I am so excited about my new work station!
Thank you Kyle and those of you that gave us Christmas money for our new computer!
I have had my lap top since 2006 and there hasn't even been a battery in it since I got home from my mission. It was definitely time for an upgrade!
I have been so busy this semester, taking 4 studio classes (which I was advised not to do, but did anyway! I need to finish school!) Next week I apply for the BFA program and it will be the moment of truth for me! I am terrified.
I do however, have a real website now as a result of the application process. It's slowly been coming together, so if you want to see it:
amberlynnliddiard.com
All we use in one of my classes is the 4x5 camera. It's a real adventure learning to use them too! It's not like making prints in the darkroom with the red light on. This is loading film holders and developing the sheet film in COMPLETE darkness! Scary!
I have been learning about Ansel Adam's zone system, reciprocity, bellows extension, ISO, development times and temperatures, filter factors, paper grades and film types, actual dodging and burning, toning etc…
Not to mention the things I have had to learn for all my other classes like all the elements of art, elements of design, history of photography, art history, color management, color space and color theory, white balance, lighting (and not just natural lights, this is soft boxes, beauty dishes, ring lights, strip lights, key lights, rake lights etc…) I am learning about posing, editing, working with models, RAW vs. JPG, print quality, mounting and building a business plan. There are a million things to think about!
Then what do you do with it? Portraits, fine art, commercial photography, photo journalism or documentary? Possibilities are endless!
I do however, have a real website now as a result of the application process. It's slowly been coming together, so if you want to see it:
amberlynnliddiard.com
All we use in one of my classes is the 4x5 camera. It's a real adventure learning to use them too! It's not like making prints in the darkroom with the red light on. This is loading film holders and developing the sheet film in COMPLETE darkness! Scary!
I have been learning about Ansel Adam's zone system, reciprocity, bellows extension, ISO, development times and temperatures, filter factors, paper grades and film types, actual dodging and burning, toning etc…
Not to mention the things I have had to learn for all my other classes like all the elements of art, elements of design, history of photography, art history, color management, color space and color theory, white balance, lighting (and not just natural lights, this is soft boxes, beauty dishes, ring lights, strip lights, key lights, rake lights etc…) I am learning about posing, editing, working with models, RAW vs. JPG, print quality, mounting and building a business plan. There are a million things to think about!
Then what do you do with it? Portraits, fine art, commercial photography, photo journalism or documentary? Possibilities are endless!
My professors tell us repeatedly,
"Owning a camera doesn't make you a photographer any more than owning a piano makes you a pianist"
That would be nice though, given the 15 years my parents have had a piano in their front room.
There is so much knowledge and technique that goes in to the real art of photography and understanding what makes a good photograph. I hope when all is said and done that I can have the courage, vision and ability as some of the photographers that inspire me, like Steve McCurry, Mark Mabry and Erin Summerill. Will I ever get there?
Next moment of truth coming my way are the results of the EEG test I had done this morning. I was allowed to sleep from midnight-4am then went to take the test. I am pretty sure it was toothpaste that they put in my hair to get the 24 electrodes to stick to my head.
Didn't have time to shower, went to work then to school and here I am with gooey helmet hair!
I would love to not have another seizure, what kind of wedding photographer would I be if there was a chance I'd have a seizure in the middle of it?! I wouldn't.
Either I will find out something I don't want to know or find out nothing and be just as frustrated...
Whatever happens, happens I guess.
Happy Day was that I took Stephanie to the circus and we got to ride an elephant AND I touched his prickly bum :)
Keep us posted on the EEG results and don't stress too much in the mean time. I looked at your photography page and your artistic qualities are certainly shining through. It will be so nice when you can tell your clients that you are truly a professionally trained photographer. I remember when my mom had a neighbor do my wedding photos instead of the professional photographer I wanted and we were sooooo disappointed. We didn't even buy a single photo from him.
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