Christmas in August!

Originally I was going to rent a camera from the university for my photography class. I contemplated on buying one and talked with my mom and reasoned with myself on why I shouldn't purchase one. Well long story short after class yesterday I ordered one. and oh my goodness I feel like a little girl waiting on Christmas morning. I am ecstatic about this class and learning to use a camera and about all the things that go along with photography! 

This will be mine soon! I must come up with a name for her/him!

(note:I name things randomly,remember "Critter"?)

My teacher gave us a list of things not to photograph. It included: Pets, Cars going down the street, The Chapel of Memories (church here on campus), or anything on campus for that matter. He told us that he wants us to dig deeper and push past the cliches! I love it! He wants us to create art through photographs, not just take pretty pictures. As the semester unrolls I promise to keep you updated on my projects. There are some really good ones! I hope that I can get the hang of this picture taking thing. ;)

Once I get my camera figured out I am going to start using it for the pictures that I post on here. I am sooo very excited! I am also thinking about maybe doing a 365 day self portrait challenge. (May sound conceited, but it's to help me develop new ideas and ways to go about taking pictures.This is one of my favorite blogs and where I saw this idea! >>>> A Beautiful Mess <<<<<<Here is where she gives some tips and ideas!

Breaking news>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MY CAMERA JUST SHIPPED! YIPPIE times a million and 8!
                                      Happy Dance!!!!!!!!!!!!  :) :) :) :) :)

Since I am in a camera state of mind here are two others I am extremely interested in:

First, I want an old poloaroid....my mom thinks that they might've had one a long time ago and told me that she would look at her mom's house to see if she could find it. If that doesn't work out, you can get them fairly cheap on EBay. The tricky thing about poloaroids is getting your hands on the film. It can be sort of pricey.

I think poloaroids of random objects displayed together are so neat!

Just an example of some :)



Secondly, I would like to eventually someday own a Holga Lomography Camera. They actually have starter kits on amazon that come with film and a book. Just in case you're interested >>> Starter Kit

Here are  some examples of pictures taken with this camera >>>>>Lomography Pictures

I love the way pictures taken with these cameras turn out! It's almost like instant art!

While it's on my mind, I just want to say that I can't promise I will be able to post everyday once the semester gets going full swing. My major is a very demanding one. However, I will try my hardest to post as often as I can. Even if all I have time for is pictures of my work, I will try and make it happen. I am going to attempt to be more on top of things this semester and not put things off until the last minute.

I can't believe it's Thursday! I hope everyone has a wonderful afternoon!

Smile :)

If you need help smiling, let the sound take you away >>>> Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf!

P.S. I have this one on vinyl!