This quarter has really sparked my interest in photography. I have been finding myself spending more and more time getting lost in photographers portfolios online. Chrissie White is one particular artist that I have been keeping an eye on, and this is one of my favorite photos by her. As well as here are some […]
My project description states that I had a planned photo shoot every week with a predetermined topic, that made my project seem like I was doing something to do with ethnography. If that were the case then my planned photo shoots would not have been a problem and I would have completed them more as […]
Like I said in my last post I have been applying the small goal system to my own life and have gotten wonderful results. Starting the very first week of this quarter I decided that I was going to try out this system. Knowing what I wanted the end result to be, to quit smoking, […]
In my journey to gain perspective I found myself getting lost in all of the information that I was submerging myself in. Everything about the topic of homelessness is pretty overwhelming and before this project I didn’t realize how close to home it would hit and how emotionally invested in it I would become. When […]
So this project is also about photography, and I have been working hard learning about digital photography. Over the past few weeks I have spent some time working on developing my sense of composition, capturing color and movement lighting and ability to create photo sequence. Here are some of the finished images from my skill […]
A few weeks ago I spent 3 days working with Habitat for Humanity in Portland helping to build a set of homes. I spent my time working side by side with some of the people who are going to move into those particular homes. It was a great and rewarding experience to know that my hard work, sunburn and […]
After a few days of taking photos in Portland, and talking to a lot of really helpful and interesting people I resumed my efforts to pick up trash around my neighborhood. I have been doing quite a bit of research this week and I was feeling accomplished until silly me misplaced my memory card […]