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Well, I'm already halfway through the semester and the work load hasn't really slowed . I've started my junior year here and now only have three semesters left...whaattt. The busyness has been a good busy. Although, I'm not getting much sleep, but such is life...

This year I've been working on developing and creating a solid foundation for my photography business (hopefully I'll have a website up by the end of the year!). One way I've been doing that is working through Christina Dizon's CRAFT bootcamp for photographers. I'm behind since I started school, but it's really helped me to gain confidence and she's given me many resources and ideas for my business.

All my classes have been good in a challenging way. Most of this semester's classes are reading and writing heavy, which has been a challenge.

My two studio classes - window lighting photography and design 2 - have both been great. I've been learning a lot. Design 2 is about color and I don't know much about color, so it has been helpful and interesting.

I'm looking forward to fall break this weekend. My family is coming into town and we'll go to the state fair and enjoy some things in the area. I'm so looking forward to slowing down a bit!  

Film Friday

A couple weeks ago I sent off four 35mm rolls to Indie Film Lab for developing. Two of them I couldn't remember what was on them, which makes it more fun. One of the rolls was from at least five or six years ago.

For school I've been shooting a lot of Ilford HP5 which is black and white film and recently I've been attempting to do more color. Most of this is fujifilm superia 400 which is a cheaper film. I love the colors in film and the richness and depth in each picture.

I have a few more photos from these rolls I'll be sharing soon.

Grace M | Sunrise Portrait Session

Last weekend, my friend Grace and I left in the dark to catch the sunrise light for her portraits. She was in town to play for Jackson's Celtic Fest and had asked me a couple weeks ago if I could take some portraits of her for her upcoming CD.

She is an excellent fiddler and an awesome graphic designer (check out her work!). We had a fun time catching up and trying to work through the wind at the Res. :)

I loved shooting this session!

Enjoy.