GRAD PHOTOS!

This morning I got up at 8:45am to get ready for my grad portrait photos happening in Vancouver at 12:10pm. Kind of early, right?

Wrong.

I was still rushing at the end. First, I got up and shovelled down some breakfast and then straightened my hair. I started to work on my makeup after playing around on my ipod for a little bit (looking up different types of grad makeup). I screwed up quite a bit so I had to keep fixing it. When I was done, it was like 10:20! I then hurried to get my dress on and my new stick-on bra.

Yesterday I was freaking out because I had to wear a dress today but my bra straps kept showing through. And I definitely didn't want that in my pictures! So I tried taking the straps off my bra, but then it kept slipping down. I remembered Taryn telling me about buying a stick-on bra from La Senza for her grad fashion show dress and I figured that would probably be a good idea. My grad fashion show is backless, so I could use it for today and for the fashion show. Also, my grad dress (which my dad didn't actually return), has straps that criss-cross in the back so I couldn't have straps for a bra showing there either. So I went to La Senza with my mom and we found the stick-on bras and they were like $60! I had a little spaz. Then we went to Zellers to see if they had anything like it and they did but they weren't padded and looked really strange. Umm... no thanks. We went to Winners to look there, but only found the same thing as in Zellers. I convinced my mom to give me $20 and then we went and bought the ones from La Senza! I also found a random $20 in my wallet which I didn't know I had so I basically only spent like $20. I'm going to try to mooch some money off of my dad to pay for the rest of it.

Anyway, I put the stick-on bra on this morning and it fit so well and stuck on so well that I no longer wondered why it was $60. I wish I could wear it all the time. Unfortunately, it's not good for your boobs or something if you wear it for over 6 hours. When I had my clothes on, I started attempting to curl my hair, but it was being seriously uncooperative. I only managed to curl some of my hair by the time we had to leave, but it still looked decent. So then I got my dad's opinion on the shoes I should wear. He chose my black stilletos. Ouch. So I put them in a bag and slipped on some flip flops so I wouldn't have to wear them except for in the pictures.

We then hopped in the car at around 11:25am and started heading to the Artona studio in Vancouver! We arrived at 12:00pm (good timing), and then I went and signed in while my dad payed the $60 deposit. Then my dad went to go get his sketchbook so that he could draw while we were waiting and I was briefed on the types of photos that would be taken of me.

I then sat down on the bench and Jordan, a very cute guy, walked over to me and said, "Hey, Raven." I smiled and said, "Hey, Jordan." He then asked how it was going and I said pretty good. He then walked away, but I was still excited because he's a babe! And I used to have a massive crush on him in grade 9.

I was then called into the first room which was the white room. My dad came with me so that he could hold my stuff. I put my stilettos on and clack-clack-clacked into the middle of the room.

I'm going to describe my poses here because Anne said her poses were boring and I want to see if they were any different. :P By the way, the photographer directed all of my poses.

The first thing I did was stand with one hand on my hip. I then faced the other way and crossed my legs with my hands held together loosely in front of me. I then asked to use the blue crayon prop and I put it on my shoulders like a bazooka with my other hand on my hip. :D I then took a picture sitting on a white stool. Keeping good posture while sitting was kind of difficult. I then used a mini colluseum-like column with yellow flowers on it to lean my elbow on. She then showed me the photos and I decided to get rid of the first one because we could only have four from this room.

The next room was the black and white photos. The new guy photographer was really fun to work with. He was very nice and convinced me to smile showing my teeth. He showed me the three pictures he took. We then moved on to a rock wall in the same room which I leaned against with one hand on my hip and the other held loosely at my side. In the same room was a makeshift living room. I sat in a black leather chair in front of the fireplace with one leg crossed and my hands on my knees. He showed me all of the pictures and then took me to do my photos for the yearbook. This was in a different room. I didn't really like my smile in the pictures, but I chose my favourite one anyway.

I then went to a different photographer who took pictures of me with my cap on and holding a diploma in front of a library background.

After that, I was finished! I walked back into the main room where I met my friend Pardeep. He said, "Lookin' good, Raven." ;) I laughed and then my dad and I left. All of the pictures took only about 35 minutes.

We went to Earl's for lunch. This cute waiter who wasn't even ours came to our table and asked how our food was. He asked me if my wings were too hot and I said no, they were good. He smiled at me, complimented my dad's shirt, and then left. My dad raised his eyebrows at me after his departure. :D

After lunch, I texted Pardeep to see if he was done his photos. He said he was. He also said, "You looked great by the way." Aw! Thanks Pardeep! I definitely want to strut my stuff by his side in the grad fashion show, which I'm really looking forward to.

Well, that's all for now! Finally I wrote more than 5 paragraphs.