High School Photography Class
February 16, 2007 at 1:11 am 7 comments
Today I ran across my notebook from a black and white photography class I took in high school during the spring of 1993. It’s a shame so many schools are cutting back on the arts. I found these photographs to be much more interesting than the sterile similiarity provided by yearbook photos. Some observations:
Things That I Love
I’m sure I was on some kind of assignment regarding light and composition or the like, but the subjects of the photos often reflected items I loved:
My Sister
My Brother (left)
My Cat
Pepsi!
I Had Laid Back Friends
I had some very agreeable friends back then. For some of the pictures, I tried to imagine myself approaching my contemporary social circle with a similiar request. I expect I would have very little luck. For example, here is Chad Day at a playground near my house.
Chad (aka Bill) on the jungle gym
I can’t even convince Sean to smile for a picture on the U.S.S. Constitution…or at my company picnic. Can you imagine his face if I approached him with, “Say I have an idea! Climb up on that jungle gym and hang upside down.”
A Secret Fetish?
I also learned a few little lessons about myself looking at these pictures. I seemed to like people, particularly my sister, staring off in space. I had a lot of close-ups. And….apparently I really liked guys laying on the ground with theirs arms behind their heads. I had THREE of those:
Kevin Pick
Todd Eidam (aka Skylar Youngblood)
John Harding (aka Wishy)
All my pictures that I scanned from my high school photography class are available on my Flickr site.
Entry filed under: Carolyn L, Chad D, Jay, John Harding, Kevin Pick, Photography, Rabei, Todd Eidam. Tags: .
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Clint | February 16, 2007 at 2:26 am
Carolyn’s hot
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Suresh Gundappa | February 16, 2007 at 4:58 am
Good photos! Good shots! But some of the exposures are half stop high!
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Christina | February 16, 2007 at 5:07 am
That photo of Carolyn is really beautiful.
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tgaw | February 16, 2007 at 9:21 am
@Clint and @Christina – Carolyn was my most prominent subject and I don’t think it was because she was convenient. I think I was fascinated by her vivid blue eyes and that dark wavy hair.
@Suresh- Thanks for commenting! I think you may have stumbled on why I became a computer programmer and not a photographer!
I just took a glimspe at your photos and they are absolutely stunning. You are definitely in the right field for you!
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Aaron Snyder | December 1, 2007 at 3:03 am
I gotta hand it to you, for highschool B+W class these are great. I love how much you got out of that class: introspectiveness, improved percerption etc. You are right it’s a shame that so many schools are cutting back on the arts. My school has a forever locked darkroom, it’s been “out dated” by everyone’s point and shoots. I kid you not, the photography teacher’s are about to let students use camera phones. I’m not saying everyone needs to become a pro-photographer, but why not give them the chance? I dunno, I guess I really liked your post: thought provoking and interesting. A few of the shots really weren’t that bad. (your sister is hot.)
Great post.
-Aaron Snyder
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Carolyn | December 1, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Thanks Aaron!
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Valmir Guido Eidam | April 7, 2008 at 2:37 pm
ugh, for yuo,
i,m from brasil