Friday Morning

As I took this guy on a walk this morning I couldn't help but think about the future. I walked past many houses, some big and some small, and couldn't help but think about when Tyler and I are all graduated with grown up jobs. I thought about what it would be like when we buy our first house. I thought about our future family, and how wonderful life will be in the future. Even just two weeks in the future, when I get to see my sister get married, and Tyler comes to town. 

Then I stopped myself and felt an overwhelming amount of JOY for the life I have right now. 

Not in the future, but that exact moment as I was walking down Amelo Drive with the humid wind cooling my face, and Noah tugging at the leash. I am so blessed. I do have so much to look foreword to, but right now is the best it has ever been.

The Semesters End

This semester defiantly went out with a bang.

 1. My photograph was selected to hang in the students center, and it just so happens that it was a photograph my professor said had "no point". It was kind of a proud moment for me.

2. I made all A's! All things considered (I spent 90% of the semester with Tyler and the other 10% thinking about him) I would have to say this is quite the accomplishment.

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3. I'm getting married in 61 days 02 hours 06 mins and 28 sec! (Mostly I couldn't think of another 'bang' so I just threw in the marriage card because that is always exciting, and I couldn't have just two 'bangs'.)

 Getting those papers written. I lost focus and just started taking pictures after the first three hours. I'm learning Tys quite the diligent worker.

Awesome end of the semester 2D Design art project. India Inks are AWESOME! Yet frustrating when they don't do what you want.

 Our last hamburger night in Commerce EVER as an unmarried couple! Crazy. Yes, Ty puts barbeque sauce and barbeque chip on his.

 

 Home sweet home :] Means I get to see my brother play his trumpet with the McNeil band! He is so talented! Also means I get to creep on Tyler taking a nap with my puppy. SO CUTE!

Good 'ol Commerce

Guess what...It's finals time! A whole semester has flown by! This little college town has led me to a bigger and better future then I could have ever imagined.  I knew I had to capture Commerce in my final because of all that has happened here in the last semester. 

As I was brainstorming for my final project I decided on a few things: 1. I would challenge myself and not photograph any people, or set up any table top photographs 2. I would photograph something that has significance to my life, and 3. I would incorporate as many of the elements I have learned over the semester as I could. 

With that being said, I drove Tyler drove me around Commerce this weekend to go look for interesting things to photograph. (He thinks photographers should not be allowed to drive because we're always getting distracted and swerving off the road, which may or may not have happened a few times when I was in the drivers seat.) These are the little pieces of Commerce I captured...

For this image I used a long shutter speed to capture the wind blowing through the flowers because Commerce has got to be the windiest place on the earth, and I also isolated contrasting colors to make the image interesting.

Two words to describe this image: Lines and Lighting.

Commerce is full of old texturey walls. I just loved the simplicity of this composition.

I loved the shape this building created against the green.