Photography - A Photo Finish

I'm back! With the final fruits of my foray in photography, no less. It's been forthcoming for far too long, with more slacking and less mastering, but it's done! I even managed to get some more photos, lookit that! First off, I'd like to introduce you to my model for my final shoot, the lovely Miss Emily Whipple!

Photography - Week 2 (and a bit) - Say Cheese!

As per the usual, the title of the website is unfortunately appropriate - I'm late on the updates. The good news: I've got some new photos for you kiddies! Work's been on the busier side the past week, and I've only really had time to do one shoot, but I've also been doing some networking (if you can call it that), making a few connections, getting some feedback, and learning learning learning.

Photography - Week 1 - Progress

If you're looking for tips and technical bits, they're closer to the bottom half.

By last Thursday, progress was looking pretty abysmal, I'd played around with the camera a bit, watched a few online tutorials - I understood the basics of the camera I was working with. I was really having a hard time getting motivated because, well, I just wasn't good at photography. One of the hardest parts of getting good, or even 'not bad' at something is being bad at it. That 90 degree incline you have to climb before you see any results. A huge quantity of people will try something they might like and, without giving themselves an opportunity to get a glimpse of what not sucking at it is like, they'll dismiss it before they get any momentum. Well get those wheels rolling, kid!

Photography - Week 0 - This is (NOT) a Cat Blog

To nobody's surprise, I'm a tad belated on the results of the votation (if made up words make you cringe, turn back now, friend). Due to some outside sources and that the poll of my prior post is a filthy filthy liar as outdated as I am, coincidentally; the result is that I'm going to be taking pictures of things. No, not those things (well maybe), but you know, probably people and objects and landscapes and cats. Okay, definitely cats, but more on that in a bit.

Decisions, decisions...

All right, after some discussion and deliberation, I've come up with decent range of contenders to pop my challenge cherry. I'm listing my own personal pros/cons for each, and there's a poll on the bottom of the page where you can cast your vote. Let's get interactive! Here they are:

Shiny New Thing

The Idea:

One-Month SlackMaster is an idea I've been playing with for the past year or so. It comes from the basic questions I asked, “What do I want to do?”, “What am I good at?”. There wasn't any particular standout, except for maybe making a spectacular ass of myself. Wouldn't it be nice to discover your hidden talents? That thinking is what brings me here, along with the one skill I did manage to come up with for myself: a penchant for slackery. While I'm of a mind that anything worth doing is worth doing well, I'm also a big fan of putting out minimum effort for maximum results. This is my lazy love affair with loosening loads. So! What I propose is an undertaking of a monthly challenge. A four week fiasco where I attempt to master (a term I'll be using liberally!) a random skill, or reach some sort of goal. I intend to invest a good deal of research, time, effort, and probably money into these 'projects'. Going to be recording the progress, and at the end of the month I'm hoping to have some informative and entertaining results, whether I nailed it or failed it. Really though, it's just an excuse to make sweet montages set to inspirational 80's pop rock.

I Want You:

Starting November, I'd like to get this train a rollin'! I'm not looking to make a big splash with it, but it's a concept that I want to grow and evolve over time, as life permits. The biggest factor involved in documenting this is you, sitting there sipping your coffee, resisting your responsibilities. So what do YOU wanna see? If I'm keeping a record, I need an audience, and one who's interested. My maiden voyage awaits. Arts, athletics, lifestyle, cup-stacking, you name it. Make it profound, make it bizarre, make it challenging. Maybe you're just selfish and want help with some stupid project of yours. If it fits, I'm all ears. If you like this even a tiny little bit, I'd love to hear your ideas, even if it's just related to delivery and format. Help me make this something you'd like!