WEEK 9

WHAT I DID: I had the flu :( but am feeling better and feeling ready to work. I finished the website but would like to revise the writing of the project statement before I start spreading it around. I think I have too many photos on it also and may reduce the number of galleries/try to have only the photos i'm the most proud of on it. I had a meeting yesterday with a girl in IP about participating in my project. I wasn't sure I wanted to use people in IP, but it has been suggested that I talk to her multiple times, so why not? I really enjoyed our conversation and I'm looking forward to photographing her. The girl I've been trying to photograph agreed to shoot the first photograph this afternoon and luckily it's sunny so I'm in good shape. I totally thought I wasn't going to get a response from the biker charter, but yesterday I finally did. I received an email with a name and a phone number of an interested member. I mustered my guts together and called him last night. He seemed really nice and excited and agreed to meet me for lunch on Tuesday to talk about the project. He said he is going to become the president of the charter in January and would probably be riding his harley to our meeting, so I'll come with a camera and hopefully get a few good shots right off the bat. I was kind of disappointed that he doesn't have a day job, but maybe I'll find something else non-harley related about him without too much trouble.

WHAT I DISCOVERED: That this project isn't a bad idea (which i have wondered about from time to time) but that it may turn out to be different than I originally imagined. I know that that happens a lot with art projects, but it's kind of hard to deal with internally. There's an element of feeling out of control which goes against my personality a little bit. At this moment in time I'm thinking it's unlikely I'll use crazy set ups of artificial colored lights and what not, but I still may use traditional studio set ups sometimes. I need to get familiar with what equipment is available to me. Right now the calendar is my friend- I'm trying to schedule things and have ideas of how to do productive things associated with my project in between. I've felt really busy these past few weeks, but not enough of it was IP related it seems to me so I'm trying to move forward and be better about time management. Time feels like it's moving so fast right now. I'm happy to finally move along with a first connection- it makes me feel like I haven't failed.

WHAT'S NEXT: Taking some goddamn pictures finally! I'll always be looking for new people/ new ways to make connections, but I know I need to be taking pictures too so hopefully the project keeps progressing where both happen simultaneously. After I make a few changes to the website I'll post the link here.