Headings towards Escalante Utah

So going to the lazy river was a lot of fun. I drank a lot of water...and some beers going down it for 4.5 hours only later to realize that I actually got sunburned all over. My shoulders and legs are burnt all over! I have only experienced sunburn mostly on my nose and cheeks so this is all new to me. Regardless of the burns it was fun to hang out with Sara, Amanda, Carolyn, Kyle, Evan, Marcella, and Kate that day.

Yesterday I went and took a trip to the Grand Canyon on the north rim. Photos and videos cannot even come close to capturing the moment I saw part of the canyon. We took a 4 mile hike (round trip) down into the canyon. I took photos of this of course but I do not have time today to edit any digital images.

I am actually growing quite tired of using my digital. It is conveinent to have images ready on my blog so all of you can see what I am photographing but my true passion will be with film. With film you only have 12,24, or 36 exposures on a roll of film so you are limited to what to photograph. I agree to "saving" money by using digital capture to import images onto a computer without having to develop the film but sometimes digital is just an easy way out. When I'm using film i pay more attention to what I am photographing instead of clicking the shutter away. Now I just need to find that using digital.

However with film...today I found out that ALL of my Polaroid 4x5s have been destroyed by water. For those who don't know, Polaroid is no longer producing ANY POLAROID FILM so any polaroid film that is out there is all that is left. Unless you go on ebay. 20 sheets of my 4x5 polaroid starts to sell over $170 / box on ebay and I was able to get a box for $30...until water leaked in everywhere.

However

With digital people have to be extremely careful that sand does not get into the camera. For the D-SLRs its best to have a sensor cleaning kit to clean the sensor so you dont have any dust spots.


Enough of technical photo jargon

I have decided to photograph more skateboarding related photos while I am out here. I want to continue to explore how skateboarders react to the landscape around them. Skateboarding has always been a strong passion of mine even though I do not consider myself the best , but its fun to skate and explore and try new things. So that will be one of my main project's I will be working on throughout the summer and most likely the fall semester into Senior Thesis. I need to develop more ideas and think about the landscapes more while I am traveling into new locations.

I don't know when the next time I will be updating the blog this week but will try my best to go through and process some images to post up on the blog.

Check out Marisa's blog for more updates on our group

http://marisarae.blogspot.com/