Etienne & Remaliah

French. Kiwi. Switzerland.

Do those three go together?

yes. they go together like..

like....

tofu and thai food.

Remaliah (yes she was just introduced on Introduction Friday)

and her fiance, Etienne were amazing to shoot!

I couldn't believe where we were and with the colours,

and the car!! Tres Jolie! So enjoy this couple! I surely did.

AMAZING!

The REAL Friday Introduction

I got it to work! My hard drive is still working, thank you Jesus. Cliff lent me

his power thingy. so heres our Friday introduction!

Remaliah 

Remaliah.

lets see. she is from one of my favorite places on earth.

New Zealand, grew up on the south island, and now her family

is in or near Auckland (north island). she has been in europe for

some time now. She staffed a dts on the sail boat for marine reach

in the uk. That is where she found herself a man. of course.

ywam.. always bringing the males and females together.

She will be getting married to Itian (thats how it sounds,

i'm sure its not how its spelled, but I never claimed to know

how to spell..) in April in NZ.

She came here 3 months ago, to Burtigny, to take the school of 

design, but that got cancelled so she did an internship instead.

Remaliah, 26 by the way, is an amazing designer. She makes sure

its perfect, unlike me, and is determined.

p.s. she was my former roommate, before we had to move.. suck

Kirsten

Kirsten.. NOT KRISTEN!

she is from germany.

she has been living in the phillipines for  the last maybe 

one and half years. she staffed a sdc there as well.

she shares in with me the love of typeface, and now we 

often have conversations about it and bond over it.

oh did i tell you.. shes staff. hum humm. and a good one at that.

So there you have the friday introductions. i almost made the friday deadline.

its 12.18 here, so maybe fore in california you can still consider it friday..

tomorrow i am shooting remaliah and her fiance! I'm super super

excited about it. I have been looking at new photographers these past 

few days and have been amazed at the work that some people produce, so

I am feeling quite inspired!! besides that i plan to sleep!

so have a good weekend, we'll see you Sunday for the Sunday show!

Friday Introduction.. a little late.

READERS BEWARE!

WE'VE GONE MAD IN THE SDC

Friday.

its official we have all gone mad.

we are working in flash this week, and we are literally crazy.

we made christmas e-cards, and one let Jesus kill santa claus with a snowflake.

mine of course, since i've been in the helvetica craze, is all about helvetica.

helvetica, neue ultra light! yup. Beautiful.

bad news. my harddrive and the adaptor so i can plug it in, its being touchy. 

BAD WORD.

so, if you are reading this, and you come across a small little adaptor,

american electric thing to an swiss one, send it on my way.

anyways, so i have some photos, and i have yet to see them.

no harddrive.

bad word

this weekend i am shooting my fellow classmate and her fiance. 

okay. the end.

United States... Congo.. and Zimbabwe

November 4th

    United States:   Today, the United States picks its president. Obama or McCain. It seems to be all over the papers even here in Switzerland. I don't think I realized how much the world actually depends on who the US president is. I won't state my political views on here, I know where I stand, and thats what matters. I've read the stats and it seems as though Obama is in favor. The change to a democrat in office may or may not be a good thing. Depends on how you look at it. Its a big day for the US. I just ask that whoever it may be, McCain or Obama they will better our economy, and our future. I'll watch from my computer here in Switzerland who my next president will be, who will lead our country for the next 4 years and wonder if it really will make a difference.

    Congo:  I looked at my local newspaper website, it of course had the headlines for the presidency, and an obvious sway towards the right side. I then clicked on "world news" and this Congo epidemic wasn't even listed, I had to keep searching until finally I found a little article on it. I then realized why when I'm home, and not surrounded by international people, I don't hear whats going on in the world. What the real issues are. In the Congo there are people dying of starvation. The rebels are taking over, and its a horrible epidemic.  

This conflict is fueled by hatred from the Rwanda 1994 genocide. That was more then 10 years ago! The Congo government feels as if Rwanda had taken their resources, and Rwanda claims that Congo has a corrupt government. This is why people are dying, this is why children are being buried at the age of two. Its gone on long enough. How much do you know about this? 

Zimbabwe: Did you know that if you were living in Zimbabwe you could be a billionaire and still starve? There is no food in the grocery store, and the inflation is the highest in the world. People stand outside butcheries and beg to get in to get a sliver of protein to feed their starving bodies, but the steel bars in front of the stores keep them out. People are walking around with their millions of dollars and are still burying their children due to starvation. The graveyards are like a minefield. There are new burial sites everyday. The government is a corrupt one, and the people of Zimbabwe are led by dictators. 

Today in YWAM Burtigny, we decided to have a starving day. We took the money that we would for our food today, and gave it to the YWAMers in Zimbabwe. A contact in South Africa will buy food for them, and bring it to them in Zimbabwe. We prayed for them today, and cried out to God. I thought to myself, how lucky I am to have food. How I take for granted going to the grocery store and the having the shelves be stocked. 

    In the western world, we assume everyone is like us. We don't want to accept that their our kids dying, and that their is not enough food. We live in denial. We see the commercials with the flies in the eyes of the little african kids. Does it touch us anymore? Do we just switch the channel? Do we feel uncomfortable? 

   Today, we took stand. We are going hungry for one day. With each stomach growl, our hearts are being turned, and our eyes are being shown.  Please, if you read this, think about what you have. I will to. I'm sorry for ever having taken for granted anything, and everything. So today, when you read this, think about the computer your on, and maybe the drink, or food you just had, or will have. Be thankful, and maybe say a little prayer for those who don't have anything.

The Sunday Shoowwww!

Welcome to the Sunday.

And the sunday show, done on an actual Sunday!

well, we did 5 takes of the Sunday show, one was cut off,

thanks screensaver. and the other 3 the microphone did not work.

we had a lot to say, but we ended up making a small condensed sunday show.

we just have to say, that we are in our room.. although you can only

see the wall, and we had a really good week! thank you Paul Tilbury!

he was a great teacher, and taught us heaps and heaps.

we will miss you Joseph 

and last but not least

"All you need is love and HELVETICA BOLD."

p.s. this is not helvetica typeface...

~Ashley & Viola