I think I have changed a lot since mid semester. I have grown through my art. Expert hours have really helped me. I got an outside internship and have been developing art separately from class. I have moved away from photographing nature and I photograph people more now. I enjoy capturing all the emotions that people express.

I’m not sure I always used practice time efficiently, but I kept to my promise of working at least 7 hours a week outside of class on my projects. Whether it was editing images to get them the way I wanted them or making a collage I spent time practicing the skills I will use for the rest of my life.

I believe I dealt with feedback better the second half of the semester than the first. The first semester I didn’t want to accept all the mistakes I had make or any of the criticism so I made excuses as to why things were the way they were. Now I feel that I am more open to what others think. It will always be my art and it will always in the end be what I decide but other people can help me see things I never would have thought about.

My level of love for my work has to be “I’m in this for the long haul.” I love photography and I love the work I make. I know I moan and groan and complain but I honestly love what I do and look forward to making new art everyday. This year my work has reflected who I am more closely. There are certain projects I based directly on myself and before this year I never would have considered that. I love everything I make, sometimes I just hate all the work I have to do to achieve the final product. But I’m in this for the long haul. This art is my life and it’s what I want to do for the rest of my life.

My inventory of external “expert” experiences is small but mighty. I got an internship this semester and I am learning a lot from it. We did a photo shoot so I could learn how to pose people and he is helping me learn tricks on photoshop and Lightroom to improve my own photos. I went to a corporate event he was taking pictures at and edited almost 500 picture form it for the company. I look forward to all the mistakes and challenges because thats how I learn. I look forward to gaining “expert” hours and getting closer to where I want to be.

For my practice time grade I would give myself a B. I achieved my practice time easily but I didn’t push myself farther than that. I could have pushed harder and practiced more and gotten even better. For dealt with feedback I would give myself an A because I really improved with how I accepted feedback throughout the year and I believe I really ended up learning a lot and taking everything other people said into account. Also I think I provided other students with genuine good feedback as well. For level of love of work I would really have to give myself an A because I love my work and it is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I hope to develop some of my projects even more than I was able to this semester in the future. I really loved some of the work I was able to achieve though out the semester. Last but not least for inventory of expert experiences I would give myself an A because I worked really hard on gaining expert experiences outside of class. I went and found an internship I wanted and ended up getting the internship. I hope to continue working with this photographer and improving my skill set and gaining those expert hours we all so desire. This semester I have improved a lot from where I started. Thank you Tuan and Bill for all your help this semester. This was a great class. Thank you for helping each of us develop more in our work this semester.