I really like the fall, and i really like the winter... BUT NOT WHEN IM TAKING A PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS!!!!! Its a pain in the butt! I go to work and then come home and its dark already, so i cant go out and do any shoots. I have no one to take pictures of really cause there all gone or working as well. Normaly i could just grab a few lamps and light and head into my garage for some wanna be studio shots but my brothers stupid truck is still in there. Im running out of ideas and its killing me that i cant take picuters. Not just for the class but just for my own enjoyment. I wish there was another day after saturday and before sunday that i could just do any thing cause im working almost 6 days a week then i have school (its almost over) and church on sundays (and i dont care who im talking to somtimes going to church is work) so i dont feel like i have a day off some times and all i can think about is how im going to be doing this the rest of my life. working to live but not really getting a chance to live because im working so much. Arg! Another thing is i hate the class that im in, the teacher is really good and i know she knows more then she is teaching but its such a basic class and its seems when it comes to photography all they teach is basic classes. So ive been looking into other schools, like art schools or PSU and stuff. The problem is i dont have that kind of money to be going to a school like that, and i really dont want to have debt the rest of my life because of it. I really dont know if i have what it takes to go to college as well, ive never been good at school, i have failed every photography class i have ever taken and i may be failing the one im taking now. I never have faith in what i do, i think its crap so i dont turn it in. More with this class it seems every thing is so below me that i dont have the motivation do to it.
ehh...
Shoot the sun to see the stars
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But even this will mostly be temporary, I have been there myself on more than one occasion and I find that my creativity is mostly attached to my feelings, the stronger and more elemental they are (good and bad), the more and the better art I create. This is just me though, everbody's different and I don't (and can't) know whether you function the same way as I do. Still I'd suggest to try and create something personal, something that contains a part of you, that has a special meaning to you. It might not appeal to everyone but that's not the point, it should appeal to you. I find that the deviations I like best of my gallery are the ones which have a very special and personal meaning to me, and those are sometimes the least recognized.
If you like just take a look at my gallery, maybe you'll find something that'll get you going.
From what you write your photography teacher seems really nice and competent, why don't you just talk to her about how you feel? She might have been there herself and have a few insightful thoughts. Teachers are human beings, too...
One last tip, something that did help me through a drought once, head over to the stock photography section and browse through it. You may find a few photos that will get the gears going, most of my photomanipulations 'happened' that way, I just saw a stock photo and the pose or the landscape struck a chord.
Whatever you do, I wish you good luck and hope you'll be up and running in no time!
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