Update... and a self-portrait

Well it seems my plan to update this blog more frequently hasn't quite taken effect yet... However, I have been keeping extremely busy with all kinds of exciting (and not so exciting) stuff. I am back in school taking some classes, one of them being a black and white photo class. I took this about four years ago - it was definitely what sparked my love of photography! So here I am again, developing my own film and making my own prints. I LOVE it. I've been doing digital pretty much exclusively, and it's kind of nice to be using film. Definitely a change. It's a whole different process, each print is a labor of love. I have yet to find the time to really experiment, so far I've been sticking to the assignments, but I try to put my own spin on things. Here is one from our "Portrait" assignment. I have a fascination with self-portraits (and not in the conceited way!), and since I kind of do portraits all the time, I decided to do an interpretation of one of my favorite Cindy Sherman photos.

Mine:



The master's:



I still have lots of stuff that I want to post on here, and I do have a few new things in the works. For right now though, I am concentrating on finishing this semester in one piece...