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I love the sound of the shutter... Ok... so sorry about not posting pictures like i said i was going to... so i shall post.... now!

Motion Assignment:

I'll now be taking guesses on what this one is!

Celebrating the
Commonplace Assignment:

Light and Shadow Assignment:

I have been so frustrated so far this semester.. mostly because i just haven't gotten any feedback, so i didn't know how i was doing. BUT last week, after our commonplace assignment was turned in (the one of the laundry basket), I didn't get my mounted print back. I then found out that it had been put on the best of class board. I was the only person to get 100%. Whoa. Now, it was a little more edited than the one i added here, and it's contrast was awesome. I was so happy. Now that i know i'm doing well I am having so much fun with it! I just took those motion ones over the past week and just turned them in today. I'm pretty excited about them.

On the first day of photography we talked about various types of art, and how photography is debated on whether it tells the truth about its subject, or lies about its subject. I think it can be both. Many pictures are taken to show exactly what the eye sees. But as my motion assignments show, many show something much different, and perhaps more interesting. I prefer the lying type. :) But i think in any case photography always lies a little.. it always aims to make something more beautiful than you ever thought it could be. It can make a tap dancer's feet into a painting.. like my motion photo i said you should guess about (thanks Syd!). I'm finding such joy in learning to display such creativity and emotion.

P.S. All my photos have to be in black and white for this class... it's not that i prefer it... although i do love the contrast don't you?!

holy life lesson and a half

I must admit that i am a bit down in the dumps today. Life has felt really hard, even though i know it's not. One of the two photographs i turned in today just didn't turn out the way i wanted it to. Blerg. I just want to go home and sleep all night. I suppose we always feel like our lives are hard when things just don't go the way we imagined them to. I guess that's what this life is about though. Learning to be happy when things don't always go as planned. In New Testament class yesterday we talked about Christ calming the waters. We looked at the story as told in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In Luke it is said a bit differently, "And they came to him, and woke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was calm. And he said unto them, Where is your faith?" Christ, rather than yelling over the storm as in the other gospels, he stops the storm and then turns to them and asks where their faith has gone. Just like a parent to a child, which is more affective? Which pierces the heart more directly? How prevalent this seems to be in all of our lives. We turn to the Lord when things go wrong; we want Him to fix things now, for we feel we are in some kind of danger; whether emotional, spiritual, or physical. The thing we have to realize is that sometimes the Lord calms the sea, but sometimes he calms the sailor. I know that i have had to put this into my life in many ways lately. It's amazing that the Lord can tell you just what you need if you really look for it. I feel so humbled to know that sometimes there are bigger things than my problems, even when it doesn't feel like it. I need to sit back, be comforted by the Lord, and then work through it. And maybe, just maybe... ok most definitely i will learn something, which is far better than letting the trial be taken from me.

poop.

Ok so.... have i really not posted in over a month? Where has my life been? Oh yeah... burried in my 16 credits. No big deal. So, art classes are awesome. Stressful, but awesome. I have sooooo much due every week, but i love creating! I am having so much fun. My photography class is somewhat stressing me out, because let's be honest, i have no idea what my teacher wants. He says that we should create what we want, and not to just try to please him. But seriously, i'm going to try to please him. I want a good grade!
I need to pause here for a second... I am watching a show on TLC about the tiniest girl in the world.. she looks like a doll. Seriously. Here she is... Oh and here's a video. I just thought this was amazing.

Ok sorry for that little sidetrack. Anyway. Not much has been happening. I mean let's be honest. We are three weeks into the semester, working, and doing homework. I just got my hair cut today. This is good news. It was a shaggy mess. But here are some pictures i've been taking lately for my class. Perhaps i'll post some drawings as well. Sorry for the randomness.