Thinking

I’ve been busy this semester and posts do fall off during school terms because I’m busy doing school work.  Some highlights from the 3rd week of this semester.

History of Photography GS 625 is kicking my ass.  In order for me to do better and do well I need to kick it back harder.  This class takes up more time that my other two classes combined.  I easily spend 25+ hours a week working on papers and reading for this class.

My Lighting class (PH608) is somewhat challenging I look forward to some of the more difficult assignments.  These will take up some more time but with good planning and some working ahead in class I think this course is very manageable.  This class is an elective for me.

PH 613 (was Color Theory) but the course title changed to ‘Color and Light’ during the third week.  This course has a lot of overlap with my lighting class, so far.  This makes sense as photography is all about light and light is about color – even if doing black and white work.  The instructor and I agree that the assignments later on in the semester will be more interesting for me.   BUT, it is really important that I don’t get jaded and do work to just get by for the first few weeks.  This is an opportunity to spend more time of creating a photograph for an assignment where I’m already well versed in the foundation that is being taught.  Don’t slack!

So that’s the update during week 3 of a 15 week semester.  I’d like to posts weekly but I find the workload of school (esp. History) and my day-to-day work to consume almost all my free time.

It is an adventure for sure!