As for an update. Summer is here and it is good. School went ok and I am all signed up for the next semester. I will be working pretty much nonstop all summer so that part sucks. Photography is going good and I’ve been shooting tons of film.

That’s about it from off the top of my head. I plan to actually redo the site at some point this year. Hopefully before the end of summer but don’t hold me to it.

Since the end of last semester (December) I haven’t taken a single photo with my digital camera. The combination of work and other things in life kept me away from it. When the new semester started and I began my course in Alternative/Creative Photography my urge to go out started to return. Although the class is less focused about assignments were I go out and take photographs to meet the assignment topic, I still had the urge to find a new way to take photos. The class was mostly about altering photographs and doing things to give what is out there new life and a different way of viewing. This idea lead me to find Lomography.

The aspect of it intrigued me. Just take a camera everywhere and shoot anything. The idea of “don’t think” pretty much voids every rule I have learned thus far. I remembered that I pretty much broke the rules in many of my photographs anyway so I continued checking it out. Then I saw images from the Holga, Diana, and Lomo LC-A. They pulled me. The graphic nature and lo-fi aspects appealed to me greatly. It made me want to see what I could come up with, so I bought myself a Holga 135.

Normally the Holga is a 120 film but since there are basically zero professional labs to develop aside from the Bay Area I decided to go with the 35mm version for the ease of it. With it I got a pack of color film, something I never shot with before. All my previous film shots have been on true black and white film, which you can’t develop at any store photo lab. After I submitted my order online I could not wait for it to come. I kept looking at other photos to get ideas until it finally came.

The day I got it I played around with it, getting used to the controls (which are simplistic at first glance but take some getting used to). Sadly it came too late in the day so I had to wait a few extra days for the next day off so I could fully go out with it. When I did I snapped off a full roll and dropped it off to Costco. I was anxious to get the film back with the CD. It reminded me of being the in darkroom and developing the black and white film while printing the photos. After an hour I picked it up and was ecstatic to see the results. I was surprised the kinds of stuff came out and the overall look of it. The whole thing gave me extra energy and passion for it. A week or so later and I was out with a second roll shooting some urban photographs.

Now I have a black and white roll in the camera. It’s not a true black and white (although I have a few of those laying around) but I want to see what comes from it. I am excited to get out and shoot. Lomography has given me a new love of film and I can’t wait to see where it will take me.

You can check out my photos from my Holga here: http://www.lomography.com/homes/nfxfsx

School is doing okay for the most part. History is still boring as hell. Math is math. Psychology is hit and miss, especially since I am prone to dozing off now and then. The only entertaining class is my creative photography class which always brings something new to the table. It’s my most looked forward to class of the week. Still sad it is only one day a week though.

As for work, well it has been hectic as of late. Had a few weeks of epic shifts and now things are finally starting to calm down but with call-ins and crazy photo sales it still spikes now and then. I just try and stay positive but even that is testing me.

We’ll see if I can update this thing on a timely basis.

That is all for now.

History – American History to 1877

First off, what is so important about 1877? I guess I’ll find out. Anyway, the class is seated in alphabetical order which is stupid because this is college, not elementary school. The professor has an annoying voice that drones during lectures. Today was the second day of class and we watched some boring late 80′s/early 90′s video about Columbus finding this wonderful land and how he fucked over the Native Americans. After that was notes that I slept through.

Math – Intermediate Algebra

I finally decided to give this class another try after god knows how long. The teacher is decent looking although she told us she can be a bitch. The book situation pisses me off and I had to pay more than $100 for a stupid code to use online to be able to do my homework. Stupid. It’s math, what do you expect it to be?

Psychology – Intro to Psychology

The professor is German which means she has the accent that all stereotypical therapists have. The one day I have had this class so far had me nodding off towards the end (I blame the lame Power Point presentation). This is the only class out of the others that has at least one person I know (not including photography because that is obvious that I know people). Seems like an interesting class though.

Photography – Creative Photography

I start this tomorrow and am excited. Shame it is only one day a week but it will give me time to do my projects during my hectic school/work schedule. WHOO!

That’s about it for now. I will TRY and actually get around to updating this more. Hopefully.

So now I am poor until my paycheck next Thursday night. I am thankful that my Kodak Zi8 is still on back-order, otherwise I would be fucked.