Final Project- Thanksgiving

So this was my first Thanksgiving without my family. My parents moved to FL and there was no way I could fly down there with out costing me my arm and legs. So I went to my boyfriend's house. I was nervous about the whole thing. I was even more nervous because I decided to do my final project on Thanksgiving. I was nervous about how they would react to me snapping pictures left and right. Would the kick me out? I woke up at 6am with my boyfriend's mother and she was shocked. She told me to go back to bed, but I refused and started snapping away at the uncooked turkey. I was very tired so I don't know how these shots came out but we will have to wait and see. Then we all went back to bed. Then back up at 8am to do some more work. It was hard balancing cooking and taking pictures at the same time, but I did my best. His parents called me over whenever they thought something would make an interesting picture. There are a lot of pictures of food which I am sure will make me hungry when I print them. It was a nice way to document the day. His family was so amazed that I was actually using film. His dad asked if I could upload the pictures I was taking, I said they were film and he was shocked. He didn't think anyone used film now a days. I cannot wait to see how my pictures came out. I took five rolls so I am hoping to get at least 10 pictures from them. We will have to wait and see. I am going to try to finish my portrait photos and develop my Thanksgiving film on Sunday. I want to try to get a lot done. It has been had trying to balance student teaching and photo. Photo takes up a lot of time, and time is one thing I do not have enough of. I have gotten all my assignment done on time so I am pretty proud of that. I just need to keep it up. Until Sunday, CIAO CIAO!

Eek!

When things go up they must come back down... I finished all my self-portrait and portrait pictures. I am happy with how they came out. Unfortunately, my final project is not working out. I do not know what to do now. I am getting stressed about it. I need to take picture soon, because the final project is due during my takeover. I start taking over next week, which means I am not going to have a life. I talked to my Mom about the project and she said maybe I can do a Thanksgiving theme. I thought it would be cool. I am not sure how my boyfriend's family would feel about me taking pictures of them eating. It will be awkward, but of course when is life not awkward. I liked the hand idea, but I do not want to do something that everyone else does. I think it would be cool to take pictures through gates and things like that, but I just do not have the time to go and look for things. I might do the Thanksgiving thing, because I would have a lot to work with. I will talk to Sonia tomorrow to see what she thinks.

Light and Shadow

In class last Tuesday Sonia and I spent around 45 minutes trying to figure out which photos to pick for my light and shadow project. There were so many that I liked it was hard to choose which ones. We finally decided on picture that told the story of someones life and the changes that occur. It is definitely not something I would have ever pieced together on my own, but I love the outcome. I cannot wait to finish with all my pictures. It will be great to see them all together. It was funny when I was developing Snowhite (the bear) that I didn't even notice the hand in the picture. I feel as though I have a weird obession with hands or something because they are always in my photos. It probably all started with the hand and watch picture I took. Today I am going to go back to the lab and finish printing my photos. I have been working on pictures for my portrait roll. I have been taking pictures of my boyfriend Andy. I need to finish taking pictures of him today too. Also I think I am going to take my camera to school for my self-potrait. I thought I would take a pictures that are snapshots of a typical day that experience.