I look at lots of layouts and scrapbook pages on line every day. I see lots of beautiful work but a lot of it is just not my style. I like clean lines and organization. I look at pages that have buttons, flowers, ribbons, tags, pins, and lots of "stuff" on them and it looks great but when I try to create that look it just doesn't work for me. It's just not my style! The same goes for photography; I see lots of really cool pictures that have been cropped, colored, tinted, embellished, and totally Photoshopped and, like I said, they look really cool, but to me that is not photography. I want to take a picture and it look incredible just the way it is. If I have to change it and Photoshop it to make it look good (or even better) than it's not good photography.
When I grow up (or more appropriately...when my kids grow up) I want to go back to college and get a degree in Visual Arts/Communication with an emphasis in Graphic Design and Photography. Maybe one day I can make some money by doing something I love and enjoy instead of answering phones and being nice to idiots!! Maybe this blog will help me branch out beyond my "clean lines and organization" and force me to let my creativity roam. Maybe it will help me work up the courage to write the essay required for the application to Drury University. Maybe it will help fill a small but lonely void in my life. Maybe.....
