Well, I'm no longer living in Provo

Hey guys! I haven't posted in a while because finals week was coming and it was crunch time. But now I am done with my junior year in college and finals went okay! Hopefully I'll be able to find interesting things to post about. Anyways, I have a few leftovers from my pictures of Provo. So here are a few of them. There were so many times that I felt like a weirdo. I mean, how do you cover up walking on the side of the road and then creepily stopping and taking pictures of stuff while people walk past you? I dunno.

First there was this killer sunset happening when I was walking home from finishing a huge project in the lab.

You can probably now tell that I think the temple is pretty.

And finally all the flowers started blooming at the temple and on campus! It was gorgeous! I remember walking to campus one day during finals week and being stunned that the trees and grass actually looked alive!

...But we're ignoring the fact that it is snowing in Alpine as we speak.

JFSB and the HFAC

Looks like I'm speaking code, but I'm not. The following pictures were taken in, near, or around of the Joseph F. Smith Building and the Harris Fine Arts Center - the two buildings I spend most of my free time in. I took the first two picture the other day when it was raining, and I didn't want to go to the sociology lab to do homework, just yet.

Ha, guess what this is below! A bench! Weird bench, eh? I like all the lines.

For this next picture, I was walking to my guitar class in the HFAC when I saw this unusually empty courtyard. It is never this empty, and of course, as soon as I pulled out my camera people started trickling in and out of the doors. So I had to perfectly time it so no one was in the shot. I like the different colored tiles and all the windows in this picture. 

Anyways, that's all folks!

A Tourist in Provo

Lately I have been getting random desires to go back to Switzerland/Europe in general. I had the opportunity to go to Europe twice, once when we picked up my sister from her mission in Switzerland and again as a performer for Utah Ambassadors of Music. I loved experiencing the new cultures and the different auras of each place. As I pondered on exactly what I loved so much about Europe, I realized it wasn't as much the gorgeous buildings and the thousands of years of history. Nor was it being able to experience new foods and hear different languages spoken. Instead, it was the way I saw everything. I viewed the world with wonder, and with a photographer's eye. I saw things and took mental and physical pictures of them. I saw the beauty in houses, public transportation, clocks, even bike stands. When I realized this, I came up with the idea to do a Provo Project. For the next few weeks, I am going to see Provo and BYU campus from the eyes of a photographer-tourist. I'm going to actively look for the beautiful things in my own neighborhood rather than wishing to move to a different continent. My camera has found a permanent place in my backpack for when something catches my eye. I just need to remember to charge the batteries. :)

On Friday I got to attend the temple and do baptisms for the dead. Afterwards, as I walked home, I looked back at the temple and immediately stopped to take a picture. It was raining, my umbrella was close to flying away in the brisk wind, and my hair was still wet. But I managed to get the above shot. I like it because of all the lines in the photograph that point to the temple. I also like how even though it was a rainy, gloomy day, the view was still fantastic.

Stay tuned for more pictures to come!