everything's bigger in texas

so i'll admit it, kodak has corrupted me. i tend to like things centered and symmetrical. maybe thats why i like this photo so much, well that and it's of a ranger star. i really like the weathered look of the metal sign in contrast to the chain holding it up onto the classic style fence. it is just so typically texas, and now i want one, maybe i'll make one this summer cause i don't have anything else to do.

rugby

since my photos that i took at my team's rugby game didnt come out i searched the internet for some black and white photos. these are two of the pics that i really liked. the first is a line out, which is a set play where the ball is thrown in by the hooker on one team and is thrown between the two teams who lift 1 of 2 jumpers who try to catch the ball. its really confusing if you have never seen it and even then its still confusing. i like the symmetry of the two teams opposing each other and fighting for possesion. the second pic is of a rugby player after a game. yes the black eye and stitches are complements of the game. i think that i like it because it reminds me of specific rugby injuries on my team. at one point my teammate dee had two black eyes and looked like a racoon. mandy got stitches in her forehead after a bentley game. we have dealt out our fair share of injuries too, broken a few arms and legs among other things. the guys are much worse, our assistant coach, joe, hit a guy so hard that the kid was ceasing, had to be airlifted to the hospital, have brain surgery, and was in a coma for a week, but he's fine now. it was actually the guy's own fault he went to tackle joe then chickened-out, stood up straight and took the full brunt of the hit. rugby is like football but with no pads, no helmets, and no stopping.

comments on the final

i think that my presentation went well considering that i had a wicked sinus infection/strep throat and when i went back to my room i had a fever of 101 degrees, but i spent 8 hrs straight working on trying to get the prints right so i wasnt gonna miss it. i am happy with the prints i made and the physical presentation of my work. honestly i cant remember what i said when i presented but that could be due to the fact that i was so sick and in so much pain i just wanted to crawl into bed, which i did for the next 3 days followin the doc's advice (she thought i had mono, but i had that really bad last year).

final project

i think that my final project is goin well. i have more than 10 photos to print from my first 3 rolls and i have 1.5 more shot and need to finish up the last roll today/tomorrow. also i went to ac moore and found a frame that i think will work for presenting, i bought 1 and tried it out with one of the prints i had already done and i think tht it looks pretty good. guess im goin back today to get some more.

fourever the greatest qb

i love this photo by rick chapman. before i even saw his face i knew it was brett favre just by his hands. that may have something to do with the fact that i am a huge brett/packers fan, i even made my parents detour to green bay when we drove back from minnisota so i could see packers practice and go to the packers hall of fame when i was 10. what i like most about this photo is that the focus isn't brett's face, it's his hands, the things that have lead him to numerous records along with causing him pain through a chronically injured thumb.

a picture's worth a thousand words

well that maybe true, however the composition and combination of those words are not neccessarily going to be the same for every person that views that photo. photos can convey emotion and detail not always acheivable in writting alone, but a photo only portrays a limited view of a situation and what is outside of the frame can be totally unknown to the viewer. i think that in order to maximize the impact of a photo that is ment to tell a specific story is best when paired with a piece of writting. a photo alone can provoke interesting different thoughts on subject matter, emotion, intention, etc. when you read a story about something like war it is easy to write it off because you dont connect with the subject matter, but when photos are added to the piece there is a significant increase in the impact of the story.

stonehill really needs to have dark closets to load film in

i think that the worst part of processing film is trying to get it on the reel in the bag and you cant see what you are doing. it only took me 30 min to get 3 rolls ready to process today. i think that i will be able to get a good great depth of field photo off one of the rolls and i think that i got some good shots of the cows and the sheep, but i need to reshoot my light and shadow assignment and shoot a roll of motion. maybe ill go to rugby practice on thursday and shoot a roll. looks like im gonna be spending a lot of time in the darkroom this week. since my camera was not cooperating over break i took some pics with my digital after shooting the b&w film incase it didnt come out. here are a few of the shots i like.