1 cup white rice + 1.5 cups water – 0.5 cup steam = 3 cups fluffy white rice
How does this work?
ART390: Final Project Substitution
Series V will be standing in for Series F for the graded project.
ART390: Final Project
ART390: Final Project Extras
Because I do everything with great redundancy… here are the sets that didn’t go in the final project. These are backup sets, or sets that were considered as alternates.
Series V: 
Series W: 
Series X: 
Series Y: 
Series Z: 
Personal Health and Wellness
I have finished HEA110, Personal Health and Wellness. I feel like I haven’t really learned that much, but somehow I managed to get 937 out of 1000 points (93.7 is the final numerical grade, becomes an A on the transcript). One course down, one more to finish off.
Forgetting to Do Simple Things
Since starting my digital photography class I have had a few of my photos printed professionally (about 250 or so). I have collected a few of the Kodak envelopes full of my photos (consolidated them into as few as I could). After the first few sessions of printing I decided I wanted a photo album to put them in… something just for my art photos. I had a hard time picking one originally… the age of scrapbooking is fucking us all over on that. Apparently no one just puts photos in an album for portfolio purposes anymore. I finally found one I liked, but didn’t obtain it then because it was a little big and a little expensive for what I needed it for… but after looking around more… I found nothing more suitable, so I decided to get it…but that’s as far as it got. I think about going to get one of the things every time I move my photos around, and now that I am waiting for another order to be processed I realize even more that I need to get one… but once again I have forgotten to actually go get one. Its the type of thing I would usually just get from Amazon.com, but I am really particular when it comes to this type of thing, so I really want a chance to fondle the product in person. I suppose when I go to pick up my photos tomorrow I should also venture out and find a photo album to put them in.
Picking Studio Art Courses
Most semesters I know what studios I want to take, it is just so obvious to me. For Fall 2008 it is a little more challenging. I was originally presented with a very slim assortment of studio courses to take…primarily I was left with Sculpture 1. Now, through courses being added and instructors agreeing to special arrangements I have options of Sculpture 1, Ceramics Studio (self-paced project course), and Photography Studio (instructor-lead exploration, resembling Digital Photo II). As I have discussed previously, taking 3 studio courses is insane, if there are any other courses present on my schedule, and for fall 2008, there are. I will have to narrow down to 1 or 2 studios.
Fun Dark Room Technique
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/grass-art/
I found this article to be very amusing, somewhat interesting and a bit inspiring. I guess this proves that there are some things that you just can’t do with digital photography (although its easy enough to get slides made). This stuff seems about as useless as ice sculpture, but grass photography seems more interesting.
Difficult Subjects
In the past few weeks I have been trying a variety of subjects, mostly flowers, but also some of their "visitors". I have found photographing bees to bee very difficult. It is very hard to get a bee to sit still for a photo. They like to fly around, I guess checking out the best pollen in the neighborhood. When you do get a bee to stand still for you, such as the one above, there is a limited amount of time to get the focus right before they move again, and then there is an issue with the contrast. Some cameras seem to focus on bright subjects and ignore dark subjects. Since most bees are dark colors, they get lost and the camera focuses on the flower they are resting on. Another issue I have once I do get a bee in focus and sitting still long enough for a photo is that they tend to collect pollen with their heads, therefore, the least flattering side is showing. Sunflowers seem to be a good spot to catch bees since they are open and allow for access from multiple sides.
I’m using my new lens and it seems to be helping. I am still very limited with how close I can be to a subject, but when I get a subject in focus, the details aren’t lost anymore, making macro photography worth doing. Another thing I am seeing with the new lens is that there is no blue hue around the edges of the photos anymore. With my old 2 element lens I had a lot of "cheap glass" issues. This one is super clear and brings out details nicely.
ART390 – Lesson 9
"Make six images of a public space. This could be outside in a park, parking lot, grocery store—anywhere that the public can go"
"Make six more images of a private space"