Sunday, December 13
Monday, December 7
Success!
Saturday went so well, above and beyond what I'd expected.
I reconnected with a lot of people I haven't talked to in ages, got 3 contact phone numbers, and set up plans to shoot 2 of them later in December / January over break. I couldn't be happier or more excited about this project.
I intend to shoot a frame within a frame within the frame of the picture itself. I can't wait to see how that plays out with my thesis of the uniforms we wear and the layers of acting we use every day before we're truly ourselves. I'm looking for the intimate experience with my models. They can really use the headshots too, so everyone wins.
I'm absolutely shooting Miranda (aka Jordan) as soon as possible, so I'm shooting for the week after Christmas. New Years is on a Thursday, I am definitely thinking I'm going to be hitting up Trash Thursday (the Merlin's drag show) that night.
In other news, I turned in my prints for Tony's final for stacked studio today. I'm thrilled with the shots, I'm not thrilled with the rest of the project requirements because the computers in the a&d were completely shitting on my powerpoint and crashing entire computers left and right. I have to get a working copy to him (and the 5 page paper) asap. I'll post those pictures as soon as a computer stops hating me enough to let me save them as jpgs (silly Blogger won't let me upload tiff.s)
Finals are rolling, 1 week of classes, 1 week of finals.
I'm oddly not nervous yet. I was last week but.. not anymore. That'll probably change tomorrow, but for now, I'm going to just bask in the warm glow of calm for as long as I can.
I reconnected with a lot of people I haven't talked to in ages, got 3 contact phone numbers, and set up plans to shoot 2 of them later in December / January over break. I couldn't be happier or more excited about this project.
I intend to shoot a frame within a frame within the frame of the picture itself. I can't wait to see how that plays out with my thesis of the uniforms we wear and the layers of acting we use every day before we're truly ourselves. I'm looking for the intimate experience with my models. They can really use the headshots too, so everyone wins.
I'm absolutely shooting Miranda (aka Jordan) as soon as possible, so I'm shooting for the week after Christmas. New Years is on a Thursday, I am definitely thinking I'm going to be hitting up Trash Thursday (the Merlin's drag show) that night.
In other news, I turned in my prints for Tony's final for stacked studio today. I'm thrilled with the shots, I'm not thrilled with the rest of the project requirements because the computers in the a&d were completely shitting on my powerpoint and crashing entire computers left and right. I have to get a working copy to him (and the 5 page paper) asap. I'll post those pictures as soon as a computer stops hating me enough to let me save them as jpgs (silly Blogger won't let me upload tiff.s)
Finals are rolling, 1 week of classes, 1 week of finals.
I'm oddly not nervous yet. I was last week but.. not anymore. That'll probably change tomorrow, but for now, I'm going to just bask in the warm glow of calm for as long as I can.
Saturday, December 5
Take 2
Round 2 tonight.
I feel much better about Thursday night after getting some reassuring emails.
Meeting with Cindy went wonderfully.
I'm nervous all over again, but I'm not allowed to show it. That's my homework.
I feel much better about Thursday night after getting some reassuring emails.
Meeting with Cindy went wonderfully.
I'm nervous all over again, but I'm not allowed to show it. That's my homework.
Friday, December 4
Tuesday, December 1
Senior Project
I have struggled immensely with keeping up motivation and enthusiasm with this project all semester. Part of this, I'm sure, is because I couldn't get people to stay committed and/or coordinate schedules properly (I have been gogogo for 3 straight months, let's be honest). That's where I get frustrated with the studio art kids - as a photographer, I have to work around so many other people's schedules to get my final product; I can't just sit in my room late at night and work consistently, it is just not an option unfortunately.
I have had more trouble getting started than I ever imagined. I've changed my intended project at least three times, without starting any of them enough to care about keeping the idea and found myself becoming bored with the idea before I ever even set it in motion.
Recently however, I determined that drag queens/kings was the direction I needed to take. I was completely unsure about how to make progress with it or even start, but I finally got the necessary answers: I have a solid "leader" contact that can connect me with a minimum of half the well-known drag queens in the Central New York area. I have her phone number and an in to the bar this week in order to talk with her before the show. My mind is slightly blown.
I have a pro contact meeting with Cindy on Friday, in which I hope she embraces my plan and can overlook that I have no work to show other than all of the leg work associated with finding subjects and a point of view.
On Saturday, I have a completely different drag queen meeting - a benefit for Toys for Tots where I am supposed to be introduced to several of the premier Binghamton queens, which is wonderful since I have no intentions of frequent travel to Syracuse during my winter break. Two locations is far better than just one.
This means I have tomorrow to call Frita, Thursday to go to the bar and chitchat some business with her, Friday to meet with Cindy, and Saturday to have yet another contact meeting. I'm taking Sunday and Monday to do solid Pepper paper and capstone paper work, and Tuesday is a coffee meeting with an independent Syracuse photographer (she's in one of Kim Waale's figure drawing classes and Kim set us up on a little interview date thing - I'm quite looking forward to it).
Of course now I have too much finals work to commit to serious capstone work, but it's such a big start I don't even care.
I am finally motivated.
Only took all semester.
I have had more trouble getting started than I ever imagined. I've changed my intended project at least three times, without starting any of them enough to care about keeping the idea and found myself becoming bored with the idea before I ever even set it in motion.
Recently however, I determined that drag queens/kings was the direction I needed to take. I was completely unsure about how to make progress with it or even start, but I finally got the necessary answers: I have a solid "leader" contact that can connect me with a minimum of half the well-known drag queens in the Central New York area. I have her phone number and an in to the bar this week in order to talk with her before the show. My mind is slightly blown.
I have a pro contact meeting with Cindy on Friday, in which I hope she embraces my plan and can overlook that I have no work to show other than all of the leg work associated with finding subjects and a point of view.
On Saturday, I have a completely different drag queen meeting - a benefit for Toys for Tots where I am supposed to be introduced to several of the premier Binghamton queens, which is wonderful since I have no intentions of frequent travel to Syracuse during my winter break. Two locations is far better than just one.
This means I have tomorrow to call Frita, Thursday to go to the bar and chitchat some business with her, Friday to meet with Cindy, and Saturday to have yet another contact meeting. I'm taking Sunday and Monday to do solid Pepper paper and capstone paper work, and Tuesday is a coffee meeting with an independent Syracuse photographer (she's in one of Kim Waale's figure drawing classes and Kim set us up on a little interview date thing - I'm quite looking forward to it).
Of course now I have too much finals work to commit to serious capstone work, but it's such a big start I don't even care.
I am finally motivated.
Only took all semester.
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