Our last class left me with a lot to think about. After looking at the photos due yesterday we all came to the conclusion that I like stairs, which I had never really noticed before, but I guess it makes sense. I think it's a combination of things, really. I like angles, shapes, and symmetry, in some cases, which is why I liked the picture that I took of the stairs with the railing at night, up close. I also like people pictures on stairs because I think that people pictures are interesting, including crowd shots. Stairs are just a good location to capture those people. There is also some element of mystery involved in pictures of people going up or down stairs: Where are they going? What are they doing? How does the expression on their face or their body language convey these elements of mystery? There are many things that draw me to those similar themed photographs. Maybe I should include them in my final project...

...which leads me to another thought about yesterday's class. We discussed our ideas for the final project and I am very excited about mine. It seems like a unique idea and will be something that interests me. It will be very interesting to see how this all works out. Hopefully I will have some good ideas for each shoe box scene that I put together... I have started to think about it but there are so many options and so many different directions that I could go in that it's difficult to isolate certain ideas. I'm sure it will all come together in the end, though. As for now, I mainly need to focus on the next assignment due Tuesday: portraits. Self portraits are difficult, though, and I don't personally like taking them all that much, but I'm hoping that they come out well anyway.