I’ve really dropped the ball on blogging… sometimes life
just gets in the way. I know that seems
like a lame excuse but between school, work, and my personal life things have
just been a bit hectic. School and my
personal life seems to have taken precedence over everything else. If you read my blog, I hope you also check
out my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spellbound-Images-by-Wendy/ … because that seems to be the only thing
I’ve had time for lately, and even that was lacking, up until recently. So I will attempt to catch you up to speed
on school, a bit about my personal life, and a few photographic experiences
I’ve had over the past several months.
I ended my last semester with grades that were really
satisfying. Although A’s are always my
goal, B’s across the board are nothing to snivel at in my book. What most people/new students don’t
understand is that a photography class is like taking two classes, and in
actuality seemed more like three to me.
When you calculate class time, shoot time, and process time (in the
lab)… well, lets just say, that’s a lot of time! My design class was great fun up until the end when it was crunch
time. You have to understand that
crunch time means crunch time in all your classes, and since I took four
classes last semester, it was crunch - times four. I thoroughly enjoyed my US History class too… learned a bit about
our country, how things happened, and why.
If I could go to school forever, I would take another history class for
sure. World Religions was very time
consuming as it required a lot of reading, but I enjoyed learning about
religions from the beginning of time up to the present, and why, and how things
changed. So check this out… next
semester I’m taking three photography classes!
Yep… already told my professors that I will be bringing a cot to the lab
and just staying there for four months.
Of course I cant really do that, but I’m thinking maybe a mattress in
the back of my van might work. :) Intermediate Photography, Color Photography,
and Digital Photography should keep me hopping for a while, sooo I’m thinking
the blog will also be lacking during that time, as well as any social life I
might have during the fall semester!
Between photo projects for school, and the ones that
actually helped support me, I’m pretty sure I had at least one camera on hand
most of the time… but it was probably more like two or three cameras at any
given time. My projects for school
included a depiction of words, a sequence theme, and my final project, which I
had to come up with myself and write a proposal to the professor, turned out to
be my best critique. I chose abused
women as my theme, which I thought would be way easier than it really was. Most abused woman don’t want to be
photographed, and if they are… they prefer not to show their face. As far as the professor was concerned this
made it even more unique than if they had let me photograph their
expressions. Outside of school projects
I shot families on Clearwater beach, and in their homes. Did a lighting project for Chase Bank in
Palm Harbor, and helped out Brandi Morris Photography with a wedding in Tampa.
Kids, especially teenagers will also keep you going, there
is always somewhere they want to go, something they need to buy, and god forbid
they get bored! Then you have to come
up with creative ways to keep them occupied until they are worn out and want to
go to sleep. :) My daughter is doing well in school, and my
son will be going back to school in the Fall.
When the kids are busy I spend time with friends on Clearwater Beach at
the Palm Pavilion, or hanging out with special friends for coffee and tons of
conversation. A couple of friends have
kept me afloat the past few months and I’m very thankful to have them.
On a final note… I have taken the summer off from my
studies, the kids are settled with what they are doing for the next couple of
months, and I am going to do some traveling!
Yep… finally getting to take that trip out West that has been in my
plans forever! I’ve never been past San
Antonio Texas, and no further North, aside from the East coast. I know the East coast like the back of my
hand, and have traveled it many, many times, but I have never been West. I feel like an explorer from the
1800’s! We are going to try to hit
Graceland (because I’m an Elvis freak from way back), and then head to Arizona,
New Mexico, Nevada, and finally to California.
I will be making a stop at the four corners, and want to photograph Las
Vegas at night. I will be visiting Los
Angeles and Hollywood! There are a
kazillion places I’m going to stop and photograph… but too many to list. I’m so freakin’ excited about this trip I
can’t wait to get on the road! When I
return I will have a lot of photographs to share with you… I will try to blog
on the road every day. So book mark
this blog and stay tuned! It’s
definitely going to be go, go, go, for at least a month!
I hope everyone has a great summer!!
Love, Laughs, and Photographs,
Wendy
