Don't forget to name your layers!

Picture from my trip to Japan; I'm in the middle, friend Joshua to the left and friend on right met through trip.

I'm trying to save my money this time for a new camera because my old camera, old meaning 4 months, is not quite good enough for handling the kind of pictures I'll be taking at the first wedding I will have ever done which is in march. So at the moment I'm trying to figure out how much equipment I can buy/borrow for this upcoming wedding. I know you probably are thinking, "Joshua why are you spending all your money as soon as you get enough to buy some new gadget?"... maybe you're thinking that who knows, but I see these things such as my macbook pro, lenses and this new camera as investments that will pay for themselves in the long run and yes they are also some of my favorite toys.

I'm trying to figure out my next trip to Japan somewhere in this equation as well and I fear it will be in the backseat for a while since I'm college age and have no solid source of money. Because I have no major source of money I am going to try and get into this wedding photography stuff more and hopefully I will at some point be good enough to be able to pay for my trip in just one shoot... that's my dream anyways. Every job I have ever had, the first thought that crosses my mind is, "finally I can get back to Japan and visit all my friends and of course make many more good ones" but life doesn't work in such a way and of all the average jobs I have worked I have never had a chance to make anywhere near enough to pay for a plane ticket and 2-3 months of expenses. I know that Japan is meant to be though because I have dreams of Japan and being there speaking legit Japanese with real Japanese people, even a dream where I woke up in tears from meeting my old friends from Japan.

*sigh* So much to do. I am trying to get my grades and all good enough to go to Savannah college of art and design in Georgia. My best friend is looking at going there too for video which would be quite exciting for both of us to be there, we'll see how that pans out. My best friend who also shares my name, Joshua, has already been there and says it's amazing as in 2-3 monitors hooked up to a mac pro for the serious videographer. I want to see what they have for photographers and am currently planning on visiting at the end of the semester.

I think I'm out of words. I didn't think I had anything to say when I started writing this... Wrong!

Hookah Joe's!

Myself and a friend went out shooting at this Asheville rocks thing and I just thought this was somewhat amusing seeing security next the words hookah and I like the balance of the picture.

Snow delay is a delay on life...

It snowed last night only to about an inch and now I'm sitting here waiting for class to start because of the delay that one inch caused.  On top of that my boss called me earlier to tell me I should come in 30 minutes after my class ends but because of the one hour delay I'm going to have to call him back and tell him I wont be able to get there till 7:30.  *sigh* This snow thing is messing everything up.  

Oh man... It's finally 2009 and so comes a new semester of college. I had my first printmaking class today which sounds like it will be an awesome class. I got to hear what everyone who is taking the class is about which was interesting. I also got to meet my computer art teacher. I have heard really good things about him and lots of really bad things but of those things he is said to teach good material so I guess that helps lol. Almost every semester I have ever taken at Abtech I meet someone who is either Japanese, is interested in going to Japan as much as me or has been, and this semester is no different. I'm quite excited about my classes I think this semester will be the one I get a grasp on photoshop in which is going to be rockin'.


I got my second wave of classes tomorrow so I better get to bed. I'll try and update more often then the normal has been. In the mean time check out the band Ratatat if you like cool beats and stuff.

The new year and good thoughts...

I spent my new years eve exercising my right to kill friends in halo until it was time to watch the ball drop in NYC.  As friends grew increasingly impatient of the somewhat normal sight of time square, Bill and Hillary Clinton they decided to break out the Nerf shotgun for target practice.  As small foam bullets hit the television screen I wondered if the targets of those bullets had ever wondered if anyone had ever done this before.  

I wonder if the new year will turn out to be any different then the year before, will anyone improve based off the less then smart decisions they made in '08 or do something that will effect the world in a positive manner.  I hope to become a photographer for this reason, to better the world in whatever way I can whether that is giving a bride photos of the special day that everyone looks forward to or promoting world peace by risking life and limb out in the field.  I seek the chance to do something extraordinary, with the support of my friends I will get there... one day.

I hope we can all add something to this "new" year that will aid us on our journey to happiness.