burnbutterflyx

hey hey! so i'm in my last year of school (finally!) and for my advanced photo classes we're pretty much just putting together our portfolios. in addition to that we also have to pick a mentor who has a similar style of photography as our own and who can inspire us, and from there we have to emulate our work after theirs (don't get me started on the contradiction of building our own portfolio and having to emulate someone else's work >__< ). anyways, i chose jerry uelsmann, who if you don't know, is a master printer. he's done all of his work in the darkroom, and if you look him up, then let me say it again: yes, all of his work is done in the darkroom he's just that good lol. but all of his work has a dream like quality to it, so there for you will be seeing a lot more of the dream project! if any one has any interesting ideas for me i'd be cool with you sharing thanks again! enjoy

This semester is flying by so fast! I've been learning so much in my photo classes, and I can see a definite improvement in my work As a matter of fact, one of my photos is going up in a local art museum! Words cannot describe how pumped I am! The gallery opening is this Friday, and this photo is going to be featured: burnbutterflyx.deviantart.com/…
The title of the piece is "Nihil/Phobia."

Other than that, life has been pretty busy. I've been working on so many photo projects. I'll try to post some of the work I've been doing for my black and white film class when I get a chance to scan them in.

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i have so many great ideas for photos and so many new levels that i can and should be taking my work to... so what am i doing? ... >.>

yay for random journal

today i came home from work to find my dog, babe, dead   this wasn't an unexpected death. she was old, and the last few days she's gone downhill very quickly.

my family and i adopted this dog 10 years ago to the month. we got her from animal shelter after seeing her on the news. she was 3 or 4 when we adopted her and her previous owners didn't treat her very well. we gave her a good life though.

she doesn't (didn't) live with me, she lives with my mom and brother, but they had to go out of town to watch my sister graduate from college. i offered to watch my cat and dog because i couldn't leave school for a week. my mom warned me that the dog was close to death and that it was a possibility she would pass away under my care. the first 2 days i had her she seemed fine, a little creaky and old, but fine. then she went down hill fast. over the next 2 and half days she stopped eating completely and stopped drinking water. she was unable to move and was shaking uncontrollably. i knew the end was near. i spent all of yesterday laying with her outside and just trying to make her comfortable. when i got up to go to work this morning she was still alive, but i just had a feeling it would be the last time i would see her. i think she knew too. i told her i loved her one last time, and left. when i came home i found her dead.

i just wanted to write this journal to say one last goodbye to her. to my crazy, wild dog babe, i'm going to miss you so much