*note* I don't feel that old. i still think I'm 25. and i'll probably stay that way until at least next year. =) cuz then you know, 30's the new 20's. =)
Back to college, I basically had to pick a major before I had even finished high school?! How does one decide that?
I was good at Math and chemistry (or so the teacher thought). I didn't head in that direction. I was really good at math. but i didn't want anything boring. In fact I even wanted a year off from college, that argument with my dad didn't fly.
another thing i was good at -- i was editor of the yearbook for 97-98. so photography seemed like the best thing, I wanted to work for a magazine. so i picked the major that most resembled that, advertising photography.
Little did I know that was mostly teaching me to be a photographer. But I don't want to be a photographer?!? Anyway, i was stuck in that major - at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Now I'm not gonna knock the school or anything, but honest to god, it was probably not the best fit for me. Best photo school in the country, yes, good professors, but oh man, it was sexist at times. i had one professor, I swore didn't like me cuz i was a girl. i had another professor, I liked him, but dude, there'd be times when I walked out of class just wanting to cry.
by my 3rd year in college, I found another major which wouldn't delay my graduating date which was scheduled for May of 2002. This was visual media. Perfect, it was pulling teeth to get into that major mostly cuz it was a new major. But it combined photography and graphic design. Hey! this is working for me. I left - erm...graduated in 2002. On time. 3.17 GPA. not bad.
I was Nowhere near ready. but i had that bad case of senioritis. anyone who tries to tell you it doesn't exist. I had it my senior year of high school and senior year of college. It exists!
I left practically hating photography. I'm not kidding, i completely blame my hate of shooting pictures on RIT. the professors.
Fast Forward to August 2009, girls' trip to barcelona! took some pictures with my regular point and shoot camera.
shirley -- came a couple days after we'd been there. and she had her holga and her canon camera. I didn't touch it for the first day. She was shooting, and i would look at what she was doing. i was appreciating her angles, her fun stuff. her food pictures Ohmygod!
Then I got my hands on it....i started messing around with it a couple times.
I attempted some beach photos of Shirley and Kara, but for some reason they came out blurry so I never posted them. So sad cuz i feel like the concept was cool, but it didn't turn out. I think maybe cuz it was so bright, and I had my sunglasses on, and shooting manual wasn't the best idea. Lesson learned.
Anyway, I got this one. and i absolutely love it. it was pure luck.
Then a couple of shirley that I love!
Then this one was of Flavio -- our gelato guy, he actually came around to take our picture, then i got one of him, it was quick too. I liked it cuz it felt very modelesque and he wasn't even posing for me.
Shirley letting me use her camera was a huge change in how I felt using the camera. I have a feeling it was also because I could make mistakes. Ok, so i'll try again if it doesn't turn out, digital gives you that opportunity. I also felt like it was because so many people use a DSLR, and they could care less about people watching them take pictures. I used to feel like it was so hard to capture moments on the street because i felt like they were watching me.
Ideally i'd love to get a dslr sometimes soon (but the hearing aid takes priority over this). i would love the opportunity to just mess around with the camera and get comfortable with it once again. maybe one day.
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