This is the beginning of something good. I can feel it in my toes. Of course, that feeling could actually be frost bite setting in. We have no heat, and as the nights here are threatening to drop below the freezing mark, I have found that my feet now have toe-sickles attached to them. Que triste, really.
I suppose that the first blog on a new blog-site should tell you a little bit about the writer, eh? Well, I have never really been one for talking about myself, but I'll give it my best shot.
My Life: a Short Synopsis
I was born and raised in a small picturesque town in Northeastern Wisconsin. I grew up loving the water and God (in that order. A child can capture the idea of water much quicker than that of God.) Anyway, I grew up in the Moravian Church. No, it's not a cult. In school, I developed a love for the arts, which I was lucky enough to be nurtured in by my mother.
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I came out as a lesbian when I was a freshman in high school (that went over like a lead balloon.) My senior year of high school was spent in Thailand through the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. That was an amazing experience. That was where I first learned how to use a manual camera and play the guitar (among other things).
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I spent my first two years of higher education at Cottey College in Nevada, Mo. ("Say it with me! nuh-VAY-duh!") I didn't really know what I wanted to do yet, so I took all the classes that struck my interest. It was there that I took my one and only photography class. It was film and darkroom based. This is a dying art form, I'm sad to say. I was class prexy (ducks and daisies forever!), in theater... blah, blah, blah. Anywho, I managed to get my A.A. and my A.S. in my short time there.
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*Note: I didn't take this picture, but it is of me.
I then moved on to Salem College, where, after long and hard consideration, I received my B.A. in Studio Arts with a concentration in oil painting. To be perfectly honest, I hate oil painting, but it was the only way for me to get out of school in the two years I had money left to pay for. It was either that or biology, and as much as I enjoy genetics (which is a lot, I might add), I like spending time in the studio much more than the lab.
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I now own and operate my own photography business (and hold two minimum wage jobs as well). I would really love to be able to live off of the money I make with my photography, but right now, my niche is dependent upon that fact that I am cheap. *shrug* Such is life. I do mostly freelance work for Salem Academy and College. Being a recent graduate from there, I have an in. *wink* Some of my shots are already being used, but most will be in next year's literature.
Here's an example of one of my shots that they've used several times.
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Pretty neat, eh? Two fold spread in the Viewbook.
Anywho, more photo fun and witty banter later.
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