Going For a Walk

Today I decided to go for a walk today. I have been meaning to do it more often just for the work out. Today seemed like the perfect day for that. It was really nice out side the sun was shining and everything. I walked through the neighborhood looking around and just taking in everything around me.



I saw why my grandfather walked those streets every day. It was amazing how beautiful the world seems with all the destruction of the world. The I ended up at the park that my grandfather always ended up at. Looks like they did a lot of work on the park since the last time I was there.

They made it where you can walk all the way down the hill to another park area at the bottom.. You could walk down one side and up the other. It was beautiful. You can see the whole city form that park. I was so inspired to go back again tomorrow. Maybe I'll see something new. The world is full of surprises.



This walking will help me physically and emotionally. The beauty is just so amazing.. I think I will bring my bible and my sketch book to more and maybe create some beautiful art work.

I am going to attach some pictures to show you the things that I discovered today.

Sorry lifes been a little crazy...

So, life has been quite as it should be. I think I have failed the whole take a picture a day thing. I still take photos often just not enough. I really am in this gutter trying to find my way out. The things that I have done in the last 11 months..

Graduated college in July
Bought a lemon for a car
Jobless once again
Moved to New Mexico
living with brother

Right now in life I am just trying to figure out how to get a job. Right now the Job market sucks because everyone is like trying to get a job at the same time as me. There was a lot of hope in the beginning but now I am really losing hope. But I know that I have to take it one day at a time before things can get any better. I have been watching a lot of TV and Im not enjoying it like I use to.

I really want to change how I think about my self and what is going on in my life. Its like I dont know what to do with my life any more. I didn't really plan for anything after I was done with college I dont dont know if anyone else has had this prblem. Some times I wish I knew someone that had gone throught this whole jobless after college thing.

Some time I question if college was even worth it. Its a whole lot of deit and it seems that I am not going to get any better pay then I did before I graduated college. I find my self living under a rock for a while would be a better way of say what college did for me. I dont think it really perpared me for the world after college. I miss the structure and what was going to happen next in my life. I also ask the question if I should just go back to school and get a degree in something else. Its like one of those day that never seems to end for me.

I think and I think about everything that is happening in my life and what isnt happening. Like I would really love to either have a big group of friends or a boyfriend to talk to sometimes. Which brings me to another problem that has been happening in my life.

Why do I always seem to fall for someone that cant be with me or just doesnt have the desire to be with me. Its like tells of tells. I just dont want to end up being alone for the rest of my life and not sharing my life with the people around me. I ask God a lot to show me what I need to be doing in my life... But he has said nothing yet to me. Like I need to do something first before I become what I need to be come. I know what he will show me the way.

Up Date On Project 365

Well, I have to be honest with you I haven't been taking pictures everyday. I am still going to keep trying this Project I want to show you some of the things that I have been taking pictures of. I guess i can start from where I left off. The first one after the last time I posted was of my moms cat who finially warmed up to me again. took me being there for almost two weeks but what can I say.

I traveled a lot on in the last couple of weeks. First I made my way from my mother's house to a museum where I saw a show on Ansel Adams. After seeing the show I got to see my very first Super Target. It was so cool never thought I would ever see one. Then I turned around and drove to New Mexico so that I could catch my way back to Arkansas, where I go to school. Adams was just an amazing show.

There is so much I don't know about photography. Adams showed so many different types of ideas behind photography it was like I was discovering it for the first time. It also inspired me to become a photographer with the focus of developing my own works. I think that alone is an art form. I would like to show that its something that will never be lost if we don't let it become extinct.

If you don't know anything about Ansel Adams I could describe him in words but I don't think that would be enough. I could say this Adams has a thing for showing textures that happen in the world. It was like actually seeing things through his eyes. There were things that I also discovered about him is that he also took pictures of flowers, and people. It was so shocking to see. I always saw Adams as a landscape photographer.


But over the last week I have been trying to get in to my old grove. It's really hard for me because I am taking more hours then I have ever done before. But While doing that I took over 240 Pictures in two days. But none where that great but I do have some that are quite interesting but I am only going to post two of them.

Sorry readers its been a while but its been very busy. I hope your new year is going well.

New Meaning to Dear in Head Lights

Well today photo is a moment I don't think I'll ever forget. I took this picture with the flash which is different from me. I normally try and take it with out the flash. So, that you can see the natural colors of things.

I don't have a famous photographer for today. But I do know that there are several of us out there who are trying to become one of those famous photographers. So keep up the good work our time will come.

Project 365

Happy New Year everyone. There are a few things that I have decided to take on one of them is: Project 365 is about taking photograph everyday to see where the year takes you. I think that this would be something good for me too. But I think I want to step it up by also introducing a New Photographer from The Photo Book. Which will help me discover new and creative ideas about photography.

I think I would like to show the last semester of college and then the start of my life after college. I don't know how its going to turn out but I do know one thing. well today is the day.. well here is my first photograph.


This is a photo of my moms living room looking out side. I just love how the lace is and how you can see the sun through it... and the darkness of how the room looks. I just love sharp contrast and how they make things look. Playing with light is one of the key elements in art.

I think the first photographer that I would like to talk about is Horst P. Horst. I think he uses light to develop strong contrast from. the photo I am going to show you is called Mainbocher's Pink Satin Corset and was taken in 1939 using Gelatin silver print. Gelatin silver is a process that was use to develop black and white photography using silver salts in gelatin. More can be read about this process at Wikipedia.

Horst seems to have been talented in using the light around him to create such great photography. He had a good span of sixty years where he became famous for his art. He mostly did fashion photography for places such as French Vogue. He didn't start our as a photographer he ended up going to war before he discovered his passion. He has amazing web sit that shows off a lot of his work and tells you a little more about his work. www.horstphorst.com

I think the Horst is one of my favorite photographers. I really enjoy the process of creating photography in a dark room being able to edit them and make them as big as I can. The whole presses seems to drive my creativity. It took me a long time to realize that, that is the way I want to go with my art. Learning everything I can about art can only help me to develop my eye for a good layout.

Photography

Well, I know that it's been a while since I have written on here but I thought I would up date you on some things that have been going on in my life. Well there has been so much going on it's hard to know which way is up. There has been lots of drama, test, and self discovery. Throughout it all I have grown and seen a different side to people that I didn't ever think that would be there.

First let me start by talking about the drama. There is a lot of it going around. Well it's the last week of school before Christmas Break and people have to move rooms before they leave. We had two people who were moving out of our apartment and two that where moving in. And my old roommates didn't know when they could move there things over to there new room before they left for brake. So last weekend the new roommates were moving there stuff over thinking they where going to move in sooner then they thought. But through it all my one of my old roommate keep getting mad because we kept asking her when she was moving out. Personally I think that asking is better then not knowing. I was really up set with her and now understand why I hate living with other girls. I really enjoyed living with the boys that I have lived with in my life even tho they are messy at least you know how they feel about things.

As I said before that there were test to end the semester which is always good to think that it's almost over. I am done with all my test and really looking forward to going home and seeing my family. It's going to be an interesting road trip with people I don't normally spend that much time with. It will be very very interesting.



Since the last time that we talked I had a sophomore review; which is pretty much is a review to know how your doing with school work and other things. I am trying to become a photographer which doesn't seem as easy as I thought it would be. I showed my work thinking that I did a great job and that I would finally pass after already doing it once. Well it ended up that I was wrong and that I need to do a little more research in to photography. So I bought this great book called The Photo Book by Phaidon. It has 500 photographers and photos of there work.