This weekend I went on my hunt for my unique object to abstract for my last assignment. I’ve been really into the whole Christmas thing this year, wanting to decorate and have xmas be all over my house. I went into this thrift store next to my apartment and found a huge box of pinecones for sale. These were on my list of things to buy for the house so I got a few of them and shot them. Did some motion type of stuff, a little bit of out of focus shooting and came out with exactly what I was hoping for.
I feel good leaving the city tonight. Accomplished and productive.
I have two weeks left of this semester and want to bust out some amazing work.
I felt very uninspired for some reason. I had a few ideas floating around but I just couldn’t land on something. Last class I felt sick and left early, and felt bad for it. I wanted to make sure I was going to get a good image for class but was unsure where to begin. I thought to do something with loose tea but tea is so dar and I wanted a really light image.
Thanksgiving I went home and all I could think about was I need to shoot this assignment while I am home. My mom’s house has AMAZING light so I knew I was going to shoot there but still had no idea what to shoot. So thanksgiving night after we all eat my mom realizes that our sink is clogged or broken so 3 bottles of draino and a lot of water later, still nothing happened. My wella pat, (my grandma) lives close to my mom so we took all of the dishes from our huge feast to her house. This was the beginning of my PATH. So we get there and my wella’s house is like a gold mine. She has so much stuff because she ‘collects’ things. She had a little collection of tea cups. All with gold on them, and pretty floral designs. I asked if I could borrow them and the next day I shot them. I envisioned something very specific when I saw the cups and after shooting I knew I had got exactly what I wanted.
A person as a still life. I threw around a few ideas but I am happy with what I landed on. Still on my experimental road right now, and I must say I am enjoying myself.
The end of the semester is coming.
I was so busy with planning out the rest of this semester, I forgot about my assignment.
:( first time not bringing work to class.
I shot my ‘house’ or home. Whatever you want to call it. The first set of images are not what I am turning in. It was my initial idea to shoot structural elements of where it is that I live right now. But instead I wanted to use a shot that means more to me. I have a wall full of images that inspire me. I see it every single day when I walk up the stairs to my room and after I put up this wall of images was when my house felt more like a home. I want to expand this project into a full blown idea seen through out the next place I live.
Which be LA. This time next year.
Inspiration images
chopsticks.
I found a new lens I fancy. I checked out a 100 mm from the issue room yesterday and I have been shooting everything with it.
Today I made time to do my ‘path’ assignment. I had planned all week for this morning to be my shooting day for this project. I woke up at 8 something AM, took my boyfriend to work and got ready with camera in hand and drove to an area near me that I am for the most part unfamiliar with. Since it was Saturday there were lots of yard sales and I got really excited seeing the signs so I stopped at a couple. For the most part these so called yard sales were nothing more than disappointments. I’m not sure if the people around here really understand what yard sales are. Back where I’m from, the yard sales are like gold mines. Here, they are merely 2 or three tables with a few random odds and ends. I truly do not understand. It made me really miss home. Even though I hate Marysville, it will always have a small weird place in my heart.
So after being let down by these yard sales I stopped at this cafe that was kind of hidden. I was by myself, and typically, I hate eating alone. I always feel a little awkward but today it was actually quite nice. I had a lovely cup of hot chocolate and an ‘eggle bagel’. Whole wheat bagel with egg, jack and cheddar cheese, and bacon. And tabasco. It was delicious. And only $6.04. Made waking up early worth while.
