The Never-Ending Cough...

...really needs to stop. I would really like to be in line for Obama right now, but instead I am sitting in my house. I could go to the doctor again, but I'd rather not deal with the student "health" center. I can buy my own Gatorade, thankyouverymuch.

I haven't updated in ages, but here is my environmental portrait and a detail shot. My final subject's name is Carol Brown, and I am really looking forward to working with her. She is a local seamstress, raising two children, and is all about living green.


These were the two I submitted.

I liked her face in this photo, but it is a little overexposed and I liked the overall sense of place in the first one better.

I love detail shots, but I need to cut back on them.


And since it's fall...how about some pretty-ness?!





The first photo looks much better on my flickr...

Neglect.

Oops.

I guess my summer will remain undocumented as far as blogspot goes. But...I do have pictures from my first Fundamentals project.

Breaking the Ice. Ten strangers. When I heard about this project last year, I was terrified. I really ended up surprising myself. Everyone I spoke to was really kind to me, and nobody turned me down. I wasn't even afraid to approach them either. I guess I just feel way more confident this year. That being said...I am still a little worried about this Honest Emotion project.

Lonnie Wood. My favorite.

Bill Felice, a limo driver from New Jersey.

Bob Mays (who ended up being a photographer himself. He liked me because I "shot Canon").

Staci McGee. I was driving through the local park back home, and saw that a wedding was ending. I pulled over, and took a shot of the bride. I was proud of myself, but it's too bad the lighting did not agree with me.

Cami Logan. Rob has her too...darn it all.

Laura Bentley. A lovely lady from El Salvador.

David Raye, guitarman.

Nick Peckham. This boy had a really cool family. I am considering calling up his mom for a final project.

Virginia Muller. She doesn't watch TV anymore.

H. Carolyn King. Part Cherokee and part French. Totally cool.

And It Will Feel Like Home...

So...I'm home. It's kind of strange. It's graduation weekend here, so it's pretty hectic. It makes me think of how I felt last year around this time. So hopeful. My first year of college was infinitely better than four years of high school, but I realized that it doesn't change everything.

I miss Sparky's. I think I ate it pretty much everyday during the last couple weeks.

Nothing compares.

Now that I am home, I can chill with my cats. People change, but they don't.

Hey Alyssa.

Alyssa and her new/old Nikon FM. I want one.

My friend Wil had a bunch of people over for a mini-bonfire.

He lives out in the country, so the view in his backyard is just beautiful.

So is Sadara. Too bad taking this picture made her drop her hot dog.