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Archive for October, 2007

but is it art?

October 24, 2007 1:42 pm

Since I haven’t been talking much about school, I feel that I owe you, dear reader, examples of some of my latest work. As I no longer write papers that can be quoted from, here are recently returned assignments from a few of my (four) classes.

Photoshop 1: Surrealistic Image Composite

Tea Time

Photography 1: Depth of Field (large)

Horse, Fairy, and Nun

Color: Monet Imitation

Summer

In the near future I have two essays (not papers, mind you), one which I will more than likely write on (some aspect of) photojournalism ethics and the other will probably focus on Dorothea Lange and how her photographs changed views of the human body/condition. Depending on how much I’m allowed to write, that is.

October WHAT

October 16, 2007 8:34 pm

Finally, I installed Akismet and my life is so much cleaner now. I don’t get as many e-mails, but the lack of spam here is beyond delightful. Why didn’t anyone recommend this to me before?

Let me try and expand on my last entry, which was entirely too long ago. Working 2.5 jobs (Picture People, Medieval Times, violin teacher) on top of taking 12 credits (Photoshop, Photography, Color, Journalism) is a tad bit beyond hectic, mainly because I spend so much time in my car trying to get from place to place. Nothing I do is stressful persey, and for the most part I’m paid to sit around do what I love. Things will theoretically calm down next semester, when I’m down to 1.5 jobs and living a tad closer to work & school.

Sarah and I are (one again, theoretically) moving into a house by the end of the month. The place just needs a good coat of paint and internet access before becoming perfectly cosy. We have lofty decorating plans including making our own curtains, stripping the carpet, and refinishing the basement, but what else are boyfriends (in addition to being handy ourselves) for? Please believe there will be bountiful before/after photos of our work once we get to it.

As for updates around the domain(s) here, I know that they’ve been few and far between. What with the working, the schooling, and the trying to (and for the most part succeeding in) maintain a social life, this is the first time I’ve been able to sit down with the internet outside of Photoshop class. All is neither lost nor forgotten. There will be more.