also last week

gah i'm roughly a week behind on this thing. here are some assorted pictures, mostly explosions in the sky. um, i need to go dig up more stuff on my computer.

so this week was crazy. most notably, i got an internship! doing "real" photojournalism! spent a lot of time with RUF girls. sweet community. got a lot of clarity, too.

okay enjoy!

weekend

i had a photographic weekend, mainly b/c i took myself out of this environment (school) and enjoyed a change of scenery/change of age groups. mcpee came and took me to the ethereal cafe driade...in the woods. yay.





and i went home friday to be greeted by my crazy grandparents, great aunt, uncle and aunt, and two senile dogs. popcorn was burned (aka 'disintegrated), microwaves were cleaned by my obsessive grandmother (oh so adorable!), and grandpa just took it all in. i love families! sigh.







saturday i babysat...man, i could really make a living out of this (seriously!) it's really true to give is better than to receive...i'm so happy when serving these kids and their parents. and they give me great photos...so maybe i'm receiving more than i think...

lagging

notable events this week:
-we got a hamster
-i had amazing fellowship this weekend with kathy and julia and other folks that i haven't seen as frequently as would like
-i had a portfolio review and got a lot of good advice/direction
-smoked more hookah on friday/had a night out
-discovered an affinity for modeling in studio class....hahaha

unfortunately, i only had my camera with me for some of those things. enjoy...











I'm a bit behind on updating this, let alone shooting. I have a couple of polaroids laying on my dresser that need to be scanned. The novelty of the semester is wearing off, admittedly, and it's seeping into my art. I'm going to actively counteract this...I'd like to simply "play" more and bring my camera with me.

I've had a lot of clarity in the past two weeks as to how I'd like to spend my last semesters here at Carolina. And what it means to be a Christian woman in photojournalism. Some pretty cool stuff...I'm excited. Expect a more detailed post later. I need to go find more pictures.

studio days and fun with flash in the hall

childhood/trampolinejumps

back from cincy

so andrew dally and i traveled to cincinnati for the (late) weekend to take pictures, make video interviews, and generally frolic through the city. paid by school. it was a really good, uplifting experience. travel is stressful (airports) but the positives outweigh the negatives, at least in this stage of life. and to travel for photography is delight. i realized that one reason why i love this profession so much is because i get to meet other people and make new friends: on the other side of the camera and alongside of me on the production side of things. harry benson said that he prefers traveling alone when doing his photography; i prefer the opposite. maybe it's because i've haven't yet had a bad partner.