Ever been frustrated by a computer? Or by those that have the "magical" touch on the same machine that will not work for you? Or When you forget to do that "one thing" you were supposed to do running a program? Or if you delete something you didn't really want to?

My thought process is not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Mine thought process is more 4, 7, 1, 8, 9, 2, 5, 3, 10, 6. Well computers aren't like this. So computers and me have a rocky relationship. This past week I deleted some pictures that I were not supposed be deleted. I imported a lot of my digital files improperly and couldn't find them. ( I am becoming fast friends with one of my instructors, who is a computer smarty, because I am always asking questions on how to get out of what I have messed up. ) So, needless to say I am learning a lot about computers. But I think even more importantly I am learning how to think 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  10. Which when it comes to computers is very necessary.

The photo to the right was taken in the rink where the boys play hockey. 

Here's to a week that will hopefully come with no major computer scares.

Peter E

 

the power of line

Lines

Lines help us see, Lines blind

Lines lead, lines push away

Lines define, lines confuse

Lines break, lines heal

Lines are old, lines are new

Lines are black, lines are white

Lines compose

Lines compare

Lines suggest

Lines fly, dig, sink

Lines speak

Lines die, and lines LIVE.

Kinda obvious what I've been thinking about. When you are taught new things you start to see in a different light. These are just a few adjectives I came up with that I have been thinking about when it comes to seeing lines. All are important to photography. If you start asking yourself, when looking at a photo or if you are just looking,  If the line is comparing? What is it comparing to? If the line dies where does it go? If the line leads where does it take you?

One thought that has come to me while thinking about this; there is a lot of "order" out there, and things are not near as random as they appear. In my own life and life in general.

NYC is a lot fun. We as a class were there this past friday to take in the annual photo expo. To the right is a shot i got while there. Draw some mental lines while "seeing" this week and see where they take you. You might be surprised.  

Peter

The results of hard work are starting to come in. My thoughts on this are mixed... Let me explain.

Learning, relearning and unlearning are very real to me right now. I am learning many things that are brand new to me. I am relearning many things that I new a little about. And I am unlearning some bad habits that I have picked up. Of course I am relating this to photography. But does this sound like life to anyone? Sure does to me!

My work is reflecting all three of these scenarios. And of course I see the glaring mistakes more than I see the good things that are showing up in my work. I am not super satisfied with what I have done to date. Because I know I can do better. So I am at present walking the thin line between, being very hard on myself, and being excited for some of results. (I wish I could show all of you some but can't. So I will tease you with... Stay tuned for a web address announcement.) Ah, those "creative people". I will just say yes to that.

We continue to get lots of assignments. This week we will start to use the large format cameras and start shooting products. We also have to capture "New England Life". A rather broad concept. But a catch comes with it. We are being encouraged to submit our images to photo stock. That means they have to be D___ good.

In other news Joshua Scored his first goal of the season. As the  Franklin County Catamounts destroyed the Holy Name Stars 13 -1. Number 77 scored as he slapped a pass home. Josh recorded 2 points  early this morning. And was quoted as saying "Hey Dad I scored". 

This weeks picture of the week is of my princess. 

Talk to you soon.

Peter

Create vs Technique

Week four just complete....

I have made it through so to speak...

Though, "create vs technique", do compete...

I look forward to the day when they will meet...

On that day, a goal will be of reach, that will be a feat...

Right now "to create" will have to take a seat...

The oft forgotten technique, needs to eat...

Be patient I say, This is not going to be neat!

Oh, the technical stuff....... For most creative people, we struggle with disciplines, technical know how, and numbers.  So the creative side of me is having to take a back seat to all the afore mentioned items. Which, if I really think about it, is really why I came to Hallmark in the first place. Their teaching of the technical is awesome and I am learning  many things that I did not know. Wow.... All my realisations  from last week remain. It is becoming very clear that my technical skill needs to catch up. And I can see it doing that already.

This past week we got several assignments back. I did all right, I guess. None of them were perfect. Deep down this frustrates me. But it gives me room to improve, fix the errors, and fill in the gaps. To the right is an image taken last week. Full of errors and imperfections. But I love it.

So, next time you raise your glass. Raise it for the tension. That we all love and hate.

Peter