December 6, 2007

• Film Canon Camera?

  //edit::

  wow; what a crazy semester- senior design is almost over, and i've finally settled my schedule for next semester (and it's going to be an ugly one, too)

  i had a whole ordeal with not having enough credit hours to graduate; because my 5 hours Chinese 204 class isn't being counted towards my graduation hour requirements, due to my Chinese ethnicity; blows? yeah- pretty much.

  what sucks, is that i didn't take the placement exam to be placed into CHIN204, so my department thinks that i took the class as a 'blowoff' class to get an easy A; well, i did end up with an A- in the class, but only because i had to work my butt off. my whole intention of spending tuition money to take that class was to really try improve my Chinese proficiency-
  so what happened, was that i voiced my desire to take a Chinese class that would challenge me, and went to see one of the department TA's to assess my Chinese proficiency- and was then recommended to join the CHIN204 class that i am now not getting credit for.

  bah- anyways;
  i'm now taking Basic Photography as one of my 'i-need-to-take-random-classes-to-get-enough-graduation-credit-hour-classes'. i'm really hoping that i dont get kicked out of the class, because, apparently, it says that the prereqs are that i be in the art department, or something like that.

  anyways- that is the reason why i've been asking around for a 35mm Canon film camera; because we're supposed to provide our own equip- and i'd like to go canon, because i'm assuming that all my lenses will be interchangeable on the 35mm film camera. i did end up looking on bhphotovideo for used 35mm canon cameras, and i think i can even get one for under 100 bucks; but in the mean time- if you have a 35mm canon film camera, please lend it to me? i'll do a free photoshoot for you and your family/friends =)

  regarding the Basic Photog class; mixed feelings-
  i've taken B&W photog before in highschool; so i've had experience regarding the technicalities of making photograms, looking at tones, and textures- but that was back in highschool; and now i'll be taking the class with art students-
  failure layer? oh.i.think.so
  i'm pretty much ready to get my work rocked by the instructor and the other students. i'm assuming that it might be a hard transition, from having the 'review LCD' to see my shots- and also the limit of shooting only one roll. i'm so used to being trigger happy, and then selecting 'the good shot' from Adobe Lightroom. but- all this should be for the best; maybe it'll help me be more selective in my shooting in the future

  just throwing this up here- Winter Break Schedule::

  Semester Ends: Dec 15 2007
  Harvest Community Church, Sojourners College Ministry Retreat: Dec 21-23 2007
  AF1 Retreat: Dec 23-29 2007
  OIL Winter Retreat: Jan 2-4 2008
  Semester Starts: Jan 14 2008

  well, that was a very long post- endrant?

  //endedit::

  does anyone here on campus/chicago have a film canon camera that i can borrow for next semester?

  i'm short 2 hours on my graduation credits and i was thinking of taking a basic BnW photography class.

  let me know please! thanks!

     -duncan

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