What's that you say?

Sorry I've neglected this lovely blog, it appears that being a senior in college is actually a lot harder than the rest of college is and I've been unable to pry myself away from my homework or the chair in which I fall asleep in every night whilst working on my homework. I was only able to write this blog because of an issue that has bothered me so much I simply cannot concentrate on my homework until something is said about the matter.

I have been told me that my portfolio lacks direction.

Now, this is the same person that told me that I often decide on a composition for a photograph and then stick to that composition until I get it exactly how I pictured it in my head, not allowing for the piece to form naturally and possibly ruling out better options. I adjusted my last project for that class to be completely unplanned and it worked quite splendidly. However it seems this final semester my professor requested that I create one large series of photographs which all surround one concept. Now my mind runs in too much a dizzying fashion to stick to one genre like 20 landscapes. Therefore I have concocted a plan to do both exactly what she asks and exactly what she asks I not do. What is this mad plan you might be asking yourself?
Well I am going to attempt to capture people I know (through the lens, not actually kidnapping) in such a manner that you, the viewer will get a sense of what that person is like. This is the common theme, and the great thing about it is that it does not limit me to one specific genre, I will of course be shooting portraits but I also will take photos of their things, places they live and thrive in, work at and them doing things they love to do.

So I choose every direction for the direction of my portfolio and for this series in particular.

I plan on posting the photos on here if I can find a scanner large enough for the prints (For those of you who don't know I work predominately in the color dark room with 35mm negatives) so keep an eye out for the first 5 photos from the series very soon :)

Right Now Millions of SIngle People...

... are sitting at home preparing for a day full of insults. Normally I try my best to not be one of the stereotypical angry single people. However I heard a comment from one of my friends that set me off and there's no turning back now.
We were discussing a guy that she had decided wasn't worth dating, she said: " Well I knew something was wrong, he's 29 and still single." (In her defense this guy had a girlfriend and was looking to cheat on his girlfriend with my friend, unbeknownst to my friend that he was in a relationship)
So my dear friends let me ask you this: Why, why exactly does there have to be something wrong with a single person? And why does it make you so uncomfortable that I am perfectly fine being single? How can I make it more comfortable for you? Would you like me to tell you that I aspire to become a stereotypical cat lady; live alone with my 12.5 cats and stay at home on the weekends? Would you prefer that I find the nearest person and beg them to be with me so that I may relieve you of your discomfort with my relationship status?
What people need to realize is that sometimes being single is not due to the fact that there is something wrong. And in all honesty who can really say that there isn't something wrong with themselves? We're all mad here.