Category Archives: ART 100E

It’s Wednesday afternoon, and I’m taking a little break here at my assignment out in Everett. I’ve been working on credit applications today. The work hasn’t been very, but the two women I’m working for are a genuine pleasure to work with. Despite the formal structure of the offices, everyone is quite pleasant. As always, how I can get along with the people I work with is always very important to me. I know that this assignment was only supposed to last through the mid of next week, but I have been asked if I’m interested in staying longer, which is an opportunity I would welcome. (I’ll try not to complain about the gas prices and the forty-minute commute.)
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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.
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I got a call yesterday afternoon about a production assignment out in Everett. The money is right and the work is good, so I’m going to be living with a 45 minute commute for the next two weeks. I’m looking forward to adding this bank’s work to my book, and I’m excited to hear that I may be using Macrodemia’s Dreamweaver in the production workflow! (In case you don’t already know, Dreamweaver builds web pages.)
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The school quarter is quickly coming to a close, so it’s really been the focus of my recent life. My Monday night photography class was a video and discussion about night photography–including moonlight photography, lightning photography, star points and star trails, and special painting techniques for night photography. The whole thing was incredibly fascinating. I hope I get the opportunity to try some of these techniques on camping trips this summer.
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If I’m doing my math right, there’s only two weeks of school left. I really can’t believe how quickly the time has passed. My involvements with class, assignments and the photography department, as well as my recent illness, have telescoped time and disoriented me. I still have a lot left to do, and not much time to work with.
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If you’ve been following the bouncing ball then you probably realize that I’ve grown generally dissatisfied with my lot in life, particularly where it comes to work. I’ve been working as a production artist for years now, and as fun as it is to work on some company’s holiday catalog or to kiss someone’s ass to get a few measly paychecks, I’ve found myself wanting to get more out of it all. I still remember how much fun design can be.
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Well, I managed to miss out on another Monday lecture. I was still feeling too under the weather to risk driving all the way out to Shoreline for last night’s class. I hate that I missed it. I’ve only got three weeks of school left and now I’m fucking up.
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I drove back out to Puyallup at around 7:00 last night, succumbing to the inspiration to re-shoot my depth of field assignment. I didn’t get back home until after 11:00. As I’ve previously posted, I’d taken my photos on Monday, but with all of the distractions I failed to meet a minor technical requirement for the assignment. Schoolmates were telling me to just take some quick photos in the school parking lot, or to just take the hit and not worry about it, but that’s not why I’m going to school, is it? So, once again leaning on the patience of family, I made another hour drive out to Puyallup.
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My class was given its depth of field assignment back on April 21st, which is nearly three weeks ago. The assignment is due this coming Wednesday, and I don’t have the shot.
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I took my midterm exam tonight. I think I did well, but what do I know? I’m still a little squirmish about Question #14. It asked something like, “If you have your camera set at a speed of 125 and you want to increase the exposure by twice the amount, what should your new setting be?” What a bunch of crap. I answered 30, and then reread the question a few more times, and finally changed my answer to 60. My problem is in the word “by.” If the question had said “double the exposure” or the like, then it would have been a lot clearer. Saying “by twice” leaves me wondering if I’m supposed to make twice the change, which is an entirely different answer.
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