So my father recently told me that I get his tax return to buy myself whatever DSLR I want! I knew I was supposed to get one for my B'day...but I had no idea I'd get it this soon!

So it's between the Sony Alpha, and the Nikon D40X. I'm leaning toward the Nikon. Any suggestions would help though.

Also it's summer and I made all A's this past semester. I am very proud and very excited about fall. This summer should be fun b/c I love where I work. I am excited about the beach vacation w/ Rossi. And I will probably get to go to Disney World w/ my best friend Kelley!

It should be a great summer!

My current assignment in Photography class is Portraits. Specifically Stranger Portraits, Fragment Portraits, and Candid Potraits. I'm pretty much done, but it was hard!

Me and Dad went to 5 points and I got a few pictures of the homeless people. One guy kept saying he was a Legend. The story is that he won and Olympic Gold Medal like 20 years ago for wrestling. We are skeptical. But he was hard to photograph b/c he kept moving, so they probably didn't come out. He kept going on about he knew what he wantd out of life and he wasn't a stranger, he was a legend. I just went with it. Then he went to shake my hand and I knew I had to, but the he kissed my hand!!!! HAhaha, I felt kinda dirty. It was an odd experience I hope to not repeat anytime soon.

But I know I definitely got some damn good shots of Dad and some strangers at school. I will post those as soon as we get them finished in class. We already developed one Roll today so I hope we get the prints done sooner than when it's actually due.

Well, that's about it.
-Emma

My father and I have been talking about the Art School thing again. The obvious choice to me was always the Art Institute in Atlanta, but my dad has found one I like better.

Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, TN. We are going to visit it on December 2. Then if I really do like it then I'm going to apply for next fall!!

The photography requirements are a portfolio, pick and theme and submit two photos under that theme, an abstract photo, and a conceptual self portrait. I have some idea floating around for all. Then write two essays, one on...something and the other on why you picked that theme and anything I want the people to know about those photos. Haha, pretty easy right?

I'm really excited about it though. Ross would move up there with me, so I wouldn't have to be without him.

That's about it for me, wish me luck!

So I've put up quite a few new photos, and there are definitely more to come. They're all slides from my photography class this summer. The photographer I help (Jim) scanned them into the computer for me.

Now, they aren't the best quality just b/c they are scanned from slides. But you can tell that the original picture/slide is good from these. The original slides are really quite amazing. These are just not as sharp and a few are a little darker than the originals. So I apologize for that, it's the best I can do.

I hope you guys enjoy!

~Emma

So mine's today...and quite frankly it's sucked.