Where's Wendy? Heading Back to School!

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“When you stop learning, you stop living.” I'm not sure where I heard this or even how long it has been, but it is one of my favorite quotes.

I've had some kind of camera in my hand for as long as I can remember, or at least since I was a young girl. Now most of my learning has come from trial and error, doing my own research, and applying what I have read, and seen. So just because you aren't in school does not mean you aren't learning. However, I have decided to learn in a more formal setting by going back to school. I want to take my photography to the next level and I feel that in this day and age things are changing rapidly in the photographic industry. I for one want to keep up! So it's off to school I go!

I thought I would be starting school last semester, however things don't always go the way we want, and Albany NY was a little slow in getting my high school transcripts to St. Pete College. My previous college was on top of their game and had my college transcripts here in a matter of 5 days. With the delay, all of the classes I wanted and needed were already taken by the time I could register.

There was also some confusion about a placement test, since it has been 27 years since I've been in school, so that was kind of a run around and time waster for me. Since the last time I went to college I made the deans list the people that run the testing office, sent me away. As it turns out I did not have to take a placement test and I'm finally enrolled in a full time schedule at St. Pete College for the spring! School starts in just a few short months, and this time I will be ready and in class when it does!

So here is my advice to anyone wanting to learn, whether you are going to school or are self taught... study, study, study... apply what you learn, and never stop doing these things over and over again! Times change, styles change, equipment changes, and programs change. You must always be willing to study, apply, and change!!

Love, Laughs, and Photographs,

Wendy