Extra Credit

I am taking this opportunity to get more points since I am not pleased with my work this term. It is not that I feel I was graded unfairly, I just wish I would've worked a little harder, and never been satisfied. I also want to take this opportunity to tell anyone who reads this (cause I have so many fans) about one of the many things I regret from photo this term. I don't just deplore absolutely everything I've done, don't get me wrong, this is the most I've ever loved a class! (no, I'm not just sucking up to Slade, I'm actually serious.) There are just some things I wish I'd improved. Anyway, this is one thing I regret not taking the time to do:

I've always been planning on shooting something that told a personal story. Not a story like Humpty Dumpty (though I loved your work Chan) and not a pointless story to simply entertain viewers. I want a photograph that resembles me. I want to capture the things I love in life, right now, in one image. One of the reasons I didn't shoot it this term was because I don't quite know what to shoot. I don't know what this picture will look like.. because I'm still figuring myself out. This photo, if I ever take it, will be for me. Not for an audience, not for Slade, not for Chan or for my parents, but for me. I want to look back on this one photograph, and remember the things I thought about at this age. The things I did, what I loved, because I want to capture the memory of my life right now. One reason why I want to do this is because I see myself loving photo in the future, not just now. It might not be my profession, but I'm sure it will always be at least a hobby. And as I'm building my foundation right now, taking these classes, learning lessons and gaining skills, and it is just the beginning of my life as a photographer. When I'm old, hopefully still into photography, I want to see what my work looked like when I was just starting out. When I research professional photographers, I've always wanted to see what their first print looked like. What their photos looked like at my age. This would give me hope that maybe I could one day be as great as they were. Yes, this entire paragraph is cheesy with finding myself, and capturing memories, but I honestly hope to soon find out what this photograph will look like, and when I find out I will shoot it.