Questionnaire November 2011

When you plan on graduating? December 2012

Where have you, or will you be interning? no internship as of now, made contact with Harbor Wildlife Museum in Sherman, Texas

What are your plans and goals for after graduation? Grad school? Starting a business? Getting a job? Being an artist/commerical shooter? Please be as specific as possible. How do you plan on making a living? I would like to attend Grad school after graduation in 2012. As of now, I am employed at Veteran Administration.

Establish a budget for yourself, post-graduation. What does it cost to live in a manner that you'd be comfortable? Again be specific. Do you have school loans, credit card? Need insurance? a place to live? I have a on-going budget that I have set up that covers all outstanding debts. Since, attending this class I have established a budget just for photography expenses. I am making plans to move into an apartment next year, and I will need a second income for housing.

Do you require any special equipment to make your work or start up your business (for example, a wood shop, studio, video equipment, cameras, computers, printers) that might be cost-prohibitive or difficult to access after you graduate? If so, what kind? Before I graduate I would like to take a wood shop class and learn how to used video equipment

Are you planning to go to graduate school? If yes; right away, or later? Have you started researching graduate schools? Why do you want to go to graducate school? Tell me what five schools you'd like to go to, and how you plan on doing it. yes, after I graducate in December. I will be looking into this during the spring 2012, maybe Texas A&M University-Commerce

What kind of job would you most like to find? photography/art illustrator

What kind of job do you expect to find? the same

Name either a dozen potential employers, cleints, galleries or graduate schools, depending on your goals
Harbor Wildlife Museum, Veteran Administration,Food Network Magazine, ESPN, Kera(PBS), Travel Channel, Animal Planet-River Monster, Discovery Communication, History Channel, National Geographic, CNN, Time Magazine, Amon Carter Museum

Do you plan to live off freelance work or commissions (perhaps in addition to a part-time job)? No, But I am willing to do freelance work along with a full time position.

What did you do this summer to move you toward your goals? what art have you seen this summer? How much work did you make? None

Do you have a portfolio of your work? Website? blog? Can you tell me in 30 seconds what your work is about Do it. I have made three portfolios. I have a website now, which I will keep updated, and a blog. My work is about my nieces and nephew teenage's life-support and respect for each other, and the love of music.

What artists, musicians, photographers, writers, movies, books have influences you/your work? Gordon Parks, Jack Spencer, Chris Johns

Please share any important websites that you are referencing for art/phot competitions and/or information. Name at least five of them. www.photographycompetitions.net, www.Shutterbug.com, www.Software for Photography.com, www.Popular Photography.com, www.nature photographers.com

What do you feel is lacking in your education to prepare you for your future? What is lacking in your portfolio? Please be specific. I would like to learn video. My portfolio-I have learned how to present a portfolio, now I need to continue shooting to improve the presentation of my portfolio

Why does someone want to hire you? What makes you unique? The ability to work in a fast moving environment, team work, creativity, and travel

Thanksgiving dinner (test)

Project-Family

Time Table

November 23, Wednesday,edit, print, photograph family 6 hours
November 24, Thursday,holiday break -photograph family
November 25, Friday, work 130p-midight
November 26, Saturday, work 130p-midnight

Time Table

November 19, Saturday- father ill-later that night edit and print-9p-11p
November 20, Sunday-work 130p-midnight
November 21, Monday-work reviewed by Vaughn-need to shoot more, crop in camera, develop the storyline
November 22, Tuesday work 130p-midnight

Project-Family

working on shooting more photographs and artist statement

Time Table

November 14, Monday -class-lecture-Bryd Williams, Elizabeth Mellot
November 15, Tuesday-work 130-mid
November 16, Wednesday-work on new project, photograph,edit print 6hrs
November 17, Thursday- continuing working on new project, talk to Vaughn will scheduled an appointment on Monday
November 18, Friday work 130p-midnight

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Habit 4 Think Win/Win
Win/Win agreements or solutions are mutually beneficial, mutually satisfying.
Five Dimensions of Win/Win-Character, Relationship, Agreements, Supportive Systems, and Processes

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood
Character and communication most important skill in life
empathic listening-understanding and perception

Habit 6 Synergize
essence of synergy is to value differences to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weakness.
Valuing the differences-valuing the differences is the essence of synergy-the mental, the emotional, the psychological differences between people. And the key to value those difference is to realize that all people see the world, not as it is, but as they are.

Habit 7
Renewal- Sharpen the Saw
Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal
personal PC (personal capability). It's preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have you. Its renewing the four dimensions of your nature-physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional.

Inside-Out Again

"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature." Erza Taft Benson

Stephen R. Covey, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"' has been an inspirational reading for me. The different paragraphs I quoted from Covey's book are the habits I am working on for myself.

Art/Photo Lecture-Bryd Williams/Elizabeth Mellot

Bryd Williams and Elizabeth Mellot lecture was great. It's interesting the way they are telling the story of Mary's life. I really like seeing his family's photographs of the architects and lifestyles in the 30's.

Time Table

Friday, November 11, work 130p-mid, read "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People on break and lunch, no photo shoots
Saturday, November 12, work 130p-mid, continue reading Covey's book, no photo shoots
Sunday, November 13. post on blog, reading book, work 130p-midnight, no photo shoots

Taylor Anne's Photography

Taylor Anne did an excellent job presenting her photographs. She captured the personality of the individuals in each photographs.

Part One-Paradigms and Principles/ Part Two Private Victory

Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,- is a great book to read. "The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves." Covey's explained Habits 1, 2, 3; I was able to follow Habits 1&2, and Habit 3 was confusing to me. I need read Habit 3 again.

Portraits (test)

Time Table

Wednesday, November 9 edit prints and attended Taylor's photograhy show-excellent show
Thursday, November 10, photographs, edit, prints total 10hours
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