Wow I am tired. Today was like was almost a bizarro-Friday. Normally I wake up refreshed (I get to sleep the latest on Friday's) and ready for work. I wound up dragging myself out of bed twice, not ready to get up either time. Additionally, work usually flys by on Fridays. There is always so much to do that I don't notice the time crawling by. Today I was stuck on the register though, so I was pretty much just standing there for five hours. Pretty uneventful. Saturdays and Sundays are always busy, so hopefully the weekend will go by much faster.
The tattoo idea is still lingering in my head. I cannot seem to get rid of it. I'm still looking for someone to draw it out for me. I want to really get a good visual before I take any kind of next step. The artist will draw it out, but usually they require a nonrefundable down payment. Basically if you don't like their idea, you're out $30 - $50, if not more. So that's really not an option. Hopefully I will find someone who can draw decently and have them sketch it out for me. Then there is the million dollar question of where to put it. I know I want one on the inside of my upper right arm, but I don't know if this is the one. I cannot imagine the graphic would work well there, it's too boxy. I want to save that area for something more flowing and smooth. So again, I have no idea where to put this sucker. The forearm is really appealing to me, but I don't have the balls to put a tattoo somewhere I cannot cover it up. I know that would come back and bite me. Perhaps my chest? Back? Those are such wide canvasses that I feel like I would question the placement afterwards. Who knew this would be so difficult.
I still need to take a lot of pictures of textures and lines. I don't really know what the point of that is (I'm sure I'm missing something obvious) but I will keep forcing myself to do it. I haven't picked up the film camera in a few days now, so I really need to get on that. I also need to take it back to where I bought it so they can fix the viewing screen again. The image I see is a little cropped, so it's hard for me to compose a shot where I want the lines right on the edge of the frame. Slightly obnoxious, but not deal-breaking for a fifty dollar camera. I could have done much more damage cost wise. I have been thinking lately about higher quality film cameras. Not about getting one, but about what makes them better. I guess it's just the features they offer, but even that doesn't seem to add up. My cheapy can do as much as some of the really expensive film cameras. Maybe not as fast, maybe not as simply, but even so; it gets the job done. Is the slight difference in speed really worth all that extra money. I must have this explained to me, because I'm just not understanding.
Flickr sucked again tonight, so I will be giving everyone a photo by one of the greats. I am not in any kind of position to critique this gentleman's photo, but I can talk a little about what he did and what makes him so great.
If you don't know it instantly (perhaps a little shame on you), this is a wonderful photo by Ansel Adams. One of his most famous in fact. It's called Tetons and the Snake River. What made him such a great photographer was that he had an intimate understanding of light. It helped that he had all the time in the world, but basically what he did was walk around Yosemite (and other places) and look for 'the perfect shot'. He would see a landscape and could invision in his head what kind of light would make the perfect picture. If it was there, he would take it. If not, he would wait. And wait. And wait. He would come back day after day to find that perfect picture. Eventually, he would get it. This is really a mind set that, I feel, many photographers have gotten away from. Off camera flashes and studio lighting are great tools to have. They allow for pictures that might otherwise be impossible to capture. However, some have become completely relient on such tools, almost like crutches. They walk around with blinders, missing all the photos that are laid out naturally right in front of them. That's not who I want to be in my career. I want to learn to see light like Ansel Adams did. Maybe one day (with plenty of luck).
I am going to go to sleep now with the perhaps somewhat foolish idea of waking up early and taking pictures. Goodnight everyone.
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