Finally!

Finally!, a photo by speckled_beckle on Flickr.

I was so grateful to be able to finally get some new work up. I have tons of landscape and nature photos that I could share, but after a while, my page starts to feel boring (to me) so I like to mix it up.

There are two reasons why I haven't shared new work regularly.
The first is that my Canon battery died (doh!) and I was not able to locate my charger. (Hooray for emptying out my camera bag in a hurry.) That led me to borrow my teacher's Nikon D300 for a night of shooting, and then to borrow the school's Nikon D200 for a week. (I have it checked out until May 3rd.) The problem with that is that my Canon uses an SD card (for which there is a direct drive in my computer) but the D200 uses a CF card, which requires a reader. I borrowed one, but it didn't work.
The second reason I have not been sharing work regularly --even the work waiting from my Canon, like the above shot-- is because my computer needs a friendly back up drive to use. I have a back up drive, but I need to get it examined. When I try to access some files on it, the files say "file not found" or "file not accessible" and I have no idea why. So, needless to say, I haven't used my backup drive in a year and a half. That translates into my computer being full (287 GB has lasted me two years, at least!) and not being able to upload photos.

(Breathe.)

To cap off all my wonderful technology troubles, my flash drive "went missing" from a computer lab at school, so the only way I have to transport pictures back and forth is email.

Like I mentioned in the description of this image on Flickr, I think that all of this techno trouble is happening because my finals are not looking to be too troublesome this year.

(In fact, I have one presentation next week and one test in anatomy, then I'm done except for photo DVD viewing! Huzzah!)

Wednesday Night Habit

Wednesday Night Habit, a photo by speckled_beckle on Flickr.

Every Wednesday since the beginning of March, I have been feeding homeless people at the only shelter in my county.

It has been a wonderful experience.

I started doing it because I needed to do a service-learning project for my Honors Lit class, but it has become so much more.
I look forward to feeding hungry people every week. So often, it feels like people feel they need to repay every kindness that heads their way; it's a wonderful feeling to help people who cannot repay me.

I encourage everyone to do it at least once in their lives. (And don't necessarily wait until the holiday season; that's when "everyone" helps.)

Almost Free

As much as I have loved being a student for the last three years, I cannot wait to be done.

Five more full weeks --including one final finals week-- and I will have a college degree.

After that, life is going to get interesting, but at least I won't have to worry about school anymore. (At least for a while.)

Last Monday was our blowout night in my studio photography class.
I experimented with speedlights, portable flashes, and flour. It was great. =)

I want to pursue the flour thing farther. It is so versatile.
I also want to do some rain shoots; I think it would be awesome. Plans are already in the works to do it.

I have a bunch of new work to show, but I am waiting. There is a bunch of school stuff going on, and I need to focus on it.