Thoughts of Blogging

I have never blogged a day in my life until I enrolled into FILM 150. There are a lot of "first"s with this class.

For the first time I:

-uploaded footage on my camera onto my comp.
-editing footage. It did not make me into an aspiring director, but it makes me want to definitely want to use my camera for many memorable moments with friends and family.
-used photoshop. I plan on playing with this software a tad bit more.
-blogged!
-youtube! I added some footage on the internet. It did not inspire me to do any daily podcasts or anything.

New experiences opens many more doors. 

ARTIST STATEMENT

I started the essay with where I first started my walk in Lindsay Heights. I started from Johnhsons Park and walked about the park. Then, I proceeded through the rest of the neighborhood. Walking up and down the streets, the houses did not look any different from one another. Each row of homes had both old and new. Some of the homes are older but it seems as though there are some efforts with some renovating. The busier streets are lined with businesses. I ended the essay with pictures of the houses to show that even though Lindsay Heights is in the city, there is a quiet and tranquility quality to the neighborhood.

Walking through the neighborhood, its does not like a neighborhood in the “city”. Instead, it looks more like one of the suburbs in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It has a big sense of community. I met a couple of people that were on two different spectrums on two separate trips, but it seems as though that they knew the people that drove or walked pass them. The expressions on the residences face as they talk about the positive changes in the neighborhood are just priceless. It is something to brag about from where it was to what it is now. The “fore fathers” of this initiative can reap some reward from all of their hard work.

It was a nice sunny afternoon that I was able to go out to the Lindsay Heights area. As I was snapping random pictures, I noticed that some of the pictures were darker than one another.
The positioning of the camera made a world of a difference with the outcome of the shot. I had to take my hand and shield the sunlight in some shots. Lighting is a vital component to photography. It makes the photograph. Taking a picture straight on is not always the best shot for the intended subject or subjects. Angles may simply give photographs more character with just a tilt of a camera.

I have always like looking at photographs and taking them. Even though we do not to get to experiment with all of the different tools out there dealing with media in FILM 150, with the few we have touched upon, it has sparked an interest that I would like to look more into. This project made me do something I have never done before. I did something out of the norm, but it was also a positive note.

Around Lindsay Heights