Divergent Review

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent takes place in a dystopian futuristic Chicago where the city is spit up into 5 factors. Abnegation the selfless, Erudite the smart, Condor the honest, Dauntless the brave and Amity the peaceful. As we follow the story of 16 year old Beatrice Prior we learn the struggles of her life when she has to choose between staying with her family in abnegation or following what she want, freedom.

I absolutely loved this book, I read it in 3 day and I normally take about 1 week to read a really good book. I really connected to the main character Beatrice or later we call her Tris. She is a normal teenager with normal teenage problems until she chooses to go to dauntless. I also loved the other main character Four or as we later figure out Tobias Eaton. I loved learning about Tobias's backstory, it was very touching. Veronica Roth outdid herself. She was very descriptive I had an entire movie in my head. Speaking of movies, they will release the divergent movie in 2014.

I am already 7 chapters from finishing the second book and the third one comes out Fall 2013. I am very excited for the movie and the new book. I recommend this book to anyone who likes the hunger games, delirium or any dystopian type of book. Also my next book I will be reading is delirium where love if found to be a disease. I am very excited, so I think you should be too. Read Divergent and you wont be able to put it down :D

Raquel

I Gotta Text This

I am working on a new project but it's not very big. It will be a trailer for a film that I will not continue with. I am only making the trailer because it's hard to film a entire movie a school goes on. So let me tell you about my new project, I Gotta Text This.

This is going to be a comedy horror film. I guess you can relate it to scary movie. It will scare you but there will be laughs along the way. This will be a difficult project to me because I will need to create the bloody cut or bruise effect which I have never done before. I will try to get this started next week. I will keep you locked in.

I can't wait to start this. It will be so fun. I have to leave now but I promise I'll be back!

Raquel

Owl City Live In Concert

On Saturday I went to my first concert. I saw Owl City (Adam Young) up front on stage and it was amazing. The opening act was Action Item and they were better than i expected. One of he band mates even said hi to me and Kassy98, yes I went with Kassy98. Us both being photographers she took most of the photos and I took some too. I thought you may want to see some of the photos. If you were ever wondering about going to an Owl City concert I strongly strongly recommend it. Adam puts on a great concert, he makes the songs come to life! I think I'm in love! <3

The Words Review

I saw this movie a few days ago, sorry for the late entry.

The film is about an upcoming writer who has a long period of writers block. As he finds the story of another man and decides to put his name on it you see his progression while dealing with the consequences.

This movie was amazing, pure brilliance if I may add. Everyone was waiting to watch this film. Brian Klugman did a great job with directing the film. I loved the rewinding of present and past. I found the film to be hard to comprehend. It was hard to follow but once you look at it in retch respect you have a better understanding. People may say this film was slow. No, it just was not an action film so the film took time.

Bradley Cooper was very dramatic and played his role like non other. I liked Bradley Cooper in this film overall because I have only seen him in comedy's. It was a change of script for me and I liked it. Zoe Saldana with Bradley had so much chemistry. They use to have a relationship so that must be where it is from. They were both great onscreen, I loved them together and I found that they brought out a different side of each character you didn't see for the full movie. Jeremy Irons played The Old Man. His character gave me the chills when he spoke and when he reviled he wrote the story it just shocked me. The performance was great. I was very fond of Ben Barns who played The Old Man but when he was young. I loved the flashbacks and the entire concept of flashbacks turning into reality, slowly rewinding. The cast was fantastic.

Overall I loved the film. I wouldn't watch it again, it would be a one time thing. I do very much recommend this film for upcoming writers and people who just like drama. I give this film and A.

Check out my Instagram. New photos coming soon @raquellyvann. I'll be back

Raquel

Unofficial Good Time

I said a while ago that i was going to upload this video but i never did. I made one but i didnt like it so i started again. This is the newer and better version. Sorry for some blurriness and darkness, my lighting was       weird. Hope you like it!!   

Raquel

Balloon Fight In The Forest

I was browsing through the internet one day and  found these two guys on youtube, The Slow Mo Guys. What they do is that they will film something for example popping a giant balloon and then show it in slow motion. When i saw that i always wanted to try so yesterday i actually had the chance to test it out. I went with my friend to my backyard and we got a few balloons to pop. She popped the balloons with a needle and smashed a few.

Slow Mo Guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_OyHUqIIOU

Balloon Fight

After the balloon fight lets call it we went to a close by forest. There i took one more artistic photo than the rest. The others are just my friend posing so i wont post those ones. I'm starting to like taking splash photos as you can also see in my other entries. I know not many people like splash photos but i am just obsessed!! I hope you like the photos! As always i have to got but i'll be back!

Raquel

A Day At The Pool

Today my family went to the pool. I didn't really want to go swimming so i decided to bring my camera instead. My brother and his friend were swimming and the started to jump in so i took some photos. I got some air shots and pictures of the after splash. Here are the better photos i took. I did this photo shoot by continuous shots which is an option on my camera. i did not post all the all of the continuous shots.

Summer Playlist

As all of you already know the summer is coming to an end!!!! With this sad occasion I wanted to cheer everyone up. So I made a playlist for all my peeps to listen to when school starts so you can remember this AWESOMETACULAS summer.

1. Good Time by Owl City ft Carly Rae Jepson
2. Bombshell Blonde by Owl City
3. Speed of Love by Owl City
4. Starships by Nicki Minaj
5. Titanium by David Guetta
6. Want you back by Cher Lloyd
7. Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift
8. Some Nights by Fun.
9. We Are Young by Fun.
10. Chasing The Sun by The Wanted

So as we all head back to the dreadful school year, i hope when your walking or taking the bus to school you will have this playlist on reply. Hopefully this will make your daily pains a little less.. Painful! Have a great rest of the summer I hope you enjoyed it!

Check out my YouTube channel photogirl1919 for new clips coming soon! I will also post slide shows, some things I recommend and other stuff relatable! Check out my instagram @raquellyvann and my twitter @Photo_Girl1919. As always I have to go but I'll be back!!

Also I give a thanks to Kassy98 for helping me with this entry

Raquel

Such Dolls

I use to collect expensive barbies and here are some of them...

This photo is of the Wicked Witch of the East, the one who got squished by Dorothy. I took 2 versions of this photo, one blurry and one clear but i preferred the blurry one.

This is a side view of Dorothy. I dont like how the barbies looked from a portrait view so all my photos are a bit tilted. Also i dont want them too look like barbies but more like actual people and when you see them straight on it is more obvious. 

   

  For all you Twilight fans this is Victoria. She was very difficult to get a good shot of her because of her features. Her ginger hair, red eyes and pale skin but after a few takes i finally got a nice shot. 

As you all see I talk about these dolls like they are all real people. The reason i took these photos is because i never actually use these dolls, they just sit around so i decided to put them to good use. And if you want to see some other photos that i took with the dolls go to my photography page which will lead you to my Flickr, also i will be posting on my instagram, raquellyvann. As always i have to go but ill be back 

Raquel

Inglourious Basterds Review

Inglourious Basterds is a Quentin Tarantino film based upon the true facts of WW2 or otherwise known as the Holocaust.

The movie starts in Nazi occupied France with a French-German family hiding Jews. When the Nazis kill the hidden family one brave 18 year old gets away. Her name is Shosanna.. After that, they show a few years later when Shosanna has changed her name and now owns her own cinema. When German war hero Frederick Zoller falls for Shosanna she is informed that he wants to have the showing of his documentary at her cinema. At the showing there will be lots of high up Nazis including Hitler. She plans to burn the cinema down, on the day of the premiere.

When Shosanna is planning this master plan there are some other people who have the same motives, they are called "The Basterds". The basterd are an American-Jewish group of Nazi killers. They follow the tactics of a certain native group. As they hear about this premiere without the knowledge of Shosanna's plan they create their own plan to assassin the nazis.

I will not tell you the ending but it is time to tell you my opinion on this film. I found this film amazing, brilliant if I may add. It was produced so well! Quentin Tarantino is known for his graphic films and this was one of them but the graphicness of the production just added onto the drama. Add the theme of the film plus the great production, it equals awesomeness!!! Mélanie Laurent, a French actress, played Shosanna and she was great, she played so well, it was very emotional! The role of LT, Aldo Raine was played by Brad Pitt and even though this was a dramatic movie he was very funny. In very graphic scenes he would be so calm and collective. Simply brilliant!

Overall I loved this film. It was made so brilliantly, I cannot believe it! I very much recommend this film, but again it is very graphic so be warned. Also most of this film is in french and german but obviously there is english subtitles. There are parts in english but not very many. I give this movie an A! As always I have to go but I'll be back

Raquel

Puppy!

Last night i was not tired at all! i was lying in bed and thinking "What to do, what to do?" Guess what, my camera was staring right at me saying "Take pictures!!!!". So i listened to my camera and took some photos. My puppy Teddy was being weirdly nice and started posing for me! I also got some cute photos of him sleeping. 

Here us a little bio on my buddy puppy Teddy...

Name: Teddy

Named After: My other dog that passed away 5 years ago

Breed: German Shepard & Miniature Collie mix

Age: 2 human years

Birthday: June 16th 2010

Teddy is a very nice dog. He gets very excited and is very protective of his owners. He likes going under my brothers bed to relax but he gets scared very easily. He does not like grapes, eggs and carrots. He likes peanut butter but we almost never give him. When we do its hard for him to eat because his teeth get stuck. Its very funny. He looks a lot like a small German Shepard but has a Collie snout. When any of my family members leave the house he will cry because he is still a little baby. Teddy is an amazing dog and i love him! I have to go but ill be back, i hope you liked the photos and the little entry. 

Raquel

Black Swan Mini Review

(I did not watch the full film. I just saw the strange parts

The movie was a bout a 28 year old lady named Nina who goes through anorexia and a someone depression which brings her terrible thoughts. As she gets the lead of The Black and White Swan people start to question her. Is she tough or bad enough to play the 2 lead roles? And she started to question herself also...

Darren Aronofsky is simply amazing. The effects of two Natalie's was so well done! Let alone the movie was not scary but disturbing. When Nina Sayers the lead "killed" Lily I was shocked, but as she realizes Lily is still alive she questions herself thinking: if she is not stabbed, then who is? When she does her last performance knowing its her end she makes it her best! Her last words were I'm Perfect with that being her main goal throughout the film.

I can't say my overall comment on the movie but from what I see I want to see it very badly! I strongly recommend it! It is somewhat very weird and disturbing! But again it is amazingly well done. As always I have to go but I'll be back soon!

Raquel

Technical Difficulties?

There comes a time in every upcoming photographers life where they have some technical difficulties with their camera. For the first time I had some tech difficulties. And I have to say that it was NOT a fun experience. It was not fun for me nor my family who had to go through so much trouble for me. So today I thought I would brighten your day with my amusing misery. This is not one of my typical blog entries about a review on a movie or info and pics from a place... No, this is just something a little more personal but very funny. Here it goes. :D

One day I was taking some pictures as usual, but suddenly my camera said: BATTERIES EXHAUST. I obviously still wanted to take photos so I go to the convenience to get batteries. Since I was in the middle of a photos shoot I just got a random brand of batteries for my camera (you photographers will understand my problem from here). The random brand was Panasonic. So I put the batteries in my camera and BOOM! My camera worked. But after about 15 minutes I tried to take a photo but then my camera turns off. I keep trying but I repeatedly get the same results. So I put my camera away for a few days.

I told my parents about my dorky dilemma. So we go to the place we got my camera and this place is on the other side of Toronto, I'm not even sure if we were still in Toronto. So we go inside to customer service who tell us to go to the electronics and then back to customer service, back and forth, back and forth. Let's put it this way. My mom, younger brother and I went on a wild goose chase that felt like it would never end.

As we were just about to give up, my miracle appears. Her name was Veronica. This wonderful lady tells me that it was a waste of time coming to the store. So I ask why my dear, WHY? She is a camera specialist and tells me she thinks its the type of batteries I used. I ranted to her how they are brand new batteries. How could this be. She gave me a lecture on how some batteries don't work for such powerful cameras and I need to get my batteries from camera stores. So she gives me some new batteries and my family and I head home.

My camera works now. I want you to learn from my mistake and remember, get good batteries, not cheep dollar store ones. And most importantly, NEVER PANASONIC!!!!! I hope you all have enjoyed my dilemma and if you have any tips please tell me! Also please follow me on twitter at Photo_Girl1919 for more funny and dorky stories like this. I will also have photos, reviews and other in that direction. I hope you had fun my little screen geeks! Come back soon for more! As always I have to go but I promise I'll be back!

Raquel

A Day Up In Unionville

A few days ago, I went up to Unionville for the annual Jazz Festival. it was amazing. Great music and great people. Also some delicious food! Me being me I had to get some photos. Most of my photos are not very good I was in a rush and I had to depend on my iPod. IPods aren't very Dependable. So I got a few photos and I just wanted to share my experience with you.

If you don't personally know me then you didn't know that I play the Alto Saxophone. So i tried to get as many photos of the sax player as possible. I got a few but with the terrible zoom on iPods all my photos of the Jazz Band are blurry. Oh, how much I wish I had my camera. I really enjoyed the music. Every corner of Unionville was a different type of Jazz. It was so fun and exciting!

Next time I go to Unionville I will definitely bring my camera! Well as always I have to go but I'll be bac ASAP!

Raquel