September 25th, 2008 by Rachel | Country: France | 4 Comments »
I’m having the time of my life. I feel like I’m at a sleep away camp. Good Times! Great Vibrations!
The past two days has been full of immense experiences with a great mass of fun times. I had my first day of photography class yesterday which lasted 6 hours. This photography course is going to be so intense! I feel like I’m in a professional position. The professor said that I have to create a final piece that would be displayed at the Vernissage, an art show that will take place at the end of the quarter, and make people say “WOW!” when they look at my artwork and also saleable. I’m trying to take a deep breath and calm down. Honestly, I’m freaking out a little because I’ve only taken four photography classes in the past two years, and I still have a long way to go. Although I showed my professor my photography portfolio, and he said that I have a good collection for someone who has been at SCAD for only two years. That makes me feel a little better to hear this, but I’m still nervous. I’m currently thinking about my project. My goal is bring my Provençal memories back home as an American tourist. I want to tell the story about my life in Provence as an American tourist through photographs. I have to do it creatively. What are some great memories that I have already?
- Food
- Cheese
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Bread
- Pastries
- Roads
- Mopeds
- Small Cars
- Different Road Signs
- Beautiful routes
- Magnificent landforms
- Mountains
- Flowers
- Sunrises
- Sunsets
- Grass
- Rocks
- Architecture
- Rocks
- Curvy
- Rhythm
- Stucco
- Wood
I think I have some good ideas to get started.
During the last hour of class, we went to Apt and just toured around the city. How cool is the fact that we can go on outings during class? Believe or not, I have TONS of field trips schedule within the next several weeks including trips to the mini Alps and Sisterton! It’s going to be so much fun! I’m going to gain so much experiences as a travel photographer! Good Times! Great Vibrations!
After class and dinner, I was so exhausted as I had a very long day. In fact, I did wake up at 7AM again to snap photos of the sunrise yesterday. Surprise! Surprise! After snapping shots of the sunrise, I did some sketching of certain architectural parts in Lacoste for my animation class assignment. It’s the first time since my freshman year that I have done some drawings, and I feel like I have to refresh my drawing skills. I just simply have to continue to practice.
Today was just a plain awesome day! I was practically living the life of Magic School Bus‘s characters. Instead of meeting my art history class in classroom, we went out on field trips!
We went to Bories and Gordes. I will explain about these two places in another entry as there are many important facts to explain about these two places.
With astonishment, instead of meeting my animation class in the classroom, we went on an excursion to downtown Avignon to shoot some photos or draw some pictures of one-point perspective, two-point perspective, and three-point perspective. Unreal! This learning experience was wonderful because I learn so much better when I’m at the real environment and using “hands-on” techniques than sitting in the classroom and listening to lectures. While I learned the aspects of perspectives, I also had the opportunity to see Avignon.
Tonight, after dinner, several girls and I went to a dorm that has a nice little lounge. A guy created a movie theater in the lounge by setting a projector and connecting the projector to computer. It was sure an old fashion life of watching movies, except we used a computer instead of a roll of film. We just upgraded the technology a little. Even though we’re all adults, we sure did decide to watch a fun Disney movie, The Incredibles. Adults can never stop enjoying Disney movies. Disney movies are full of magical stories. I have to admit that this was my first time watching The Incredibles, and it was an extremely adorable movie! I loved how the family was such a compliment to each other by sharing their superhero powers to help each other win the “game.”
This is seriously the time of my life! This college life is incomparable to what I’ve had in Savannah and Atlanta. There are so much happenings. In spite of the little village that we live in, we get creative and have fun like we did tonight which was creating a movie theater!
The professors are living their life with the college students. They live next door to us, they eat all meals with us, take us on outings, and participate in numerous activities with us. It’s so cool to walk down the road and say, “Hey professor!”
4 Comments
Naomi
September 26, 2008 at 1:55 am
hmm gonna have to lift the bar in little old Oz then aren’t I???? Sounds like you are having a brilliant time – we are still on count down here – Adam comments every now and again about stuff we can do when you are here!
Luca
September 26, 2008 at 8:11 am
to me you’re already a professional photographer…
but you already know it, right?
Ciao Luca
Rachel
September 27, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Hey Naomi!!!
Gettin’ excited about coming down there!!! I’m still waiting to hear from SCAD about the official acceptance….
Your son is so awesome!
Hey Luca!!!
I don’t consider myself professional until I’ve received my degree. LOL! I can’t charge my clients as much as the professionals…
Paotie
September 30, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Rachel ..
You are prolific! GEESH!
I blink and you’ve posted 20 articles!
Good times! Great vibrations!
:oP
Paotie