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[Apr. 7th, 2006|02:42 pm] |
i showed up for work yesterday, and there was a new guy thereso after introducing myself and both of us opening up the front of the cafe, he says "from the looks of you, id say youre a weezer fan." expecting him to have some weezer related story or something, i replied "yeah,i guess, i like their first couple albums." and was then met with scilence.
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[Dec. 9th, 2005|12:23 am] |
this weekends tour got cancelled, but im going with them in february.
thats the best thing that could have happened to me, schoolatically speaking. |
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[Dec. 8th, 2005|05:43 pm] |
i know its been a while, ive been swamped with work, and it dosent look like thats going to let up any time soon.
right now im getting ready to go see mc chris, i really should be resting though, as ive gotten none. tomrrow im leaving for the weekend tour with elementary thought process, i hope that goes well...i hope we get home sunday, that would help me ALOT.
from dec 17-19 im going to be in bloomington indiana, working with defiance ohio as they practice and record. im suuuper super excited about this.
december 21-23 im working with my friends band ice cream social, this wont be too bad though as far as stress, because this is in and around buffalo, so ill be at home and able to sleep at night hopefully =o)
then of course holiday junk.
a few months ago i quoted the mountain goats in a journal entry, "im going to make it through this year if it kills me" believe me, that could not be more relevant than right now. |
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[Nov. 28th, 2005|05:05 am] |
its intresting to see how you can look at some people my ages, and see how much like their parents they are becomming/have become, or to see how they have become their own beings, and its not just a phase.
=o)
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[Nov. 11th, 2005|04:27 pm] |
im going on tour with my friend jacobs band (http://www.elementarythoughtprocess.com) for a weekend in early december. im super pumped about this, ill finally get to see more of the east (brooklyn, jersey, and somewhere in pa) and i get to work on my portfolio with a great bunch of musicians.
add fest is tonight, i dont know how thats going to turn out, usually i have the WORST luck shooting at roboto...so here's hoping
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[Nov. 9th, 2005|06:47 pm] |
a girl at my school shaved her head. her reasoning was that she had to animate herself for a class and it was easier to animate herself bald. that is a level of laziness i admire and hope to acheive.
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[Nov. 6th, 2005|05:15 pm] |
ph oto d yan na: what's the difference between a brick and a dead baby?
punq sux: hmm?
ph oto d yan na: you can't fuck a brick.
punq sux: ...or can you..?
punq sux: >.>
punq sux: <.<
ph oto d yan na: ouch.
punq sux: yeah
ph oto d yan na: I don't know any more.
punq sux: youre looking at life through new eyes now
punq sux: never will bricks look the same
ph oto d yan na: lol
punq sux: =o)
punq sux: i love ruining things for people
ph oto d yan na: that's a healthy thing to love.
punq sux: healthier than a brick
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[Nov. 6th, 2005|08:50 am] |
dear santa,
for xmas i would like my attempts at personal happiness to not hurt other people.
<3chris
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[Nov. 2nd, 2005|06:18 pm] |
so i had business of photography, the 2nd midterm this week i didnt know i had comming (you think after the first, i would have check, but no)
for some reason i always enjoy business class, and that makes me cringe a little, that i would enjoy a class about money, but i think its just the prospect of the future, of life after college that i enjoy.
another thing i enjoy is that i constantly take the class off track. for some reason im not my quiet self that i am in most classes. i love just group discussion, and seeing where things go and what people say, thats how i learn best second to just fucking things up.
during a break i was talking to shawn (the teacher) about an assignment we were doing that i was having a problem with. basically the assignment is we had to interview a photographer,, and he would prefer us if it was someone in pittsburgh so we could actully meet tham and stuff. so i told him that i tried, but i found most music photographers in the city pretty underwhelming, but i obviously know of other photographers father away who i admire, and he said "cant you fly out to california" just as a joke, and i replied "not for a school assignment, but if it was a job that i wanted, id be on the next flight" that made me smile a little after i thought about what id said.
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[Nov. 2nd, 2005|10:08 am] |
yesterday make 3 days in the past six i was up for over 24 hours. hooray for keeping track of things ^^
it feels like ive got so much to do and not enough time to do it in.
ive been looking at other schools, since i dont know what i want to do post aip. i know for sure i want to continue in school, but theres 2 main things stopping me from transfering...first, aip is more a technical school than a college, and i know i wouldnt get the kinds of classes im used to at universities. second, my AS degree is totally worthless, from a transfering standpoint. i would LOVE to go to RIT, and i could, but if i chose to i would prolly be starting at square 1...not something im intrested in at this point. so then there's the option of continuing at aip. this isnt so bad persay, i dont hate the school or the city or anything, its just, i want more out of things i guess. i mean the photo dept is only a handful of teachers (6-8) and while most are good teachers, ive had all of them about 34907 times. im not being arrogant and saying "ive learned all i can" but the past few quarters ive been teaching myself more than they've been teaching me, just because none of them are that apt at the direction im heading right now. ive looked into other AI schools, and only 4 others offer BA's in photo, philly, minnesota, colorado, and hotlanta. i dont know for a fact that would transfer, but i'd think it would, so thats an option too i suppose.
i really just want more time to learn and grow, and a different perspective on things.
while i was in ny, i destroyed casey at nhl 06, i only post this because i know he's reading this =o) better practice buddy.
anyways i have to get stuff together for class so i have to cut this short. photos from the weekend will be up soon.
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[Oct. 30th, 2005|06:39 pm] |
so, the shoot, though tiring, was a nice experiance. im not going to go in depth at the moment, but i met a ton of great people, learned alot, and got alot of really good shots.
im still in ny, until tomorrow.
my aunt and my little nephew (i think? im related to this kid somehow...) are here, so i went and played with him for a bit while dodging questions from my aunt and my mom about school (oh how i hate general questions about school) but one thing she asked was "do you do weddings?" and i definetly didnt dodge that, it got a straight "nooo." for an answer, to which she replied "not that experianced yet?" i just smiled and said "something like that."
hehe, ill be laughing about that for days.
days.
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[Oct. 29th, 2005|06:38 am] |
hows it going new york?
im not usually one to complain about gas prices or anything, but i dont understand how its 50 cents more per gallon in ny than in pa, usually its 10 or 15 cents different...sucks for you guys =o)
on another gas related note, it took me 6.xxx gallons to get home, usually it takes 8.xxx...weird
it was a nice drive other than crazy amounts of fog in central pa.
im off for my 2 hours of sleep, im due on the set at 10am =oX
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[Oct. 28th, 2005|11:42 pm] |
ooook, i guess i have to be on the set at 10am o.o so i guess im leaving tonight, ill prolly be free sometime tomorrow afternoon/night!
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[Oct. 28th, 2005|10:55 pm] |
so i got that job in buffalo, last minute.
ill be in town, i dont have any details right now.
ill update this before i leave.
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[Oct. 28th, 2005|02:08 pm] |
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in my bizzare haze of lack of sleep from the previous two days, i asked this girl out, so we went to get breakfast this morning (at 4:30..wtf?) and it was nice =o) the end |
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[Oct. 24th, 2005|05:12 pm] |
so, things have, in one respect been going REALLY well, and in another respect, ive been slacking off, however i think the going well is more important than the slacking off =o)
yesterday i was working the the band river city high. as usual when working with bands, things got changed around a few times, i got a few really good live shots though, and after the show we were supposed to do some group shots, but it was raining, we were going to do it in the bar (there were some really cool ideas i could have worked with there) but the bar was closing and the band didnt want to overstay their welcome, which i totally respected and understood (i mean the people working there wanted to get home as soon as they could im sure, i didnt want to be the cause of making people stay later because they were being nice..) so we rushed some promo shots, and im not really happy with the results at all, but after being rushed i wasnt expecting to be. but it was a sweet time overall, a really nice bunch of guys, i hope i see them again soon.
tomorrow i have a photoshoot with some model for a bands album cover, i hope this goes well as communication between myself, the band, and the model, have been poor at best...haha here's hoping...
im trying to get a job doing documentary work on some music video in buffalo this weekend, if i can get it, ill be home for the weekend...and games of magic will be played, and steven segal movies will be watched...ive been practicing playing nhl 06 so i can play casey...but he dosent have a job anymore, so im screwed either way..
by the way, pez, if i do get this job, you can come and assist me if you'd like. im sure you wouldnt get too much stuff for your classes or anything, but you could be around me when im working, ask me questions and so on, if youd like.
also last night i spoke with the band the vacancy about a shoot we were talking about 6 months ago, and it looks like its going to happen sometime next week, im pumped. i dont know if you have heard them or not, but they are really heavily influenced by nirvana, so we're going to re-create some nirvana photo shoots. if youve ever been in the room i grew up in (with about 2490 photos of nirvana on the walls) im sure you can understand how excited i am =o)
im sure im forgetting something, i might update again later...maybe not?
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[Oct. 18th, 2005|12:32 am] |
so class on thursday told me alot of things i had to do that i knew i had to do...however im still waiting on actully doing these things ^^ i think tomorrow im gunna get one of them done, the model for one of my shoots is totally not working out, if it were up to me, i just wouldnt use her, but the band wants her, so i guess i just have to deal with it..
yesterday i finaly got around to actully playing katamari damacy, and what a sweet game, im just upset i waited so long to play it. ^^ im on the last level already, it went by so quickly ;.;
im working on getting my stupid websites actully going, im waiting for my host to set up my 2nd domain and then ill see if i can find someone to design them for me, since my design skills are circa 1999.
my whole ipod mixtape project thing totally works XoD now i just need some blank tapes...tapes, how ive missed them.
if im awake tongiht i think im going to photograph 10th st. something ive been meaning to do for a while, itll blend well with one of my websites..
if anyone wants a good laugh, check out the comments page in the post below this one. apparently i need to grow up XoD everyone knows "thou shalt not commit adulthood" i wish hecklers would log in to heckle, it makes it so less fun.
anyways this entry isnt going anywhere...
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[Oct. 11th, 2005|03:26 am] |
so...today was most productive, and it felt great...(the weekend was pretty productive also)
i had to shoot a roll of flora today, which i was dreading..flowers never were my thing, ive never photographed them before, and had no desire too, but after forcing myself, i somewhat got into it even, and am kinda happy with the results. then i had to get them processed, scan them in, and print a contact sheet, it might not sound like much work (and honestly its not) its just time consuming stuff.
after that i got back from school i relaxed for a bit and then wrote my business paper (posted below) now i just have to go through some photos and stuff for my class on thursday which will take an eternity. i need more ram.
the weekend was fun. i went to see sage francis on friday, and honestly i was underwhelmed byt he show, dont get me wrong, it was good, i think just my expectations were too high. anyways i was up front, and looking forward to taking photos, but during the first band my flash broke. so i had to make due for sage. honestly i havent even looked at the photos, im scared of how bad they might be. an intresting point, EVERYONE at the show was like "hey can you send me the photos?" which reminded me of why i needed business cards (since i post most of my photos on my website) and typing the word website reminded me of how i actully have to get a website made...so much to do!
saturday i went with casey and took photos while he played hockey. nothing amazing (but come on, i was shooting sports with a 50mm 5.6 lens..) but when i get to go through them, im sure he'll dig them.
sunday i taught caitt how to play magic (the basics anyways) she seemed to get it ok, and even beat me legit. and im getting back into magic. im gunna see who plays at my school and stuff i think.
so yeah, busy week, this whole quarter is going to be rough. but the good kind of rough, at least i hope. the rough that you can look back on and see how much youve grown from it. i really cant wait.
"I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me."
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[Oct. 11th, 2005|03:11 am] |
So, this is a paper i wrote for my business of photography class. it was a vauge assignment, about what we wanted to do and stuff, so i thought id take the time to think through my ambitions, and translate them into words. this accurately describes where im at right now, from my eyes anyways...yeah its long (longer than he wanted i thnk....oops ^^)
Starting to write papers is the hardest part. I know word for word what id like to say, but the way were taught to write things, you feel the obligation to build up to that point, this is my way of working around that, as I think its ridiculous anyways to type something like I always wanted to be X type of photographer, blah blah blah, Ive always found is so fascinating.
Anyways, I want to be a band photographer. I obviously do not know what this entails completely, but my definition is something along these lines:
-Shooting live shows this is a little hard to compare to other types of photography, mainly because of how much I use existing (stage) lighting. I guess its somewhat similar to shooting a sports event.
-Shooting group shots this is easily comparable to both group portraiture (or just portraiture if its a solo artist) and location photography, and depending upon the band and how creative they want to get, could also dip into more illustrative photography as well. Most commonly these kinds of shots are for smaller bands making promo kits or album liner notes, for record companies for pretty much the same reasons, or for a kind of editorial portrait for a magazine article.
-Traveling with a band documentary work. This I assume would probably only be done by magazines doing an article on a specific tour/band over x period of time. This is definitely the thing I would love to do most, but I dont believe its a common job. Ive been considering just asking bands to come along because I think I would just enjoy myself and be able to build my portfolio.
-Album Covers this isnt something I really considered until recently when a band asked me to shoot theirs. Its not really related to the band usuallythey asked me and I said yes, so I guess its something I would do. This I would relate to illustration, although admittedly Im not that familiar with it. I assume it could be anything from landscape to studio to whatever, it seems wide open.
So while I know what I enjoy doing, and Im hoping my definitions are accurate, Im not sure how to market myself. Im hoping this is what Ill learn in this class. How to get a job with the type of photography I enjoy doing, which Im my opinion is very specialized, (as opposed to saying I want to shoot portraiture or news) what Im going after is a mixture of many things learned at AIP but not a definitive one direction and thats what confuses me, because the classes only showed us that, and often the students define themselves I want to do studio or I want to do fashion and what I want to do to me looks either hard to market, or Ive just not been shown that there is a way to market it. Im hoping on the later.
I decided on band photography after about a year and a half here. In that first eighteen months I really didnt get to do any band photography, mainly because earlier classes are more focused on basics and stuff, which is obviously understandable. When I got to editorial class it seemed to come together, I started shooting bands for my assignments in that class (and then in most classes after that). Bands is what I mainly did with photography before school (other than being a photo tech.), as long as Ive been going to shows Ive been pushing my way to the front to be able to take photos, being able to do it in school and apply what Ive learned just felt right. I have grown much since that point though, since this isnt a definite taught skill, Ive been discovering and teaching myself things while at shows as far as how the light reacts to different shutters, and Ive really learned how to effectively use my flash, which before I was doing shows again I was somewhat uncomfortable with.
I came to this decision because I realized it was what I did before I knew anything about photography, and after learning its what I still enjoyed doing. If I changed my major today and never wanted any job in the photo industry, I would still be doing band photos, while thats a rather impractical example, since I would be in an immense amount of debt for no practical reason, I think it conveys my point clearly.
Im not sure if this letter was really what you were looking for, I dont know if I gave too much or too little information in any aspect of what I want to do, but I looked at this assignment as more of an introduction than anything else, so you could see where our minds are at and then take it from there, because obviously I could write days about the different aspects and techniques and just my general feelings of where Im headed. Thank you for letting me write this in this style, I really think it helped me get my point across easier, and I believe the point of this was clear communication rather than a stuffy and structured essay. Im looking very forward to this class, as I said my main confusion with my direction was how to get work with what I want to do, and hopefully you can help guide me with this.
Thank You,
Chris Schwarzott
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[Oct. 2nd, 2005|02:28 am] |
been a while...not sure why really, havent been doing much of anything.
break was ok, there was alot of nothing time though, metal gear kept me pretty occupied, but i dunno, it felt like i wasted that two weeks overall, but it was nice seeing everybody back home..ill be back this weekend for the sage francis show if anyone wants to hang out.
everything feels like its going downhill again, im getting into the same depressing mood i was in the majority of last quarter, and i REALLY wish i knew how to break it. as far as i know (read:unless i decide to change something) im graduating in march. march. that might as well be tomorrow because its going to seem like it. i dont have the time to be depressed and unmotivated.
ive been having all these thoguhts running through my head lately, im too idealistic for this world, nothings ever going to be exactly how i want it, and i dont know why i actully expect it to be.
im starting this art project, hopefully that helps motivate me to do something, normally id be mad that its taking time away from my photography, but at this point, its just taking time away from me sitting around doing nothing.
wednesday was my first ever trip to the ER as a patient...i think i really fucked up my eardrum, the dr there couldnt tell me crap, total waste of my time. my hearing gotten slightly better in the past few days, but its still more bad than good. heh, i still have the bracelet on. ill prolly have to go to an actual doctor at some point, hooray for no insurance.
october is like my new year. its where everything changes. its not drastic or immediate but my years are easier measured in oct-sept rather than jan-dec. overall id say im happier with where i am now than where i was a year ago, ive gotten rid of a few negative influences in my life, im more comfortable in my surrounding (in many ways), im much more apt at school work and photography in general (even being a total mess last quarter i managed B's in my classes)
ive got to get over this thing, but it'd be much easier to get over were it an actual "thing" a definable problem, but its not, its just a mess of who knows what, its like trying to find a needle in a stack of needles (stole that from lust)
if this entry dosent define the sterotypical lj entry, i dont know what does ^^
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