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So I took the biggest leap last year and applied for the Peace Corps. After a long medical and legal clearance process, tearful goodbyes, and 3 months of training, I am officially a volunteer! This is in no way going to turn into a Peace Corps blog and whatever I post does not reflect the Peace Corps thoughts or opinions. It will still be photography….only now from West Africa. (Pictured: The deaf art trainers and volunteers of the education sector)
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Thoughts on art school
There are arguments for and against going to art school as higher education. I’m not here to convince you of either, but I will tell you my experience and thoughts. I started this blog to share my journey studying fine art at a state university in hopes that anyone who was interested might see what it was like. The sleepless nights getting a project done, the cool devices I got to use in the photo studio, and the sometimes cringe worthy critiques. All of this to get a piece of paper at the end of four years that says I know a little more about art than you, I’m a scholar!….as my family firmly puts me in my place as they mock me. I am lucky to have a family that loves and supports me and what I want to do. I know that many artists do not have that sort of back up. Part of the reason I wanted to pursue a higher education is because of them. No one in my family, at the time, had earned a degree. Part of me wanted that title. Both of my parents are high school dropouts and always stressed the importance of education to their children. I would go on to be the first in my family to earn a Bachelors degree, and that is something I am proud of. I have known that I wanted to do photography since I was 17. I knew I wanted to go to college for it and get a career in it. (Still working on the career) And it is truly something I have a passion for! But why not just get a degree in business and do photography as a hobby? Because I do what I want! No I’m kidding. I suppose for environment. I wanted to get an education in art to be surrounded by it. Yes, you could argue one can do that simply by diving into the art world independently, but I wanted the scholarly part as well. I wanted to know the history while being with peers who were at the same point in their careers as me. And I got that. I don’t regret my college experience or the fact I earned a BFA. I got both the contemporary side, and an intro to what was going on at the time, as well as what went on in the past. I learned new skills in media I would not have forced myself to do. And the most cheesiest of the cheese…I made friends that would stay my friends and become fellow artists who I could go to for critique and advice. So should you get a degree in art? Absolutely not, if you don’t want to! Of course if you what to teach, yes you actually need one. But to be an artist, you don’t need one. It is all up to the individual. You are your own person and you have your own reasoning.
Adventures in Chicago. It was my second time in the Windy City! This time just for a spontaneous day trip. These were taken with my iPhone.
I forgot to post this pic with my last post! View from the Window at Le Gras, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, 1926. Seen at the University of Texas in Austin.
A Reflection on World Photo Day
To quote the smash musical Hamilton, “Look around look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!” Today is World Photo Day! It is not a day to take selfies, but to reverse the camera on your phone and celebrate photography! Now. World Photo Day was founded by Korske Ara , and I suggest you go to worldphotoday.com and contribute to the huge gallery they have to celebrate the power of photography around the world. But, being the history buff that I am, I thought I’d share a little photo history with y'all. It’s interesting. I promise.
The Daguerrotype takes a lot of credit for photography. As well it should, because it was the first publicly announced photographic process. But did you know that Louis Daguerre did not come up with the process all by himself? Or that there was a bit of a bump in the road named Henry Fox Talbot? Before the Daguerrotype was made public in 1839, there was the Heliograph. Invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce, the heliograph was the first permanent form of photo process. View from the Window at Le Gras, taken in 1826, is regarded as the first photograph thanks to Mr. Niepce. I actually got to see it in person a couple of years ago. It is held at the University of Texas in Austin for some reason, and I didn’t even know! I just stumbled upon it during a Gone with the Wind exhibit. Daguerre and Niepce were in correspondence for many years before Niepce’s death in 1833. Reluctant to give away anything of his Heliograph process, Niepce eventually began to develop new processes with Daguerre. And when I say Niepce didn’t want anything of his process getting out, I mean it. The letters had secret codes in them. After Joseph Niepce’s death, Daguerre continued to try to find the right combination of chemicals to make what is known today as the Daguerrotype (get it?), an image on a silver coated plate set with Mercury vapors. The French Government recognized the Deguerrotype and Louis Deguerre became known as the “Father of Photography”. But. A man named Henry Fox Talbot had something to say about it. He claimed that he had priority over the process, because, little did Daguerre know, in 1835 while he was mastering his process in France, Talbot was doing a similar process in England with light sensitive paper. Talbot’s claim eventually did not hold up, because, come to find out, they were two very different processes. But he did become one of the first people to use photography as art and established his own process called the Calotype.
So there’s a little history for ya! Now go forth and create!
Oh and fun fact! In the famous Daguerrotype Boulevard du Temple (seen above), you can see a man in the corner getting his show shined. That exposure took at least 5 minutes, so there’s a testament for the shoe shining process!
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A little early morning Turner Falls hike. Shot with Nikon 35mm.
Here are some photos from a fun session with model Fabiana. I shot digital in Dallas.
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Ah but I didn’t write that one, that’s all Tom Kitt & Amanda Green, so…
*sits awkwardly*
Underwater Parking Lot, 07.01.16 So yesterday I went exploring the town I work in for the very first time! A parking lot near the lake was blocked off due to flooding. It made for an interesting setting for great conversation with a friend.
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Turner Falls, Davis, OK
One of my hobbies is baking, and I made some scrumptious cookies this weekend! The recipe was modified from Buzzfeed....but this is a photography blog not a cooking one so here's them looking pretty.
Day at the Round Rock hives. Can’t wait to start my own!
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One of the things I am grateful for gaining in my art school education is an appreciation for other media. I had never tried watercolor before my junior year in college, but now I still love it. New sealable pallet and paints!
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Colorado, March 2016
I know it’s still the beginning of the year, but my boyfriend and I needed a vacation. We had been planning to go to Colorado since last year. Of course I brought multiple cameras! Here are few shot with my Canon 6D.
New York City, October 2015
Last October my brother wanted to take a trip to New York for his birthday. He invited me because I had never been before either. It was so fun and I took this opportunity to shoot the streets with my 35 mm camera. Here are some of those photos.
