This semester has flown by. I can't get over the fact that there are only two weeks of class left. I have been working my butt off these last few days to really do as much as I can so I'm not having 15 panic attacks a week like last semester. The problem is, there's too much to do. Video work, another video, photos to edit, photos to shoot, events to go to and shoot, flash to learn, create, and code. On top of all of this, I'm working for my professor from last semester getting ready for a Multimedia Immersion Seminar. I also meet with countless teachers, students, and nonprofit people. In short, life is crazy. In one of these meetings, I got my professor to look at some of my photos so he might see why my photos weren't coming to life last year in my one class. He took a look at them and concluded that I was shooting or at least choosing the photos based on what my professor would want. So my assignment for the last few days has been to go out and take 15 minutes at a time and do a little surprise shoot. Shoot everything. Flowers that catch the sunlight in the morning, shoot at least 100 photos of a person and figure out the features of them that make them unique and beautiful and captivating. My professor is always very inspiring so I left the meeting with high hopes that I might go back to the simple beauties I used to capture before I got buried in the avalanche of school work.
I still haven't taken enough time to be shooting (partly because this professor gave another assignment which is taking up all my time) but I really hope to keep doing what he says. Always keep shooting. It's hard to when life is in the way and you have 38896 things to think about, but I know I have to do this to one day be great.
It takes 10000 hours to become a master at something. That's only 2.7 hours a day for 10 years. Is that all? Ha. At least I'm on my way.
Here's a few photos that caught my eye. They are a little boring, I promise to take more dynamic photos in the future. Enjoy for now.
-K
