Category Archives: Art 100E

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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