed in a Fred Meyer's plastic shopping bag. The probably smell of asparagus and Milano cookies right now. Luckily, PLENTY of very affordable vintage/thrift shops here in Portland.$no more than 70
A bed. I currently sleep on my housemate's futon mattress and it hurts a bit when I sleep on my side. I don't care what size it is. I'll take a Twin. I DONT CARE.
Socks. Nothing special. I just kinda need more than three pairs.
I NEED THIS. My Morning Jacket latest album. Airborne Toxic Event debut album. Once. Simply Once.
You . ON MY FEET RIGHT NOW. $188.
Rainy Season in the Pacific Northwest has begun and though I already scored a pretty pink umbrella at a vintage shop for only $9, what I REALLY want is a Orla Kiely umbrella (first two on the right, third is Kate Spade). I mean...wouldn't that umbrella brighten up any gloomy Portland Winter day? Yes, it would. And those raincoats are absolutely darling, as well. $60 - up.
I love paper and I love cutting it even more. I'd like to have a GOOD, solid rotary paper cutter. Oh yes. Close to a $100.
I don't care if election season is almost over, this is what America needs. $4.49 Nerdcredits.
HA! Things I will take a long time to acquire/never acquire. Keep dreaming, silly girl.
Mamiya RZ67 Medium Format Camera. My favorite camera of all time. I miss it so so so so much. Maybe one day, my love, we shall be reunited. $2000+ (body ONLY) (let's not even talk about the lenses)
Luke Skywalker for president. You may question why Picard/Riker '08 isn't on this list seeing as neither one actually exist in the realm of this reality...
A boyfriend. I'm actually quite surprised it's taken me a lengthy 26 years to finally start feeling the weight of being a depressingly single woman. A 26 year old single woman who has been single 24.7 out of 26.5 years of her life. Yeah. You go ahead and tell me it's great being single when everybody you meet is happily paired off. Go ahead. Yeah. Beautiful photo by {manda}
Posted by starmagn at October 13, 2008 11:52 PM
Comments
I love the Michael Douglas photo. I watched Wallstreet about a year ago and laughed so hard at the gigantic fax machine and cellphone! I love your pictures (you capture people really well).
Posted by: little rogue at November 26, 2008 04:50 PM