welll its the end of the road for junior year digggg....

so i feel like ive learned a shiii ton this year....hahahha wow. but soo true. i know im not suppposted to talk tech.ly. but im gonna for a second. i feel like ive learned a tonna skills i can use throughout my photo life, and my focus has come a lonnnnng way. and ive learned how to white balence! so i feel that it is a major accomplishment...
as a photographer i feel like ive grown a lot too...i feel like ive just gotten better then last year in the big picture. but like at the beginning i was noticing i was doing a lotta stuff differently...i liked it. its more what i want to do. i mean im still growing a ton i havent learned completely what im going to do with photography...but im willing to continue to search... but so far ive finally found an emotional tie to photo that i wanna run with...i also found the lighting i was fond of after a long time of waiting to discover... after all this that ive learned just from these last months its the most ive ever learned. i am so much more ready to learn, and i have a new like appreciation for photo ive learned that i have a passion for it, more than i had last year.
i cant wait for the new experiences!

forever and always
boomerang.

finalllloverdover

alright...so im more happy at the end result of this than i thought i would be, thank god. this assignment is different than anything ive ever done. its hit me emotionally....which is weird. im not an emotional person, im in fact the strongest willed in my family. this project just got me to think. finally my project was the women that influence me throughout my life...throough the generations... my family has such a tight bond, i wanted to capture how much they mean to me and what make them as well live their life how they do...



this is my sister...i am a big influence one her.. this is something different then ive done..but i love it. i like the idea of how young children are an all seeing eye..i feel that when i see this photo. melissa is a very important part of my life.






i loveeeeeeeee this photo. although i am very close with yiayia...mel and her are two peas in a pod. i love showing the connection of the two.






wellllll this is pretty much repping my mother...this explains her life. pharmacy. its what shes investerd her life on to make things possible for me and my sister.






not my fave photo...but this is the priest that everyone knew and loved in rock springs...he was very close to my papou and yiayia...the town fell apart the day he passed away... this photo is just remembering him. i think it has deep meaning.







love this picture....this is our little church..on a sunday. the church my family has invested and known all of their lives. this is proof that all of the greek generation has passed. this church on sunday used to be FULL and now only my yiayia and her best fried hope attends...






this is something id take before...i love the backround...and i love that she isnt looking right at me. i like this photo...






awww my little goddaughter evyn. hahah shooting her was a pain in the...ass. she is the funniest little girl with theeee best freaking facial expressions...but i couldnt capture them well... but i got her at the best time...hahah eating her beloved mandms. this is the youngest generation that is in my life. she and i have such a close bond. and i lvoe that...her parents have allowed us to spend more time than most godparents spend with their godchildren. even though she lives in rock springs i love watching her grow up and see the changes in her life occur. she was the last child to be baptized by the local priest father lukas that passed away. i think her and i should be blessed because of it! love her






MY FAVORITE. i love this...it jusst defines my yiayia so well...the outside of our little church that she loves so much. i love that the church isnt a typical greek orthodox church that you see aka this one isnt extravagent like they are now. i think its a touchy subject because this one is so old and you can see that throughout time they focus on like rediculous things instead of the simple things.







best focus in my series...i like it. good ol streets of wyomin. my yiayias stompin ground.


my thea gracie...she is the hardest working woman i know....sorry mom youre next...but i wanted to like portray her hard working which i think i did aka streeeesss... and like how far shes come...the big city in the backround her big diamond necklace. im so proud of her!






so techniqually...wow i cant spell..i think i did alriht.. i mean i miss my tripod HELLA. but i feel like ive been consistant with that and it isnt that bad so no reason to get down you know. uhm... i loved putting together the panos they were supper easy hahha im really happy about that. i loved that i chose to present in black and white i feel like it brought so much mmore emotion across and of course that was like my whole goal!

overall i love it. i feel like ive accomplished a whole new level. i feel like ive broken down my personal barrier. i didnt think the photos would back up my actual story well enough but i did! i love that this assignment broke into a more sensitive emotional place that ive never been before... it was really great to shoot my yiayia. i love the fact that i will always have this photos to look back on they are precious to me. and i know they will be very special to show my family. i love that i showed alll the generations, that was a big one for me to do. and i loved spending this qualitiy time with my family, going to rock springs with my yiayia on a random weekend, i usually hate to go there because i find it depressing but i loved that weekend trip so much and ill defff have memories from it. i wanna continue doing stuff like this, i feel like i have a lotta new ideas not. i cant wait to see what the future has to bring for my beautiful family, i love them so much. and i feel like ive accomplished my goal. bring it on pattttttttt.