Last night was disheartening. I turned in one of my 57,000 prints of my CD cover. Of course, leave it to me to choose the one print that was waaaaaay too dark. I guess that wasn't the only problem. Lighting was my enemy as well. I think round two will be better on re-shooting. Knowing what I know now helps a lot. The most important lesson I've learned from 180 to date is that no image or shoot is perfect the first time around. I have given up hope that any of my images are worthy of a final grade at first swing. However, trying my hardest to still achieve this helps because I then get constructive information as to how to improve. On top of finding out I need to re-shoot my CD cover I self-induced a second shoot for my Old World portrait as well. I accidentally forgot to put my undeveloped negatives from my photo shoot back into the protective box before turning on the lights. I was literally angry at the box for not closing itself. I felt like it was mocking me. I couldn't help but wonder why the box had not taken responsibility into it's own hands and closed itself. It knew the lights were coming on. Oh well. I guess blaming inanimate objects for my oversights isn't exactly the most productive way of dealing with the problem. Instead I have scheduled a re-shoot with Megan today. I'm so thankful that she is so willing to help at a moment's notice -- especially since she's a volunteer! Round two will be good. We'll make it work.
The above picture is also taken in Newport. I liked this little bush a lot. It looked soft to me. All the lines converge and meet up with each other in various places before finally drifting up and into the air.
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