Photo Arts I - SCRAPBOOK

Photo Arts Scrapbook ~ Enjoy!!

My scapbook was entirely made by me.  I bought large watercolor paper, then cut and folded them into mini books.  I then put all of the books together into a larger book.  The cover is made of scrap upholstery, embelishments, and printed images from the internet.

I entitled my scrapbook - "Overlooked in the Pit of my Pocket"

The introductory page....

Some of my favorite pages.......

More of my pin hole pictures.

Black & White photos are mine!

The pictures of graves are mine from our local cemetary.

Close - Up #1

Close - Up #2

These photos below were a series.  I used my daughter's stuffed duck as a real person, set in "human" situations.  I thought they were really cute....my classmates thought they were hilarious!!

All Black & White are mine...I think they turned out really good!

My nephew!

Yes....that is actually my own sock!

The old store is actually in Fort Macleod.  It only opens during the summer season.

Close - Up #1

Close - Up #2

Photo Arts I - FINAL PROJECT

The Fall 2011 semester is finally over and here are the results of my efforts:

Photo Arts I = A
Sociology 1000 = A-
Computer Science 1000 = A-
Anthropology - Ancient Societies = B-
English Prose = B+
GPA = 3.59

Below are the pictures from my final project in my Photo Arts I class.  I LOVED this course and I hope your enjoy the many photos I took. 

FINAL PROJECT ~

My final project idea was to combine the everyday world of ordinary people and objects that we sometimes take for granted.  I wanted my idea to mirror the theme of our scrapbooks that was assigned to everyone at the beginning of the class.  The scrapbooks were to include at least 2 news articles from any local newspaper each week, as well as our best pictures that we took and developed, and above all to find and include any "visual culture" that was all around us; objects that we may not regard as interesting or worthy of recognition.

My final project was to reflect the "visual culture" that we use, see and discard everyday.  People too whom we may see everyday, and pass on the street are also deemed as our "visual culture" that we take no thought or importance to...the world around us as part of our everyday.  I wanted to bring out the "everyday" into a different, noticable light of recognition and attention.  Even the picture frames themselves are different and that we see so often in every home.  I didn't, however, want the pictures or objects to be behind glass, thus to bring more attention to one than another.  Every picture and object are to work as a whole, not singled out as being more important than the other(s).

Close -Up #1
The guy with the earphones is a fellow student in my class, Colin.


Close - Up #2
The gentleman with the beard below is my Photo Art's professor - Don Gill ( the purple blotch is caused from me not changing the Fixitive as I should have done ~ DARN!!! - I was really ticked off too!!).  The boy is my nephew.


Close - Up #3
The girl doing the googy eyes is another fellow student, Jessica.


Close - Up #4
Another fellow student, Corrie.

Pin Hole Photography - Photo Arts I

Good Morning my friends.....well as promised a few of my photos from my Photo Arts class.  We begin with pin hole photography, again! (last year I did some pin hole photography in my Fountations class).  They really turned out well.  More to come!

Semester in Detail

Hey kids.....just wanted to give you an update about my classes this semester.  Here it goes:

1.  Computer Science 1000A (with Labs) - the teacher is female and she's awesome.  The 1st lab we had to create a file and then a folder, and then we had to put the file in the folder, after that we had to type our name and other info on a word doc and submit it to the professor.  -  Yea!.....highly, HIGHLY technical stuff we're doing!!

2.  Anthropology 2320 (Ancient Societies) - the teacher is female and is really nice too.  She seems go on and on at times, but I'm actually learning something.  We're studying specifically the Maya and Inca cultures.

3.  Sociology 1000 - this teacher is a man and he's really good.  But I must admit the readings and discussions for the class are rather athies based.  I just enjoy the discussions and then forget the stuff that is garbage....but I like the class for only that reason.

4.  Photo Arts I - my teacher is a man and he's really good.  There is a lot of work.  We have to make our own pin hole cameras - AGAIN!!! (see Fall 2010 for explaination).  Plus we have to do our own scrapbook (art journal) for the world around us.  Take about a role of file each week using a manual camera and record the "not so obvious" things around us.....I can honestly say....I'm REALLY, REALLY, REALLY gonna like this class.  (yipeeeeeeee)

5.  English-Prose - I have a woman professor, and she is marvelous.  This is the most important class I have this semester.   I need to get above a B in order to pass, and thus to have my prerequisite for applying to the Faculty of Education next year.  This one is important.  We will be studying all kinds of Prose including Charlette Bronte's - "Jane Eyre".   How great is that....I'm looking forward to it!

Well .....there's my semester in a nutshell!

Wish me Luck 

Beginning 2nd Year of University

Well kids.....I'm back in school for my second year.  I only have Photo Arts this semester, the other 4 classes I have are the jump-through-the-hoop kinda classes that I need to get my degree.  Hopefully I'll be applying to the Faculty of Education in Fall 2012 and beginning my practicums then. 

Wish me luck everyone!

P.S.  I'll post my Photo Art assignments once they come in.  I'm really excited to see how the class goes.  :o)