The Sketchbook Project

It arrived! The moleskine sketchbook for the sketchbook project 2011 arrived in my mailbox this week. I don't really draw, that's why I became a photographer, though I used be able to when I was in grade school and junior high. I even won a poster contest when I was in the third grade! I am not sure what happened but by the time I was in high school I was having a lot of difficulty drawing. When I was in my freshman year of art school I failed my life drawing class and had to repeat it over the summer. Learning to photograph helped me "see" again and my perspective was much better. By the end of school I was able to draw again but it never came back as naturally as it did when I was younger.

I haven't tried to draw since art school. I keep trying to get myself to sit down and try but much anxiety prevents me from doing so. I feel like I will be back in my life drawing class and won't be able to draw-- I don't want fail again. I was recently very inspired and this is such a cool project, I feel that it will be good for me to get out of my comfort zone and grow as an artist. And hopefully prove to myself that I CAN draw! I don't know how my sketchbook will turn out but I will post my progress as I go along. Please check back often.

A Photographer Without a Camera

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I love photography. It's what I majored in while I was in art school and I loved it so much I went on to a photography school to study for two more years. When I went to school digital photography was just on the cusp which leads to a bit of a conundrum-- I am a photographer without a camera. Well, sort of. I still don't have a decent digital camera, just a crappy little digital point and shoot and my beloved film camera. I am saving up for this camera and lenses but I a truly a starving artist these days so it will likely take me forever to afford it. Why are cameras so darn expensive? For years I thought I couldn't take photos because I didn't have a fancy digital camera like everyone else but it is truly the photographer that makes the photo and not the camera that makes the photographer. Here is to making do in the meantime!