Overwhelmed

Tooooo much going on right now.  Too much work, too much school, too much sociableness...i need a break.

Good news is that i am encountering wonderful weather! And soon I'll be able to travel, take some new photos, be home with jnet, my model, and finally a good amount of time to work on my portfolio book.  I did a print out of all my photos on deviant art and probably used about 150 pages? oooooops.  haha.  Anyways, a girl on my team told me that they are charging for each piece of paper you print on.  Yikes!  But i later found that false--thats good or else i would've been paying probably about $250 in paper fees.

I am coming down to the end of the photos that are on deviant art.  So the next few blog entries will be the misc. photos.  I've been thinking about interning/apprenticing for a studio in town by my house.  The place is called Renaissance Studios.  They do a lot of wedding/ portrait, some landscape photography.  However, any of this will help.  If i get some jobs with david's soon to be brother in law's friend (try and follow that) who does wedding photography that would be great also! 

okiesokies, here, click and enjoy!

Above: My very first artistic photo!  Taken with macro setting on my old camera... old old crappy digital camera.  I actually painted this in acrylic 2 years ago.  I really like how that came out.

Above:  Model, Jnet.  Taken in the woods along the Nissoquauge river.  Abandon shack.  Title: Heaven's Lost.

Above:  Model, Jnet.  This was a funnnnny day let me tell you.  We almost got hit by a train taking photos because the setting was along, under a train track bridge.  I like the zig zag, composition where the lines lead off the page and how her weight balances the photo.  I also like the contrast.

Workin it

So, I've begun my portfolio/book.  I redid the cover, i really like it.  Ill show you the shot thats on the cover down below.  I think i'm going to divide the book in chapters like i've done on this blog.  Like beach photography, armory shoots, etc.  what do you think? The school probably hates me becuase I printed out all of my photography from deviant art as a way of managing what i've used in the book.  Putting it in print serves as a way of managing by hand and not on computer.  The template im using for the pages is... photo, technical info (f.stop, shutter speed, model of camera etc.) and then comments.. like i do here.  I'm quite excited.

And my intro, i decided will be a quote my andy warhol.. an artist i adore.. for his work and his sarcasm..

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

Thats appropriate, don't you think... well i thinks so.  This might be all i do for my intro.   I may ask my prof, the one who got me into photography class next semester, if i should do an artist statement, but that would be hard considering you usually do one for a piece... not a book full of pieces.   

Here's a preview of the cover im doing.. well just the photo on the cover that i took back in octoberish/november when i went to the city with david.  Taken in Bryant Park. 

Title: Observation Holds Truth.

Click to enlarge!

Alot of contrast, so it would be nice to click on it to get the details.

that is all for now.

byeeeeeeeee

All out

Just finished an 8 page paper... thank god.  So much going on right now.  Toooo much.  Alotta learning.  Not going into it but here are some photos to view.

Above: Taken here at Siena College in Albany NY after an ice storm.  Lighting was great, nice how the sun hit the ice and it glistened.  Very colorful.  

Below: Photoshoot with Jnet.  We originally planned on doing photography of her Nike collection.  I guess ill see what i do when i go home.  The photo shoot was taken at my favorite place, nissoquauge park on landing ave.  so many adventures there.  I like the second photo alot.  Something about the framing that gets me.  David suggests i do the first shot over with a fisheye.  It's a good idea.  More photoshoots to be happening with jnet this summer, since she is my model and is very flexible with what i want her to do.

More photos to be added within a few days.  Everything's just been ridiculously hectic.  Taking photos will sure help.

oh oh!  declared a major: Marketing and Management with a concentration in Marketing.  And i decided to minor in creative arts.  It will help with my major and make me happy.  Next semester I am taking Digital Photography.  There was only one class offered next semester with 12 people in it so i email my professor from last semester of basic design and told her i am minoring in creative arts.  She actually wanted me to major in the arts before i had even given it any thought last semester.  She knows i love photography and since she is the prof of it, she got me in! im so excited!

: )

byeeeeeeeeeee!

More Photography..Boston

So catching up with the photography on my deviant art account. Here are two photos from Boston. I wasn't too happy with how my roll came out..I took about 70 pictures and only liked two. The lighting was kinda yucky because it was rainy out. but here are two that are so-so. I definitely like the architecture photo better...taken with the fisheye. This was later in the day when the sun came out.

As always, click to enlarge.

Then there's this photo of David. High contrast, mono. Fisheye.

So still no progress on the book. I've just had too much school work to be doing it. I really would like to get it done before late June because I could enter the book in a photography contest sponsored by Blurb. We'll seee though.

Happy Happy..Mutiny Video

Yayayayay.  So billy just sent me this Mutiny Spring 08 Video and its great.  I love riding videos.... enjoy!

Mutiny Spring 08 Web Video from Mutiny Bikes on Vimeo.

Good stuff! It makes me so happy because it reminds me of when i was home watching my friends ride. I also liked the Mutiny Stoked on Being Pumped video. There are a ton of riding vids in my favorites folder but this is a new video i just wanted to post that really got me.

Oh yea.. and this is from yesturday after it rained. 

 

Stupid raindrops makes the rainbow look like its melting hahahahah.

It was sunny and i looked out of my window and saw the sun shining in an odd way. Then a rainbow began to appear so i jumped up and changed lens and ran outside. Slowly as the sun began to peak out a little more, a full rainbow was created. I never saw anything in my life like this so naturally i got excited and ran all over campus wht my camera around my shoulder. When i was running i stepped in a pothole LOL. but yea... we'll see, maybe some images could be used in a catolog for the schoool. naaaa meannnn?

byeeee