it's been a looong week

It really has been a long week, a very long week, and it's not over. BUT... I made the new header for my blog, as you can see, and I like it :) I haven't made final decisions on all the pictures but for now it is done. Just one of the perks of having photoshop on my new computer :) it's so exciting! So anyways, this week was pretty much a research and redevelopment week in the project. Hopefully this weekend I will get the lights all figured out in the gym/pool and then next Thursday I believe I'm doing a diver and a basketball player, yay. That'll be a long day but oh well, I realized I don't have as much free time as I thought I did this semester. And that plus trying to coordinate with models' schedules is going to be wonderful. But it'll all work out, I'm convinced. I've decided that no longer really want to shoot in the studio though, the black background was going to be dull compared to the ones one the field/court/etc. So I'm going to try to do all of them "on location" now. Sadly, that means most of the outside ones have to wait till at least after spring break and I'm really hoping then the fields will be clean. It was funny because that's what I told Sean Sullivan, the new athletic director, when he asked if he could do anything to assist with this project. He said he's working on it though, so that's good news. And the models I have so far are being very agreeable and helpful which is more than I was expecting I guess. But there's a big difference between working "professionally" with someone and being friends with someone so we'll see if I can accomplish both. That's my personal goal for the semester, to be confident as a photographer and to branch out. I need to be more comfortable with directing models (for this project) and I need to believe in myself more in general as a photographer. In addition, I'm hoping to become actual friends with the people I'm taking pictures of too. So I have a lot to do this semester as you can see :)