Bean is a dog that I know. She likes to stick her tongue out. I hope you enjoy my photographs of her.
Odopod by Color
It’s so easy to overlook the small details that make up the world. I make it an effort to observe and document my surroundings as much as possible and my obsession with color and my interest in photography has lead me to explore my office by color. Every day, it seems my life is made up of the same mixture of colors and textures but when I began to look a little closer, a whole new spectrum of shades began to emerge. Using Hisptamatic for iPhone as my tool and my office as my canvas, I’ve uncovered a colorful world of Odopod.
Photography: Flora Part I
On an overcast day in May I stepped out into my backyard garden and picked up several fallen bits of flowers, leaves and foliage as subjects of a new photo set and as tests for my new macro lens. These are the results.
Birthday Stats: 28
May 7th has come and gone and so I have aged another year. Another birthday filled with greetings, cards and dinner with pals. Filled with Facebook hellos, tweets and hugs. Filled with slices of cake, drinks and presents. Of course, I’ve tracked all of these wonderful things with Daytum, thus visualizing all the bits that made this year’s birthday so wonderful. See the page on Daytum.
iPhone, Organized by Color
I love to organize anything I can get my hands on by color. Color order always makes the world feel so right. Here’s what color organization looks like on my iPhone. Awesome, right?
My Favorite Things
The other day I purchased a Polaroid Jacket and instantly fell in love with it. It fits perfectly and is a wonderful representation of my interests in photography, color and design. It got me thinking about other physical objects that I own and love. So, here is where I pay tribute to my favorite things in the physical world.
Sunday Night Movies
My friends and I watch a movie together every Sunday night. Each week, a different host picks a movie and asks the guests to bring a food related to the film. When everyone arrives, we set up the food items in a nice little arrangement and snap a photo. It all began on April 13, 2008 and continues to occur weekly to this day. The members of Movie Night are managed through Facebook where there is also a complete archive of every event. As of this post we’ve seen 71 movies!
Welcome
Hello. This is my new website and it’s all about my creative and professional digital life. Half-portfolio, half-I don’t know what, this site has the intimate details of what I do everyday. Not so much blog, but hopefully a place to observe and document, this site is my little piece of the internet that I hope you like.
About
I’m Allison and I love to observe the micro details of life and to dream up new (mostly interactive) ideas and projects to start. I’m living in San Francisco, working and paving my way through the Internet on a day to day basis as an interactive marketing manager and producer. Gadgets, computers, design, and technology pretty much run my life and I like it. Other obsessions include taking photographs, music, movies, vintage poster design, infographics, science, furniture, swimming, hiking, travel and being outside.
Currently…
- Reading: iPad
- Listening: Beach House, Band of Horses
- Playing: PS3: Red Dead Redemption
- Shooting: Canon EOS 40D, Diana F+, iPhone
- Waching: TED Talks, Streaming NetFlix
Care to get in touch? Reach me at aqm[at]allisonqmccarthy[dot]com
The Places I've Lived
Every time I move out of an apartment, I make it a practice to take a photo of the outside/door so that I have a personal catalog of all the places I have ever lived. Since I have already moved quite a bit, I have a nice collection of apartments from Philadelphia, New York and now San Francisco.
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A Year in Photos
At the dawn of every new year, I take all my Flickr photos from the previous year and produce book of photos. I started doing it in 2007 and have continued every year since. I love having something physical to hold and to look at in addition to all the digital things I’ve collected and created. The original idea came from a similar practice of selecting the best moments of the year – one per month - and creating a “year in review” set. These images represent 2009.
Photography: Pipes
I shot these pieces of plumbing as my final assignment for a digital photography class I took this summer. I’m only about half-way through the shots I wanted to achieve, so this is the first set in a series that I will complete in the future. The next set will include more colors, more lights and more bits and pieces from my local hardware store. I was really seduced by the curvy shapes of the objects out of context, the color backgrounds and the lighting in these shots. I cant wait to keep exploring.
TED with Breakfast
I’m constantly looking for sources of inspiration and one resource that will never fail is TED. As such, I started to make it a daily practice to do something good for myself both in mind and body each morning. Here’s a running list of my TED with Breakfast log.
A Birthday Narrative
I took a picture of the all the little things that happened on my birthday and posted them all to Flickr.
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