AZ

I guess I shouldn't just make announcements without explaining myself a little more. I'm going to Arizona for school starting in January. I'm going home to California for Thanksgiving, then moving to AZ to get settled and find a part time job before school starts. I'm also strategically avoiding Winter in New York.

If you haven't noticed yet from reading my blog, I really love photography. When I was little I read a series of books about a girl named Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. In one of them Alice took a picture of her friend for her photo club. I love the way she described the photo capturing the mood of the subject. That's where my interest in photography started.

Then when I was 16, I would look at my brother Sam's photos from a Photography class he took at our high school. I loved them, I would look at them over and over. My parents had this old SLR camera and they let me use it to go around the neighborhood and take pictures of stuff. I enjoyed capturing objects in a cool way. I took the same class as my brother and then took another class at BYU Idaho. It became a steady hobby and I wanted to major in photography in school, but I didn't think I had the motivation/drive to make a career out of it. Instead, I got my Associates Degree in General Studies and subsequently quit school for a while.

Fast forward 5 years and here I am. I have learned a lot over the years but the most important thing I've realized is that I can do whatever I set my mind to. I want to be a professional photographer! I am going back to school to Arizona State University. I will be majoring in photography and working along the way. I am really excited and happy to finally be studying what I've always loved the most.

Sundevils watch out, here I come!

Look how happy these ASU students look. I'm ready to join the ranks.