Saturday, November 20, 2010

I'm Done!!!

(Me right after finishing all my finals!!! Do I look smarter? haha)

         I really enjoyed my first quarter as a freshman at DU, but I so happy to be finished with Business Calculus and Elementary Italian. I cannot wait to go home...as I have said a couple of times now, but I really did enjoy this class. I am very glad I got to meet and spend time with such great people.
         I had never had a blog before this class, but i really like having one. I want to try and continue the one picture a day theme or just at least try to keep a diary sort of thing going. We will see how well this goes when I actually tr to put it into practice when I get home.
        Thank you everyone!!! :)

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Studying :( Instead of Having Fun

Studying is still my life. I am so sorry I could not attend class today and visit the exhibit, but there was an Economics review session that really helped me prepare for the final. I already regret not going with all of the class today, but if I get an "A" on my economics final it will be worth it. I hate that I favored getting an "A" over spending a great time with some new friends, but getting good grades and a great education is why my parents are paying an obscene amount of money for me to attend DU. If I could not work my hardest and deliver amazing grades then I would be letting my parents down and I would feel like a failure. 
I hope everyone had a great time! I am really sorry I missed it, but I could not reason giving two hours to have fun when I could be preparing for approaching finals. This is in no way a reflection upon the class...like I said I would have loved to come. I really enjoyed this class. It taught me about life experience through photographers like Sally Mann, Henri Cartier-Brasson, Hal Gould, and Annie Liebovitz, it taught me about the importance of timing, light, and framing within a picture, it taught me about cultures through meeting Ting and seeing how big the difference can be just within different states in the united states, but as it was teaching me about differences it also taught me about similarities and unity. I loved how people from all over the U.S. could get along so well in such a short period of time. (It really was short, and I'm sad about that.) I hope I get to see everyone next quarter...we should totally set aside some lunch or dinner outings! Roddy I will definitely stop in and stay hi and seek some more of your photographic advice. Roddy and everyone, thank you for a great Freshman Seminar and entrance into DU!!! 

Lost Pictures #3 and 4

I love the image of true laughter. I am so glad I got to catch  this moment. This picture was taken on my Birthday while waiting for our buzzer to buzz meaning we had a table at The Cheesecake Factory. Luna, the girl  in the middle had just proposed that in the next picture Rachel, the girl to the left, and Kit, the girl to the right, should kiss her on the cheeks. Rachel is pointing at Luna saying, "Look at her...what is she thinking!"

But as we all know; Luna always gets her way...

Lost Picture #2

This is my version of the window picture...I had been wondering where this went! The sky is gorgeous! I like that I still have the detail of the clouds and a detailed silhouette of Tracy. (Ex: look at her eye lashes and curls in her hair!)

Lost Picture #1

This picture was taken at the Denver Art Museum...it is just another example of the power and importance of light. The colors make this picture vibrant. The shapes of the windows also add ascetic to the picture.

Lost Pictures

I randomly found a memory card in my desk draw so I decided to see what pictures, if any, were on it. To my surprise there were over 100 pictures on this lost memory card. I am so glad I found them! I am going to share a couple of my favorites within these next few posts; hope you like them :)

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Still Working

Still working on Italian and still love my desk lamp. The shodaw is perfect and the lighting is warm...not too white and not too yellow.