May 11 Journal

I do not feel the same about how I felt on October 28th. The photographer I chose took a lot of picture of people and I have learned that I don't really enjoy photographing people, at least not when they're posed. I'm more for candid shots or pictures of objects. His pictures are also pretty bright and I've learned that I like more dark things or black and white. I would opt for an artist who does more work similar to my own and has more pieces that are part of my comfort zone of dark, contrasted images of things other than people.

April 27th Journal.

If I was in Delano's position, I think I would do the same thing as him. I would want to know the source of the pictures and know why the person lost track of them and didn't care to get them back if photography was such a big part of their life. I know if I lost any of my work that I worked hard on for a long period of time, I would want it back. It's strange that the other people didn't seem to care about the pictures nearly as much as Delano did. Most people would think that they'd be happy to have their pictures back or see things that their family took. I know I would be.

Freeee topic.

I took your advice about being able to go to a concert on a weekday and I am going to see The Maine on Thursday, May 17th! I am so excited. I think I'm only going to bring my old point and shoot camera though instead of my newer, bigger one that I brought for the last one. I feel like I paid TOO much attention to taking pictures and videos and not enough to the actual concert, so this time I plan to pay more attention to the music, and take photos when I feel it is right. I am so excited!

March 23 Journal.

I think my photography would be different if I had never learned film because it made me learn methods used to make things look different manually. It's kind of hard to explain but I think I appreciate how cameras work more now because I had to learn to do things manually instead of automatically. I think it make my photography different in the way that I have to work a bit harder to get a good image. I feel like I would think that photography is more simple than it actually is if I never learned to use an analog camera. This makes a difference in the amount of work I put into capturing an image.

The Alphabet Project.

So far the alphabet project has been going well. I found around 8 letters fairly easily. I actually enjoy this. I like having to look at things in a different way in order to find the letters. I've been noticing detail in things around my house and other places that I never would have paid attention to if it wasn't for this project.

Free topic yaaaay

If you haven't noticed, I really like the band "The Maine" and they are on tour again in the US and are coming to NY for 4 shows in May. I really wanted to go to one, but they're all on weekdays except one, which is on a Friday. I got SO excited when I found this out because I really want to see them again. I asked my mom and everything was cool; I only had to get tickets. Before I did that I looked at where the concert is. It's in Clifton Park, NY. So, I went on Google maps and learned that it's three hours away :(  My mom said we might be able to go but we would need to get a hotel and I don't know any friends that would be able to come because we would have to miss the school day. So now I might not be able to see them until the next time they are on tour in NY or NJ. I also missed a show for another favorite band of mine, "Mayday Parade". They were in NJ and NY at the end of last month and the beginning of this month. By the time I found out about the show, the tickets were all sold out and I wasn't able to go which is also a downer:

March 2 Journal.

Reading and learning about Ron Galella as a paparazzo and the death of Princess Diana due to paparazzi really surprised me. It's crazy that someone can die because of people trying to get pictures of them. I would not want to be a paparazzo. It seems that they all get bad reps, and they might get a lot of money, but I would rather have my dignity and photograph other things to make money rather than stalk celebrities to get a picture of them that most people wont really care about.