Narrative Project (In the works)

So...I had this idea for my narrative project in school a few weeks ago, and I liked it then but now not so much. However I am in a slight bind for time so I am still going to do the idea. I think as I expand on the idea I might like it a little bit more, but that can only be seen in time. I just need to find the people to help me by being the subjects that I want to shoot for my project. It's stressful because I know I want to get the shoot done and out of the way this weekend, but it's getting to close to the weekend and it's physically impossible to have somebody to take the time out of there day to help me out with my project.

The idea is going to be driving while influenced by texting. I'm going to have two time lines and the top will be the driver texting while driving paying more attention to the cell phone, and a kid playing on the playground. The outcome will be the car hitting the kid.

The main reason I want to do the project is because my mom is always telling me not to text while I drive, but I see so many people doing it, and we here about the terrible things that happen because of peoples decision to text while driving.

I haven't come up with a deeper meaning to symbolize into the pictures but I think as I take them I will see it more clearly. I'm just nervous that I won't get anyone to help me out with the shoot. GAH!!!!

Photoshop!!!

So I just got Adobe Photoshop...woot woot!!! I think I got the wrong one for my computer though which blows. At least I got it from school and it was only 20 dollars for the full thing so it's not a bog loss but still sucks big time. BAH!!!

PPP (Photography Pet Peeves)

It's weird how you bypass things and don't take notice to them. One thing that I haven't noticed a lot in my life because it's just always been there was light. It wasn't until I hardcore got into photography that I love and despise it all at the same time. Another one is dust. Even though my Allergies always would go array when I was around dust in the air, it wasn't something to be noticed unless you looked on the top of shelves to actually look for it, which I never did because then my allergies would go hay wire. I HATE AND DESPISE DUST. I know you probably think I am lame for liking/disliking light and despising dust but those are two of my enemies being a photographer. So I thought I would write a little poem as a tribute to my PPP.

You lay on top of ole Mother's cupboard, and nobody notices you there
Though the windows you will shine, and nobody could care.
It's those little things you do that make me happy and mad.
Without you my soul wouldn't be full and that would be bad
Photography needs you, as well as me
So light and dust CHEERS to thee!!

Except dust can bite me

THE END

Some of the digital shots I took for my self portrait project

These are digitals similar to the 35mm that I did for my Self-Protrait project

Photography application essay deux

How pitiful do I have to get. I brought in life stories to try to make all these artistic souls feel sorry enough for me that they will let me into the photography program. Here it is:

I didn't notice, at first, that I had a passion for photography until after a tragic experienced happened in my freshman year at IUPUI. After my best friend was almost killed over seas, and my brother was injured over seas I just couldn't handle school and instead of getting all my classes withdrawn I just stopped coming to school. Both of them are fine now, but after my brother came home for leave after the incident, he noticed that I was always taking pictures: non-stop. He said I should go into it and I just shrugged it off, but as time went on I noticed that I love taking pictures and this past semester I took a Black and White photo class with Flounder Lee and loved every minute of it, from shooting, to developing, to print making, and I want to continue my education and learn as much as I can in photography.

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A complete sob story right. I hope it works.

A new project in the works!!!

So my next assignment in photography is the self portrait...evil music sounds. I loathe my picture but love taking pictures of people. How ironic. However, I have to do it anyways. I had the fascinating idea that I would get a little deep and express myself through my self portrait. Let the audience into my world that I so often don't allow anyone into.
So my idea is to show the audience what binds me. Give them things that I am bound to, that I love doing, like my photography, my music, and especially my theatre, and leave the open option of letting the audience interpret how I feel about them. For example I would be bound up with say a chain on a stage with lighting on me center stage. Instead of being enraged that I am bound up I would be calm and in a place that I am comfortable. Or for another example me bound by the wrists and the chains going to the two from windows of my house and I am pulling on them. My fists are clenched and I am mad and angry, screaming even.
That's my wonderful idea. I pray that I can find a stage so I can accomplish what I want because I would prefer to have scenery, rather than a black velvet back drop.

I have no creative flow what so ever for my project that is do monday. I have to have six pictures with different depth of fields, and I can't say that I don't have any creative flow, becasue I do. I have already thought about what I am going to do for my narrative project but that doesn't help me monday. I don't have any urge to go out and shoot pictures tomorrow, because I don't know where I would begin. I guess I could take pictures at mens group. I don't know. I am going to start panicking because that's what I always seem to do when I leave things until the last second.

So my idea for my narrative since that is what I have and not my six pictures, is to do a humour thing on bad driving. So I would take pictures of most likely me or a friend that are listening to there ipod with earphones in, eating, drinking, dancing around in the car, smoking, turned around taking care of children, or goofing around with friends, and then the last picture is going to be the backside of the car with a body laying on the ground.

So the first five or so pictures will be good, but the last one is going to be blunt and in your face. Don't be stupid behind the wheel because this is the end result. You might be having fun then, but what about what if that happens.

Back to the monday project I have no clue what so ever. I need advice or something because if not I will be screwed majorly.
GAHHHHHHHH!!!!!