So far that's what it looks like. They gave me a $30.5k scholarship which covers most of the tuition, minus a few thousand. Expensive. I'm working on a scholarship right now which hopefully if I win ( and work my ass off ) I will half my cost for the first year. Pipe dreams? We're going to really see what i'm made of when the time comes.
Thankfully this easter I was able to go out with Eman to do some pictures. We went draining (well, sort of) and came back with some interesting pictures. I like them, but theyre not spectacular by any means. I'm going to have to look through my notes and see if there is a shoot I can do pretty soon. I really need to kick it into a higher gear. Yada yada.
I'm also hoping this summer I can land a photography job. Maybe weddings. Assistant? Problem is they most all require a beter camera than I have (D300, anyone?), so until I find $1800 on the street I think I'll be SOL unless I can work something out.
So in short: be my model, buy me a camera, and pay for the rest of my college. =)
Parsons 2012?
That's the way it goes
Short post. I went to SVA today for my interview, I wasn't too happy with it. But oh well. All it proved to me is that my pictures are baseless and opportunistic. I'm a total contradiction. Anyway, feeling my work is shit isnt any new feeling, so it's not affecting me too much right now. More motivation to try harder.
I'm not exactly sure how the SVA scholarship works, whether ONE person receives it, a lot of people? I have to call up and ask. AND schedule my Parsons interview. But today overall was good. Things I've learned (or reinforced)
1. If you let someone else's opinion of your work ring true it's a fault you've been ignoring - not trying hard enough basically. (I'm being a little hard on myself, I'm getting there, but not half as fast as I would like.
2. You might pay more for something if you're from out of town (duh)
2a. Or if you're an idiot/ignorant of the rules
Anyway, we'll see how this all works out come spring time.
*Picture is of a homeless man named Francisco; cool guy. Looks young for 51 huh?
2 of 5:
Maybe. This is my count for my college pictures for my Parsons Challenge project. Technically it's only 3 pictures, but some are diptychs, so they'll just have to like it. My main problem with this project is I feel all of the pictures are so mediocre, they aren't packing the punch I want them to have. They may end up illustrating a point, but altogether it will seem like something a high school student threw together. I guess that's the true part.
I'm not sure if I'll ever reveal the actual project. There isn't enough of myself in it. This week I will be working on two conceptual images, which I can describe as Frailty and a sort of mechanically induced despondent state;there are better words, but I'm writing this before bed. Both of these require models, but the last image is the only one I truly consider a portrait. I'll also have to figure out how to get that last shot. It isn't necessarily hard, it's just I haven't prepared in advance for the shoot. Somehow the project ended up getting very airy and philosophical, but that's just me I guess.
I'll leave you with a reject picture from that night I am not using. This was as "dynamic" as I could make a bridge, but I decided to replace dynamics with speed and use a different, more cliche image for speed. I also used a different picture of the bridge that's still in the vaults based on the strong composition.