I spot something orange 8:02 AM

Okay so I've tried this a couple of times: A weekly photograph or two of mine. I can never do it more than a week, mainly because I have too many to choose from and always give up.

I was having a discussion with a friend of mine about colors the other day. I absolutely LOVE color and surround myself with it. We talked about how we tend to associate a color to a person. It turns out that mine time after time is orange. She wasn't the first one to link the color with me and my personality. So here I am, trying a new thing.... photographs of mine that have the color orange in them [whether dominant or not]. It turns out that I have a lot of them and actually have surrounded myself by accents of the color.




I went on to search the world wide web to see the meaning of the color. Some very interesting results came up.



Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

To the human eye, orange is a very hot color, so it gives the sensation of heat. Nevertheless, orange is not as aggressive as red. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. It is highly accepted among young people. As a citrus color, orange is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. Orange is the color of fall and harvest. In heraldry, orange is symbolic of strength and endurance.

Orange has very high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design. Orange is very effective for promoting food products and toys.

Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust.
Red-orange corresponds to desire, sexual passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action.
Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality.

There was a time when... 6:47 PM

Remember your first love? And how you two probably didn't work out. Now remember seeing that person again years down the road and how you got that tingly feeling?

Well that's what I'm going through with photography right now. I have done it since middle school and was damn good at it. It was my addiction and my therapy. I would spend hours upon hours in the darkroom where nothing would bother me. The fondest memories of my life are of when I spent the summer of 2004 at New York State Summer School of the Arts for Media Arts. All we did was breath, eat, live photography for a whole month 8am-7pm, an hour of lecture and then back to the darkroom. I swore to myself that I would never do digital and then freshman year of college came around. I no longer had endless supplies of paper or film. I also started working as an events photographer for The Munson-Williams Proctor Museum which required digital, instant results. Classes for my major got more intense and I spent less time shooting, especially 35mm and medium format. The main reason for going into Communications Design and not Photoography was so that I could learn new skills and have a job at the end of it all while still shooting on the side. Yeah that last part didn't quite work out.

Any time in the past 3 years that I've mentioned that Photography is my first love, I get a funny look. Understandable though, I've never been one to show much of my body of work but that is changing. So is me doing just digital. Starting tomorrow, I'm picking up a Holga 120FN and going to start shooting away. I love the quality of photographs taking with Holgas and will love having my first love back.