Friday, February 25, 2005
goals and i'm too lazy to finish. more late!
It's so nice to know where your going. Especially during a time in your life when someone had turned out the lights. I, like a bat, had turned on the sonar, and now i can finally see a destination. There is infact a world ahead of me, instead of a wall. in a past few months and years it really seemed like i new what was going on with my life. it's like walking out the door only to discover it's really a wall.
It wasn't until i had to write an essay that i seriously knew what to do with my life. I had to goals; and i guess i couldn't ever really be happy because i had no real clue on what would actually make me happy. Sounds confusing, i know. Here's the story:
When i applied to college, i had to create a portfolio for the program that i wanted to apply to.(photography) So i found and narrowed down pictures that i wanted to put into it, which was a grueling task. then i had to write an essay about what was my goal in the photographic field.
It took me ages to find out what i wanted to do with my life. There was many a night where i would sit at the computer chair and contemplate what the hell i wanted to do, i guess, when i grew up.
"When I Grow Up." it seems so childish to say such things but it is true, i haven't yet grown up. I make pennies at work. i don't really have any hobbies as of yet, shy of playing video games, watching movies, surfing the weeeb, and other junk like that. i need real grown up hobbies.
Anyway it's late and i don't really want to write then when i could really rather go to bed. this is the essay to what i want to do with my life: (revised and edited by my girlfriend MT)
I have many goals I would like to achieve over the span of my photographic career. After studying the opportunities photography offers, I have recognized there are many different ways in which I could use it to help me achieve my main goal.
Upon graduating, I plan to begin my career by offering my services as a wedding and portrait photographer. This would also give me the opportunity to try out an idea of mine….candid portrait photography. In this case, a client would hire me to follow them around and fire the shutter as they go about their day. I believe the finest photographs are taken when the subject is allowed to be entirely natural—genuine emotion can be expressed and caught on film. As such, the resulting portraits would be spontaneous and unique, a welcome change from stiff, fake looking, posed photographs.
During this time, I would also like to try working as a photographer for local newspapers and magazines. Not only would this give me exposure and photographic experience, it would enable me to make some money while working toward my main photographic goal.
This is when I would take the next big step, and open a gallery/studio. This would be a joint effort with a student in Sheridan’s Crafts and Design program who has expressed interest in the matter. My hometown is very touristy and as such, there is a big market for the area art. I feel it would be an appropriate place to pursue such an endeavor.
However, this is not all. This same town, though cultured enough to have a reasonable art community, was disappointing for an aspiring photographer. There was nothing available to help a curious person get started—not even the high school offered any courses on photography. As a student, I found it very frustrating that all my knowledge had to come from books and self teaching, which can only get a person so far. Here is where my main goal comes in. As an extension of the studio/gallery, I would like to offer classes and workshops teaching the fundamentals of photography to other would be photographers in the area. I feel this is something my town is truly lacking, and I would love to be given the chance to provide opportunities to others there that I did not have myself.
better years await us... rustedhalo
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It wasn't until i had to write an essay that i seriously knew what to do with my life. I had to goals; and i guess i couldn't ever really be happy because i had no real clue on what would actually make me happy. Sounds confusing, i know. Here's the story:
When i applied to college, i had to create a portfolio for the program that i wanted to apply to.(photography) So i found and narrowed down pictures that i wanted to put into it, which was a grueling task. then i had to write an essay about what was my goal in the photographic field.
It took me ages to find out what i wanted to do with my life. There was many a night where i would sit at the computer chair and contemplate what the hell i wanted to do, i guess, when i grew up.
"When I Grow Up." it seems so childish to say such things but it is true, i haven't yet grown up. I make pennies at work. i don't really have any hobbies as of yet, shy of playing video games, watching movies, surfing the weeeb, and other junk like that. i need real grown up hobbies.
Anyway it's late and i don't really want to write then when i could really rather go to bed. this is the essay to what i want to do with my life: (revised and edited by my girlfriend MT)
I have many goals I would like to achieve over the span of my photographic career. After studying the opportunities photography offers, I have recognized there are many different ways in which I could use it to help me achieve my main goal.
Upon graduating, I plan to begin my career by offering my services as a wedding and portrait photographer. This would also give me the opportunity to try out an idea of mine….candid portrait photography. In this case, a client would hire me to follow them around and fire the shutter as they go about their day. I believe the finest photographs are taken when the subject is allowed to be entirely natural—genuine emotion can be expressed and caught on film. As such, the resulting portraits would be spontaneous and unique, a welcome change from stiff, fake looking, posed photographs.
During this time, I would also like to try working as a photographer for local newspapers and magazines. Not only would this give me exposure and photographic experience, it would enable me to make some money while working toward my main photographic goal.
This is when I would take the next big step, and open a gallery/studio. This would be a joint effort with a student in Sheridan’s Crafts and Design program who has expressed interest in the matter. My hometown is very touristy and as such, there is a big market for the area art. I feel it would be an appropriate place to pursue such an endeavor.
However, this is not all. This same town, though cultured enough to have a reasonable art community, was disappointing for an aspiring photographer. There was nothing available to help a curious person get started—not even the high school offered any courses on photography. As a student, I found it very frustrating that all my knowledge had to come from books and self teaching, which can only get a person so far. Here is where my main goal comes in. As an extension of the studio/gallery, I would like to offer classes and workshops teaching the fundamentals of photography to other would be photographers in the area. I feel this is something my town is truly lacking, and I would love to be given the chance to provide opportunities to others there that I did not have myself.
better years await us... rustedhalo
