So, ya know

My roommates rock.

Hey!

So I figured I'd give a little photo tour, of some sort, of some probably small sort, about various things. 

So basically the first week has been a good one... I have difficulties being locked in a dungeon for 5-ish hours every day, but at the same time, it's good. This week we mostly talked about foundational things, such as what motivates photographers, what motivates us, how to apply this to Christian photographers, etc. 

We watched a documentary on National Geographic photographers, and as they interviewed the various people, it ended up just highlighting the extreme intensity of that specific job. At one point in time, the divorce rate for National Geographic photographers was 100%. They are so devoted to their work, to getting that one shot, that they will live months in the jungle just to catch it, amongst the worst conditions. Photography is one of the top five dream jobs, but it's not so glamorous.

We also watched a little movie/documentary about a man named Dan Eldon, a 22 year old who was killed in 1993 while photographing his first war in Somalia. They went around and interviewed various war photographers to see why they did what they did, to find out what drove them into such extreme conditions. One photographer described the job as buying a one-way ticket to Hell, doing what you need to do and then getting out of there. Then later, doing it again.

It was a really heavy movie, hard to watch, harder to cope with the questions and thoughts and considerations of doing that myself. I know I'm drawn to areas of conflict, and for me there is an increasing sense that that is where I will find myself at some point soon. God and I talked a lot that day.

At the end of the week we received our first assignments! The first was to research 5 photographers and then chose one to write about, answering 8 questions that the school leader had given us, about them. The second one was to find a scripture dealing with creativity and then write a short paragraph on how it is applicable to photographers. The second half of the second assignment was to look up 15 scriptures dealing with light and dark, and then choosing one and getting in a group and doing a skit with it.

Good times. :)

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Alright, on to the photographs!

This is from the back of our apartment/dorm room looking towards the front door [down the hall to the right]. Kitchen, loft, bedroom, bathroom. Notice also the bunk bed IN the kitchen itself... welcome to my bedroom. :)

From our front door you can look out and see the mountain [aka. volcano].

From our back windows you can look out and see the Pacific. :) [There is one spot in our hallway you can stand still and see the volcano and then turn your head and see the ocean!]

We had an ice cream social last night, and I'm pretty sure there were more photos being taken then ice cream eaten. At least 10 of us brought our cameras down, it was a great time.