Photography - a hopeful start =)

Oh hello blog - so this is what you look like. I arrive in second year and forget about blogging for almost 4 months??! Times must be tough. But not really.. Times have been great :) Although in 5th gear most of the day, life is still stably driving on a fun and full-of-experiences road. Second year has put in perspective true friends, a true love and like I've said so many times before, the more you miss people back home; family and friends, the more you realise how special people in your life are.

Second year has also got me thinking what I want to specialise in Journalism in 3rd year. Photography. I don't think any lecture has ever made me excited (yes, excited) for a Monday morning, or any assignment has made me get straight to and start immediately. I really love the feeling of taking a good photograph, once you've captured it - you feel strangely proud of clicking a button. And I love that there is SO much more to it too. I was more inspired today when I got assigned a profile piece to write for Grocott's newspaper (where I'm doing my vac work this year) on Ettione Ferreira, a photojourn student that feels the same as me, except is 2 years ahead :)

Anyway, here are the photos I took for the assignment, they had to be portraits but I tried to be as interesting as possible. I wanted them to all capture the people inside - and almost say who they were or what they did.

 Maude Sandham: one of the prettiest red heads I know :)

 

An under the arch local :) His trolley is descriptive but...

this image says so much more

 Greg Nicolsen: fashionably standing out

 A working artist on a break outside the Art building. I think her look just says "art"

 My dining halls beloved Cheryl and her friend. I like how the yellow contrasts the greys and whites

 This lady was not happy about taking the photo, which this photo shows. But after seeing it she insisted on retaking until it was perfect. The first impression says more though and is always the most natural, so this was the choice.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.  ~Ansel Adams

I think taking photos of these people helped me do just that. Now future, bring on more for me to tackle!