Somewhere

I've watched Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" over the weekend. I really liked it and I think that she did a great job portraying what she wanted to show. And a phrase that I think it's perfect for this film is "Una imagen vale mas que mil palabras" (an image is worth more than a thousand words)... I don't know if this expression exists in English, that's why I wrote it on Spanish first.

Both Stepehn  Dorff and Elle Fanning are great at their roles and the film was very moving to me. I'm not sure about the ending of the film, but that's really personal. I'd say, though, that it's not important... and knowing Sofia Coppola, I guess that it's part of her way of showing things; she did the same with "Lost in translation".

Watch it if you can and let me know what did you think. Happy Monday!

Tacky souvenir swap

I've just signed up for the Tacky Souvenir Swap over at The art of staying up all night blog. I think that it's a super fun swap. In fact, we have this "joke" around my family and it consists on giving each other a tacky souvenir whenever we travel. I'm so excited that I'm thinking about what to get already, I might even buy the souvenir I'll send today!

Photographic wishlist

I'm a photography lover... considering that this blog has just started and that most of my posts are related with photography, it's pretty obvious, right? Here are some of the things that I'm DYING to get...

Isn't this pendant to die for? Via the Photojojo store.

I'm using a pocket camera, but I think that it's time for me to have a Digital Reflex... my boyfriend bought for himself the D3100, but it's out of my league.

My camera collection wouldn't be complete without a LOMO... and the Diana Mini is just adorable. Via Lomography.

Another beauty, the Fuji Instax Mini 7.

What's on your wishlist?

Black Swan

Ever since I first heard about "Black Swan", I've been meaning to watch it. The combo Darren Aronofsky + Natalie Portman + Vincent Cassel (!) was too good to pass. And finally, yesterday night, I've watched it thanks to my gorgeous boyfriend. He knew that I wanted to watch it so he got me a pretty decent copy in a good quality and we watched it together. We were both pretty amazed by Portman's performance, she's just great. I've been following her since The professional and I have a crush on her, BAD! After the movie ended, my boyfriend and I were shocked and we spent a while discussing it and the psychology of Portman's character. I don't want to reveal much for the ones that haven't seen it yet, but it's a wonderful movie and she deserves the Oscar.

Pinhole camera

I've mentioned on a previous post one of my bday gift's and now it's time to talk about another one. My boyfriend gave me a pinhole camera set containing:

The pinhole camera

Photographic paper

Developer/Fixer liquids

A tupperware with the perfect measures to develop

I was super excited to get this, being a photography lover and I've already tried it, of course. So far, I think that I still need to adjust some things, but we've already achieved great results! He loves photography too, so we used it together and he was just as excited as I was. I'll share some of the photos we took on a future post. ;)

Currently reading

I'd like to share with you the book that I'm currently reading. Its original title is La chaimbre claire. Note sur la photographie.

This was one of the gifts that I've received my past b-day. I've been meaning to read something by Roland Barthes for some time now, so I was really glad to get it. Plus, it has a special meaning since it's a gift from my photo teacher and my class mates (I've been taking photo classes since last year).

Barthes' approach on photography is really interesting, I didn't finish the book yet, but what I've read so far is a completely different analisis on photography from other things that I've read before. The "twist" here is that what Barthes really does is his personal view about photography and he speaks about what it does to him. Plus, he choses one of his favorite photos, which is one from his mother's childhood. Further on, he makes an analisis comparing photography with death. Impressive.

Design + editing

When I first started blogging, I had all my blogs hosted on Wordpress, so this is my first time using Blogger and I have to admit that I still don't get a lot of the things that I can do. For example, on my previous post, I tried to add a link to a Youtube video, but it doesn't seem to be working. Any tips?

Also, I've uploaded a different design for the blog, but I can't seem to view it properly on Mozilla (it seems to work fine in Explorer). Grr! These kind of things take some time until you understand them, I'll have to be patient, but if someone could give me some advise, it would be awesome.

Thanks in advance!

Update: I've just discovered by myself how to add a youtube video, yay me!

About me

I've just realized that I didn't introduce myself properly... I'm not very good with introductions, but I'll do my best. My name is Jazmin and I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I live at my apartment with my cat Toto and I'm 28 years old. I love taking photos, I consider myself a book worm and listening to music caresses my soul. I practise yoga almost on a daily basis and I try that everyone around me practises too ( they don't take my advise anyway). I believe that yoga is an awesome activity and it's both great for the body and the mind. I love watching movies and TV series (I'm currently watching around 15 shows). I love to travel and all my savings are destined for future adventures. Mmm... it's hard to describe yourself, isn't it? I'll end it here, I'm sure that you'll get to know me better by reading the blog and seeing what I post. What about you? What do you like?

Here's one of my favorite songs at the moment.

Welcome!

Bienvenidos, welcome!

Después de pensarlo y repensarlo millones de veces, finalmente he decidido abrir un nuevo blog. Varios años atrás me metí en la blogósfera y me encantó ese alter-mundo digital. Tuve varios blogs a lo largo del tiempo y conocí a un montón de gente, blog-amigos. Y después de mucho meditarlo, he decidido volver al ruedo a ver qué pasa. Espero que me acompañen los de antes, los de siempre y muchos nuevos. Saludos!