Ice cream.
Josh, photography So, this semester I am in a creative photography class. It is basically an introduction to photography, how to shoot manually, and develop black and white photography. I am quite excited about this class in that this is something I have wanted to learn how to do since high school. I was always severely jealous of my best friend Chanel, who was on the yearbook staff in high school, since she was on the year book staff she was always shooting and developing in the darkroom (the lucky duck). Now I have my chance to get my feet wet.
Friday we had our first assignment-- a list of 24 scenarios to shoot. We were given time in class to fulfill some of them with a partner. I was unable to shoot during class time though, because my camera was having problems. The mirror kept getting stuck. So to remedy the problem Josh has been gracious enough to let me borrow one of his SLR cameras and was good enough to go out with me on Saturday and be my partner while I shot for class.
It was such a rewarding day. I had mentioned the assignment to my parents and my dad asked where I was going to shoot at, at the time I really hadn't any idea, so he mentioned an old abandoned church. It is located north of town, way out in the country. He knew of it because it is on the way to one of the churches he pastors. After getting ready on Saturday and eating a yummy homecooked-style meal at the Northtown Cafe we called my dad for directions and made our way to the country.
The church was absolutely beautiful, from its holed ceiling to its keyless piano to its feces covered floor (We are not sure where the poop came from, but it was big poop and there was a lot of it. We concluded that it was probably from whatever was living in the wall, because there was something definatly living in the walls as we could hear it scratching around. I would say it was probably either a 'possum or 'coon family). The windows of the church were broken out, but still had raggedy blinds. There was also a stage in the middle of the floor and the remnants of a chimney poking out through the ceiling. All the shooting I did at the church was for class so I have none to showcase as of yet, since we are developing in class tomorrow. Hopefully I will have something to put up soon, since I am kind of one for instant gratification.
However, there is one souviner from the day I can share. On the way back to town we drove by a field and there were these cow in this perfect little line. They were cold cows, and therefore I have dubbed them Ice Cream:
When I saw them all standing in a line I just had to take a picture so I grabbed my trusty little digital camera, stopped the car in the middle of the country road, tromped through a snow filled ditch and snapped away. The cows looked at me. I think they were trying to make friends.
Once back in town Josh and I went to the grocery, got fixings for chili, stopped off at my parent's house to see my little monster-dog and borrow a chili pot, and then came home for a night of burrowing into our little nest we made of our mattress dragged into the living room floor. We watched Art School Confidental which was clever and Mallrats which was absolutely brilliant and made me love Kevin Smith all the more. In Mallrats there was this one scene that positively killed me dead. Jay and Silent Bob are loitering outside of a pet store and when they go to leave Jay says "goodbye" to the "baby cats" and tells Silent Bob to show them some love. Yeah, that part pretty much moves that movie up into my "tops" list.
Anyway. I'll leave you with a couple pictures of my new hair via Rapture salon and Tierney (the stylist). In the pictures my hair is straight because she wanted to try out her new flat iron:
Yes, I am self indulgent.
Reader Comments (2)
I had a dream the other day that I was getting married in an old abandoned church. There wasn't any poop, though.
It would be neat to stage wedding photos in an abandoned place like that. But I wonder if it's already been done.
Cute cows!
p.s. Hellooooo, gorgeous :)