It is so interesting to go from rural small town to suburbia outside of a large metropolitan area. The best thing is being able to let the kids ride their bikes in the cul-de-sac.
This past semester, my personal project was an exploration of women and their comfort objects. I saw a link between what we choose to surround ourselves with and the peace we have after creating a “nest” of sorts with those objects. Some of those things are practical, some we subconsciously choose, but the repetition of […]
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Semester Show at Base Camp AVL
Part of my Photo 3 class was to put together a show at a chosen venue with the rest of my classmates. There were only seven of us, but it was quite the project. Thankfully, with a little networking we were able to pull it off and have a great show. Our theme was “parts” […]
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Small Town Carnival
Every year a carnival rolls into town and beckons us from the roadside. We’ve not partaken yet, but I couldn’t resist grabbing a friend and doing some night photography there this year. It’s so sketch and the rides are not what I remember (SO much scarier), but the lights did not disappoint.
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Prom 2017
I got to shadow a photographer this passed weekend while he took prom pictures. I did not realize that downtown gets full of kids all dressed up for prom every year. There were so many that people stood in lines for premium spots and glared at you if you took too long! It was interesting […]
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To Drift
In Contemporary Art we are learning about all sorts of crazy stuff. Yoko Ono shows up often and her ragtag friends. One of our big projects was to dérive or get a group together to take an “unplanned journey through a landscape”. You can sortof take that to mean what you want, but our group […]
A recent field trip to Canton to play with taking pictures with longer shutter speeds. A fun night and my first time playing with light and motion.