Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over 3 months since I’ve posted here. Life has a way of interrupting your progress. Let’s start from where I am right now.

This semester I’m taking Photography II once again. This time it’s with a different professor and instead of color we are shooting black and white again. This time, however, she wants me printing my work on fiber paper. I’m also being given a cursory introduction to the zone system as well as getting a chance to work with a 4×5 view camera. The view camera is definitely something I am looking forward to using.

At this point we’re almost halfway through the semester (I told you it’s been a while) and I’ve turned in the project dealing with the zone system. I won’t go into the details of the project itself but I will say I was rather amazed at some of the results I got, especially since the exposures on the different items seemed counterintuitive. I may have to look further into the concept of the zone system, but that will probably wait until after the semester is over.

Currently I am doing a project on documenting, via photographs, a dream I recently had. This is proving to be a fun little exercise since I get to use my lensbaby in giving the images a dream-like feel. The first shots were actually developed today and are being scanned as I type this. I also made 2 paper prints off the roll in class. I’m curious to see what kind of reactions I get from the other students (all the other students are in Photography I and their current project – landscapes – is nowhere near as fun). You’ll be able to see some of my work over at mt flickr page with my favorite pieces being cross-posted to Primordial Light.

Well, that’s pretty much it for now. I’ve got some work to do as the scans are almost completed. The first dream roll was shot on the reformulated Tri-X 400 film and I must say I am very impressed with the results so far. To all of you I bid you a good night.