Busy Being Aggravated!

I am ready for the weather to warm up and plants to grow their leaves. I’m tired of taking photos of the cold, “dead” plants. These images are often powerful but I’m so bored with it! I love bright colors. I think I’m also just tired of the weather; I'm ready for spring! I want to get down to the St. Louis Zoo for some cool photos! I'm also thinking taking a Saturday and doing my own Lincoln tour. I’m really looking forward to my summer camping trip in the Smoky Mountains . I need to make sure I get a better tripod by then. I have a basic tripod now, but depending on which lens I am using, the tripod has been known to fall over. It also doesn’t have any height. I know I should invest in something that will be usable for years to come but I’m a poor college student! My camera is only a year and a half old but it’s probably outdated… Why does technology have to change so quickly?! It’s so aggravating but so cool, all at the same time! I also need to find some stuff to create a background. Thick, white sheets always work but I want to come up with something really unique but I don’t think I Have time for that right now. But my shopping list includes a tripod and some new sheets! Here I go!

Underwater Photography

I just began the most amazing hobby! I took a course for an underwater photography scuba diving certification. I'll be certified this summer after I do some photo assignments on my own but taking the class was amazing. The instructors set up a mock reef in the practice pool. There were all sorts of plastic sea creatures all over the pool, including floating/moving animals. Students were giving cameras to pactice with changing the flash and lens settings. It was so much fun to pretend that I was actually in the ocean photographing amazing animals. My instructor is an award winning photographer in underwater photography contests. The cameras that were used are not too difficult to work. I would really enjoy owning one but until I can afford more diving trips it's just not fiscally responsible. However, being able to combine scuba diving and photography is so exciting! All photographers should be as lucky as I am!

Surprising Activites

So the past few days I've had this extreme urge to paint something. I went to Hobby Lobby and went wild with supplies. For someone who can't paint I bought more than I would ever need. This is why I have boxes of craft supplies. I had a craft book on painting silhouettes and I went to town. I've only finished one painting so far but I have several others planned out. My ideas all seem to revolve around dancing and music. But the first one turned out realy well for a "first draft." I think I've created something I might put on etsy.com (which is one of my new favorite websites!). But while I was painting, I was thinking about doing a self portrait: I'd be leaning over my painting but have the camera capture part of the back of my head and arm with most of my painting. I'm really read for spring so I can get outside and do some more photos. I hate taking photos in the cold! Oh well. Next week is my underwater photography course at the dive shop(I'm a certified scuba diver) so Florida, here I come (hopefully this summer)!

What this is about

Hola! My name is Krissy Deal. I'm starting this blog for my Creativity and the Internet course at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). I'm really excited about this course and for learning new ways to use the Internet to show off my work. I'm new to blogging so my blog will be pretty basic for awhile. It will be a work in progress for a few weeks until I have some extra free time.

I love most art forms (Hobby Lobby is one of my favorite stores). However, I would have to say that photography is my favorite art. I consider myself a beginner photographer. But everyone has to start somewhere, right? Anyway, this is my starting blog. We'll see where it goes from here!