Last night’s photography class was my last, at least for this quarter. We started the quarter off with twenty-two students, and ended the quarter with eleven.
The lecture for last night’s class was a real treat. Chris, out instructor, gave a slide show presentation about himself, and shared fun insights about what it’s like to live the life of a professional photographer. It was really amazing. He’s from Reno, so he started his career with lots of casino and nightlife work. He’s photographed the whole range, and is still extremely active. (It’s definitely got me thinking.)
Our final assignment was to create what we considered to be a work of art. We all got in a circle again and shared our thoughts on what art was and how those thoughts influenced our artwork. Since we were instructed to not critique each other’s work this time, and with this being our last class, the class took on comfortable and conversational tone. At the end we sorta’ talked about some of our future plans.
I’ve really learned a lot from this class, and I can’t wait to take another class. I’m not going to be in school for summer, so I guess I’ll be going into withdrawals over not having access to a darkroom. I plan to continue shooting, and will have to trust that the rest of the details will work themselves out.
Oh, yeah, in case you’re wondering about my final: I got a 4.0. I’ll try to post the photograph for you soon. (I won’t know my grade for the class until they notify me by mail.)
