Cast glass, Museum of Art. Next Tuesday, I start a Creative Photography class at the community college and I'm excited about this. One main exciting thing is that I'm taking it at all. Usually I look at the catalogue and I'm like, seriously, looking at what, accounting, microsoft certificate, or whatever, because I didn't think photography would be a good investment or whatever. So, I'm signed up! I'm really excited. Learning about my camera, or any camera, has been a real struggle for me all of my life. I have only a very little advice for myself to go on, so I have usually just shot blind with film, or put the camera on automatic. I'm hoping I will at least learn something in this class, where Photography for Dummies didn't really sink in. It is just such a release for my mind to do this. The last class I took there was in 2011, and it was medical billing and encoding lol. I was like, too blind to see and so I picked up some reading glasses and then I couldn't drive home because my eyes would not adjust back. Anyway, it is really simple to do this encoding, it's like learning to use a phone book. I got bored and quit the class, but my Dad actually got me a job offer for this miserable skill lol. I didn't finish the course though, and you do have to have a certificate for this kind of work. It said you could earn 40k a year but I was thinking, you know, they will develop software for this before I get a job anyway. But so yeah, photography. I'm very excited and I have actually made some money from photography in my life, which is to say only that it is a real interest. I'm not thinking of money for this, I just want to learn. But sure, I mean, I will pursue it and maybe I will be able to do something with it. Certainly I can post some pictures here and on my other blog on wordpress and I can also upload to gmail. Just that is actually enough for me. But all of this is kind of wonderful and new, to actually do what I like to do with my life and my day specifically. I love my gym and I'm still doing my French lessons too. I'm having a really nice time and I don't feel kind of so anchored mentally. But really doing this class is the first thing I have ever done exactly because I want to. All of my other studies in my life were compromises, like my painting degree was just because my parents wouldn't let me go to art school in new york, where I would have pursued illustration and photography and film. It's just only that they have to have enough students for the class or they will have to drop it. So, let's hope.
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