My Photography Class

So, photography is my minor and I am really enjoying it.  I'm not too sure if I'm improving at all but I'm having fun.  I thought I'd put up some of the stuff that I've done this semester so far... or at least the ones I ended up turning in.  There's a few that we had to do with film and that was pretty neat but it took a lot longer than digital.  But with doing film I learned how to process film and I learned the dark room process for black and white photos.  Pretty cool really.  But without further ado... here are my pictures (at least the ones that were done with my digital).

These are pictures for a Depth of Field assignment.

These are for a Motion assignment.  We had to have one picture showing motion and another one stopping motion.

This one I didn’t end up turning in but I really liked it.

For this assignment I had a hard time finding something to take pictures of.  The assignment was “Light as a Subject.”  There was maybe 2 days that week with sun and the rest were rainy.  And of coarse I left most of my shooting for the rainy days.  But ironically, I’ve gotten the best grade on these pictures.  I really like the first one… the second one… not so much.

These ones are the most recent; they get turned in tomorrow.  I’m not sure how I feel about them but we’ll see.  Luckily as long as they are turned in on time I can redo them if I need to.  These are for a portrait assignment.

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Life in Rexburg

... is pretty boring. There really isn't much to do around here. Maybe there is more for the single people or maybe they just have more initiative... I don't know. However, there are a TON of geocashes around here! (for those that don't know what a geochache is www.geocaching.com) While Kacey and I were in Arizona in December 2008, my sister Karen and her husband Dixon took us geocaching and Kacey has been in love with it ever since! (which can sometimes get annoying) Most of the time I'm up for going out and searching with him. That did not used to be the case as he was the only one with a GPS program on his phone... but I have one too now! Anyway, Kacey and I have gone out twice since we got here and this is one of the geochaches we found this last time! Pretty creative if you ask me!

There's a little log book inside the end of the screw! We found it on the back of a speed limit sign.

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Major Blog Update

It's been a long time since I've posted anything really relevant about our lives. I believe the last think about about applying to school. So I guess what is where I will start off. Kacey and I both applied to BYU and BYU-Idaho in early February. Kacey found out almost right away that he got into BYU-I. It took what seemed like forever to find out what track he was assigned to, which turned out to be Spring/Fall. Now that may not seem all that exciting but with him starting school in the Spring means that classes start on April 20th, which still doesn't seem like a big deal until you realized that we found this out on March 8th..... 6 weeks before classes start! AHHHHH!!!! Since I'm considered a transfer student I didn't get my acceptance until the beginning of March, also placed on the Spring/Fall track. So, needless to say, both of us have been a little stressed out about getting this move to Idaho figured out, especially with not knowing where we would be living. Thankfully, we were able to reserve a place to live in married student housing a couple weeks ago. That has taken a load off of my shoulders knowing that we at least have somewhere to live. Here's how our new home is laid out.

floor 1 floor 2

I'm still a little nervous about moving into a place that I've never seen.... but it's student housing so it can't be that bad. Looking at these pictures.... I don't think it has a dishwasher... that will be interesting.

With us going to school, I have had the pleasure of quitting my job at Dish Network! For almost a year I have been answering phones for 8 hours a day... and according to Kacey, I even do it in my sleep. Needless to say, I will not miss that place. My last day was this past Wednesday, March 31st.

So, now Kacey and I are in the mode of get things packed and cleaned. Kacey will be leaving on April 12th to drive his car to Utah and fly back that same evening. We will then pick up our moving truck Tuesday the 13th and load everything up and head to Idaho on the 14th. Then, unload the truck on the 15th and be at orientation on the 16th. Kacey's friend, Neal is also going to school and we will be sharing our truck with him. However, Neal will be going to school at BYU in Provo and can't move into his apartment on April 24th. So, Neal will be spending a week with us in Rexburg before he can move into his place. Oh, and we'll be driving him to Provo and picking up Kacey's car at the same time. Busy, busy, busy.

Since we are living in student housing, we can't take Lucy and Ebony with us. Lucy will be staying with my mom and Ebony will be staying with Kacey's parents. We'll be looking for a place where we can have our dogs in Idaho.

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Cross Your Fingers!

This week Kacey and I put our applications in to BYU and BYU-I. CROSS YOUR FINGERS!

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