sonrisa

Maybe it's because I'm part of the generation that delved into community websites (aol, myspace, migente, facebook etc), where it was common for people to cry out "that's not real! you photoshopped it", but I'm having a problem altering my images in photoshop and being okay with accepting them as photographs rather than manipulations. Does that make sense? I've always been interested in photography and until a few months ago, all I really had to work with were point and shoot cameras with mostly preset functions. Currently I'm taking my first real photography class and we're learning about shooting and editing in raw and using cs3. While I'm

I've been shooting mainly in black and white for my class and I thought I wouldn't mind but I'm hating it. My teacher wants us to learn proper exposure, reading the meter etc. But I live a very colorful life and while black and white is fine for some things, with most of my work I find it's seriously lacking that extra "wow" factor if you will.

I realized I haven't updated my journal in almost 2 years now. What's new . . . I was diagnosed with APML ( leukemia) 8 months ago and am currentl recovering. Still taking chemo pills though I'm done with the IV version. Thankfully I didn't lose all of my hair, and yes I'm in remission. I'm back "home", in San Francisco though I try to travel to NY frequently. Once my health is in check I'll be working for MAC and can hopefully attempt to move back to NY once again . . . that city holds my heart. I haven't been designing as much because I try not to spend as much time on the pc as I used to. I have become much more interested in photography t