Alondra Villalba

Advanced Digital Photography Text Edit Technique

 I was asked a week ago to photograph the new art exhibition at our school gallery. I was a bit nervous because I have never done anything like that before. Well, I went in there with my camera and other equipment and began shooting.  Turned out those images I took will be published in a magazine and will have my name on them. I was not even expecting this at all. This is huge to me because I have never had any of my work published. I was also asked if I wanted to keep shooting the gallery for the remainder of the time that I am a student. I said, YES! DUH! Anyway, I've put images below of the work from the gallery in the art building.

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Ch. 8 - Rejection: It's Not You, It's Them      There are a few things that I am not afraid of that other people are. For example, horror movies and insects. I am not afraid of heights, roller coasters, bees, clowns, snakes, dentists, you name it. There is however something I fear with my life and that is rejection. I fear rejection as a child would fear clowns or spiders. Rejection is the clown in my life.     Rejection is a big part of life. Yeah, yeah, I know. Honestly, I don't think anyone enjoys getting rejected to their dream school or dream job. Shoot, I've gotten rejected for both of these things. I often fear rejection because I base my worth on success. I am being fair to myself, am I?      I think the image on page 208 is quite funny. I wish I had that kind of suit! Just reading these pages makes me reflect on the times that I entered my work for a photography competition. I had high hopes of receiving an email that said my work had bee...

Matt Emmett - http://www.forgottenheritage.co.uk/about Sage & Balm Fine Art Photography - https://www.sageandbalm.com/about-the-artist# Andrew Collins - https://www.andrewcollinsphotography.com/about-ba Noel Kerns - https://www.noelkernsphotography.com/about Valerie Anex - http://www.valerieanex.com/index.php/info/contactme/

 

I find it pretty sweet and interesting that Melissa has a BFA in photography and now is a potter. I think this goes to show that our passions evolve over time. In a way, I was able to connect with Melissa knowing we share several things in common like photography.  Taking a look at her work and learning more about it has really made me wonder what kind of person Melissa is. I think a lot of the time an artist's work is based on their personality. From hearing Melissa speak about her work it becomes evident that her work is who she is. 

 Artist Statement: My focus is to document abandoned places over a period of time and how they interact with the environment they are in. I am fascinated by creating narratives through pictures that tell a story of places that have been abandoned. I become intellectually challenged to publically demonstrate the beauty behind forgotten architectural structures. 

 

I had my first meeting with Career Development last week on Friday. Amy Fonseca reviewed my resume and shared some things I might change on my resume such as capitalizing each section so that it stands out when employers review it. We also talked about working on a cover letter and we will have a meeting this week on Thursday to start on that. Lastly, we talked about grad school and I mentioned the grad schools I would like to go into. She sent me a link for this website where I can take a test and see in what area of the field I would thrive.  Goals Completed: -Resume review -Meeting setup for cover letter  -Applied to internship / Will have an interview this week on Friday

"No priority is better or worse - it's your definition of success that matters and on one else's - and each one calls for a different approach. This sentence really hit me deep. As a people pleaser, I constantly struggle to maintain a balance with my passions; with what truly makes me happy. I tend to put others' desires before mine which drains the living hell out of me. Last year I applied to a technical college and was admitted first thing. I only did this to try to please a person whose real name I shall not mention... let's just use Frank as their name. Frank is the father of my best friend and has always shown disappointment towards my art education. I applied to this stupid college because I thought if I dropped everything that I had in Commerce to pursue a career in electrical engineering, Frank would finally approve of me; he will finally respect my work. Well, am I really stupid enough to do this? Sort of. I began the process of talking to academic adviso...