Its been one of those days...
Posted by Codejoy Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:40:00 GMT
...all damn week :)It's the small things...
Posted by Codejoy Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:23:00 GMT
You know its funny, it seems when you are down if you have kids they can tell, they just know. They give more hugs and kisses than usual and generally take it easy on ya. I think this could be something just innate in human beings. The strangest thing happened today, it was small but totally what I needed as a pick-me-up. I goto get a haircut today, and it was the BEST haircut I ever got. Not cause the end result was me looking less like the mac dude, but because the lady gave me special treatment. It started off by a shoulder and neck massage (I've never gotten this) and then the hair cut itself she took her time with and made it look good, after that she actually took me to get the hair rinsed and washed (usually I get a haircut, its snip snip and i'm on my way). The massage was fantastic, the rinse and wash as fantastic, the simple act of her going the extra mile really made my day and damn if the neck massage didn't feel good. I even caught wind her son was getting married and dropped off my business card for her suggesting they start looking for a photographer. My day went from blah to hoorah from a simple act of someone going the extra mile.
Light and Form
Posted by Codejoy Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:55:00 GMT
No this isn't an example of it, but that is my new assignment. Also we learned how to make our first print. It is quite a process consisting of making test prints, using filters, and printing again. I look forward to it though. I am at this new part of my life where hopefully I can really jump into this stuff fully and churn out some real art. I always felt my stuff is more or less just "there", not quite commercial enough for commercial, and not artzy enough for art. I aim to change that. That being said I am also in an interesting point in life, a point I should of been at for sometime so that being said I might "emote" some on this blog, and if so I do apologize. Oh and this picture was not for the class or the first project at all, just figured i'd post something new....
Class three, the developing.
Posted by Codejoy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:30:00 GMT
30 seconds and you begin to see the print...I am hooked. This new photoclass is pretty cool. This last class (class number 3), we developed our own film and saw how to make our contact print. It is a funny thing, I am not only into this subject matter but I am actually asking questions. I feel on some level a lot of my college time was wasted cause I only asked questions when I absolutely had to...and usually then in private (anxiety is a horrible thing). I don't know if it is now age, experience or passion but I am now commenting and asking more than I have ever before in class. I like this new me as a student. I was never a kiss-ass in class but seeing as how I went in today on a Sunday for extra time to do contact sheets I feel a bit of a over achiever. The sheets were one for my last assignment, what this image is from and one sheet from a roll of 35mm I shot and developed from my Holga. Needless to say, the Holga negatives were grossly over exposed (f13 at 1/125seconds iso 400 will do that in the bright of day), but I even learned how to adjust the enlarger to fix some of those issues. The number one thing I am learning from this is just how much work my scanner software does for me. Wow. Next class we learn how to make a print... this is an incredibly exciting opportunity as I NEVER (or at least very rarely) make any prints of the stuff I shoot.
Lego is 50! And my second class...
Posted by Codejoy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:56:00 GMT
And I know this thanks in part to google!
I had my second class for photography I this weekend. In 4 short hours we talked about photos we each picked that evoked emotion, we learned what a gray card is and what it does and how to use one, and then we learned how to develop a roll of film. I have yet to buy my gray card so I couldn't start this weeks assignment which is bracketing exposures using a gray card. So far so good...
Currently
- Playing:H3, Metroid WII
- Looking Forward to:Improving myself.
- "The Purpose Driven Life" - Rick Warren
- "The Pentagon's new map" - Thomas P.M. Barnett
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