Well, how about that..... I've been holding off adding the text to this post because I wasn't really sure what to say. My intention with this blog is for it to be more photography focused rather than "Isn't my little girl, cute?!" focused (but you have to admit.....). I now, following the events of the last half hour, know what to say for this particular post: I am once again a photography student! There has always been a blur in my mind with the professional label. I would have trouble saying I'm a professional anything until I know all there is about whatever subject is at hand. Of course, you see the ridiculousness of that statement, right? I admit, I do. Nobody can ever know everything there is to know about a subject. It's impossible-- especially in this technical age we live in where everything changes so fast. So, I guess in my mind, a professional equals a perpetual student. Therefore, I'm thrilled to once again officially don the title of student. I am enrolled in the New York Institute of Photography's Intensive Course in Portrait Photography (accredited and everything, how about that!). I graduated from the Complete Course in Professional Photography in 2006. I'm so excited to add another certificate to my wall (and no, I'm not kidding). I love learning, I love exploring, I love growing.......... and I love that I'm doing it for myself. No goals. No reasons. Just because I want to learn. And, since all of my upper education has been conducted in or through NY, it only seemed fitting to go back to the school that helped me get started all those years ago. As the intention of my Finding Focus blog has been to help me find MY focus, this chapter is on me and my continuing education. Won't my son be absolutely stumped that I VOLUNTARILY signed up for studying and I'm PAYING for it?! That must be insane through the eyes of a struggling middle-schooler. I want to teach him that in life there are things you're going to have to learn and things you're going to want to learn. I hope someday he finds his camera-equivalent and that the idea of studying will not be so burdensome. So, as I introduce a few favorite pics from my latest session with my little girl, stay tuned as I work my way through my continuing education. (Why is it I'm hearing a voice in my head...never a good thing to admit, I know.... saying "YOU TAWKIN' TO ME?!" LOL. Now if only I "had" to go to NY for this course would I be even more psyched! Oh, how I love NY!). Catch you all later. And if you're really lucky, I'll have my camera in hand. Ha!
