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My love for photography comes from somewhere out of the norm for me.  If just seeing me in my public form you'd see an athlete.  Nothing artistic all athletic.  But I'm tired of that facade because that is not all I am.  Since this is my last year of college life I must break out of my athletic shell and show my other talents.  I'm not saying I am a fantastic photographer but it is one of my dreams.  I really want to become something great in my eyes.  Not totally sure how far I want to be as a photographer but it would be nice to be in a magazine of some sort.  Either way I want to be published.  Not too sure if I want to be well known but it would be swell.

Last year I joined the Student Media (UTIMES student newspaper) and I was the photographer for Bits&Pieces.  All I really did for that section was go around campus to ask people random questions and take a head shot.  After two months of taking photos I was bored.  Taking head shots doesn't really show my talent for picture taking.  So I quit last year.  This year I wanted to do something different.  I went back in the beginning of the school year asking to be a Copy Editor for the simple fact I always seem to find mistakes in the paper I felt could be avoided before publication.  Little did I know I got paid the most out of all photographers and writers.  Whoohooo!!  Not only do I get paid for just reading articles (not writing them) I can still write articles and take photos as well.

Tomorrow is my big day.  I signed out the camera yesterday which you can see I took a wonderful picture of a white flower in the previous post.  I also took pictures of my lovely roomie above and edited it.  Today I took tons more.  I felt like a little kid with a new toy.  I was taking pictures all over the place.  This is the kind of camera I really want as my own but they are "oh so" expesitivo!  The flower pictures touches me.  I made it look antique like just because it just needs to be!  I like taking pictures, editing them and seeing if people like them.  It has to be pleasing to the eye.

After a grueling practice at the track my other roomie wanted to have her own photo session.  Thing was she didn't have a glamour kind of shoot like my other roomie.  She still had her athletic gear on dirty still lol.

They came out good though I must say.  It almost looked like they could have been in a sports magazine.  She was wearing all Nike so basically she looked like an AD.  I'm not totally sure what to do with these pictures after I retouch them.  I really need Photoshop to do what I used to do two years ago when I was into graphics more.  But seeing as I have a Mac now there is no excuse to not get one.  But why why WHYYYYY does it have to be so darn $$$expensive.  It hurts my heart and my pockets!

This camera isn't mine and I have yet to really understand it but I will use this camera like it is mine till the day I OWN one!  I can't wait for tomorrow because I will take soooo many pictures UTIMES is gonna have a hard time figure out if they should use all my pictures or the other photographers.  My name will be all over those pictures "taken by Ayana W."  What!! You better believe it lol!



I will continue to practice these photography skills while I read up on famous photographers and on ways to take great pictures.  I want to succeed in this because its a hobby I have always wanted to really achieve but was too poor to really do it.  This is my opportunity now to build a portfolio without the high expense of it.  OH YEA!