I’m trying to get out more and photograph what’s plain to see. The tough part is then placing the shots together into a theme, let alone a coherent story. Please enjoy these four photos of man-made ice skating rinks. Thanks.

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Finals are over. 3/4 grades are in. Drake and I went to Assateague with some of his friends over the weekend to celebrate. I’ve wanted to go to Assategue since discovering Marguerite Henry in my youth, so basically, my life is complete now.

I’m surviving extended mall hours in the castle, which isn’t so bad. Sometimes people come to visit me. Some guy actually bought a suit of armor on Saturday, too. Now I need to remember to start hanging around The Capital and make enough money to keep on keeping on.

But I keep practicing. (Photos with identifiable people are on Facebook.)

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Officially, my 120 hours are over. Fifteen Sundays and the occasional Saturday following and learning are over, but all is not lost! Last Saturday I was able to actually freelance, although I had to look through the assignment book and find things for myself. I shot a local (read: small) tree-lighting and a Christmas-themed bar crawl which apparently earned me $35 per assignment.

Basically, this internship has been one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I love the assignments, the coworkers, the subjects, the shooting, and myself for being decent with all of it. After finals I plan on hanging around and hopefully shooting a bit more.

I guess the best sign is that when I went out on my own this past Saturday I wasn’t actually nervous, I felt rather confident when I left each assignment, and was cool sitting in the photo lab by myself choosing/editing shots for publication. I don’t particularly get excited about going out and shooting anymore, becuase I know I can rock it. However, I still need practice shooting sports. We’ll get there.

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