9-08-05

What a day of discovery this has been for me! I am so enthused right now I must apologize if I ramble!!!
First of all I have gotten a few critiques by The Critic! I have been searching for comments like this forever! Not that I dont enjoy everyone's comments, because I do, but this guy provided me with a WEALTH of knowledge! More brain food so to speak. And yes one photo was called my worst - AND I LOVED THAT! I didn't think so when I posted it. I read what was said and I looked at it some more, keeping in mind what was said. Looked at it some more and thought - yeah - it IS a pretty crappy pic! So what in the world was I thinking??? But from that pic came more information for me to use the next time I go out and shoot!!!! Just like Eury's comments on Los's erotic photo - I tried to keep in my mind the things she had said to him, to help me out in taking my first nudes.

Then this evening, I got a phone call from another online photographer friend saying he was here in town for the fair! We have talked a lot but never met until tonite! I showed him some of the problems I was having with my photos being soft, and he showed me some things in PS that I didnt know and really should have known! Turns out I was submitting my images as if they were going to be printed, rather than submitting them for viewing online! So hopefully I can contribute better photos from now on!

I thought maybe my eyes were going bad, or my camera was screwed up, because when I shot the pics, they looked perfectly in focus to me. But I was overworking them amongst other things!!!! What a lightbulb day this has been to me! I feel like I just took a class - and now I cannot wait to try some more things!!!!!!! Im so excited if you can't tell! Im gettin there guys!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

9-10-05

Out of 6 entries at The Kansas State fair, I found out today that I got 2 1st place blue ribbons which I have pointed out LOL! I picked 6 different categories, and put what I felt was my best work into each one. Im sooo excited about it even though its just the state fair, but it was the first time I have put any work for judging like that. I cannot wait until next year now! I want to push myself harder, for more interesting photos, more technically "right" photos ect... WOOOO!