So I got all my application stuff submitted to USU. Now for the long and nail-biting wait.
Monthly Archive for January, 2008
Happy Anniversary to my Mother and Father who have now been married for 30 years!
I love you mom and dad!
I just finished up with USU’s application, minus the Letter of Intent, which I am just beginning. I took the GRE on Saturday, so all the big steps are done.
I also finished a new design of a business card this morning:
Last week I left Best Buy to go frame again. It was nice working in a warm building, but I really do miss building. And the pay is a LOT better framing; almost twice as much per hour, which results in a paycheck about 3-4 times bigger due to how many hours I can work framing.
So I just got off the phone with Craig, and a guy at University of Nevada Reno (Peter Goin wasn’t in; he’s getting ready for a semester-long trip to Mexico). Craig was excited to see me apply again. I also got an appointment scheduled to take the GRE (to the tune of $140), which I’ll have to take next Saturday, so all this week I’ll be studying for that. EW!
I’ve almost got the main application done for USU. I just have three more sections to fill out, and I’ll be done with that part of it, and then I need to complete the department application stuff. I need to take a GRE or MAT, like within the next week or so (yikes). I tried calling Craig Law down there today, but couldn’t reach him.
I’m getting so stoked to get this done. It’s been far too long since I’ve been in Academia, and I really do miss it. Also, I am glad that I hit that rut that I was in down in Utah. I’ve been able to really evaluate how passionate I am about photography, and about pursuing an M.F.A., and I would say that I’m even more passionate about photography than I was previously.
I just got home from work, and was checking my email, and I got one about the Altered Landscape show.
I’m in!
So this week I’ll be getting it printed, framed, and shipped to Portland. I’m so stoked!
Edit: Does anyone have any tips for shipping framed prints?
Oh, and I think I may have to try to get out to the reception…It’s going to be a busy month with getting grad school applications finalized (which I hope to do next week), and getting the print shipped.
Ugh…I really need to quit posting so late at night.
Anyway, today, an old friend of mine, Tyler, and I got together for the first time since my return from Utah and went photographing today, and we decided to hit the sloughs west of Rexburg again. Well, again for me, I think it was his first time (correct me if I’m wrong when you read this Tyler). We went to Texas Slough, and I think it was successful for both of us.
Along the slough, there is a pretty sharp oxbow that I have always loved, but never could really figure how to photograph it. I came really close, if not all the way to nailing it today. Take a look:
or this one that has been cropped (I can’t decide which I like more. They’re both just digital snaps, and don’t particularly consider either to qualify for a final piece):
I also made Tyler pull his suburban around so I could get on top and make a photograph somewhat similar to the third panel. I don’t like the digital file at all, so you all will have to wait until I get my 4×5 negative developed and scanned to see it. Don’t worry, I think it will be worth the wait.
I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of photographing this scene, or the whole slough for that matter:
I’m really beginning to think I should just do a project on Texas Slough. Every time I go there I fall even more in love with it, and it really has a lot of potential.