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Laurel  

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  • Deviant since Apr 13, 2008, 6:56 PM
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First time printing

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 15, 2008, 8:30 PM
9 more days until my final critique in class and I finally went into school tonight to print digitally for the first time. Hi, my name is Laurel and I'm a weird procrastinator. Since I tend to apply what I call a "dada approach" to my work so frequently I don't have to get too bent out of shape with printing. Regardless, I thought that surely I had to have a Ph.D and have performed brain surgery at least 9.5 times in order to print. Turns out all you have to do is sit down, make some profile adjustments and hit print. Moreoever, it was extremely rewarding, as printing so often is. Best part is all you do is sit there and edit more photos as you wait to print....BRILLIANT!

Now don't get me wrong, I still love the darkroom, but access to multiple top of the line ink jet printers is fabulous. too bad I wasted my "free" access to all of that business through out the semester and now only have a couple days to seize any oppurtunities.

A bigger problem is coming up with a coherent body of work for critique. Each critique I've had so far this semester has been a completely different display of work. My most recent critique involved a number of the experimental Diana shots, yet my professor felt there still wasn't enough direction behind my work; I was told to give the audience more direction, to lead them.
Um....
9 days and counting and I'm still not sure where to take my audience. I do however have my second book (aka: cohesive body of work) that I hope to have back from the publisher by finals. Fingers crossed...

  • Mood: Neutral

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 23
  • Current Residence: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Print preference: Traditional darkroom
  • Interests: B/W darkroom photography; experimental photo; contemporary art; abstract art; expressionism
  • Favourite movie: Erin Brokovich
  • Favourite band or musician: Dave Matthews Band
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock
  • Favourite artist: (currently) Mark Rothko
  • Favourite poet or writer: anyone with a great artist statement
  • Favourite photographer: (currently) Duane Michals
  • Favourite style or digital art: experimental street photography
  • Operating System: (wish) Mac; normally forced to use Vista
  • MP3 player of choice: Sony Ericsson
  • Favourite game: Catch Phrase
  • Favourite cartoon character: Snoopy
  • Personal Quote: Expect nothing...ever.
  • Tools of the Trade: Canon 35mm Rebel Ti; Diana F+; Mamiya 645 Pro

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~stillframemike:iconstillframemike: Apr 28, 2008, 9:55:00 AM
hey laurel... thanks for all of the favorites!

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...And out come the wolves
their paws trampling in the snow of the alphabet
I stand on my head and watch it all go away...
~Mister-Kent:iconMister-Kent: Apr 16, 2008, 9:23:16 PM Mood: Joy
Laaaaurel
Nice to see (er, "see") you here, milady
~HeyJod:iconHeyJod: Apr 14, 2008, 7:12:45 PM Mood: Love
Aw, Chrissy beat me to it! But I done found you on deviantart.

It was wonderful seeing you tonight. We must do something again soon! (Something with a lunge and a twist!)

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~Orwah1:iconOrwah1: Apr 13, 2008, 10:08:29 PM
yay! to add me go to my page by clicking on my name and up in the top right corner it says "Watch this deviant" click on that and it will add me. :D

also from my watchers list you can add other people. most of them are people you know. just check out their pages.