Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. - Aaron Siskind
I found this quote a few years ago, and it saved me. It made me realize why I fell in love with photography, and that this is something I would be doing for the rest of my life. Photography has always spoken to me with such passion and realism. It can show you what you’ve never seen before, the past, a different culture or country, war, peace, even outer space. It can show you things that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. It can show you the beauty in everyday things. All you have to do is learn to control this ‘photographic tunnel vision’ and see the constant beauty in life. That is one of the many things we learn here at PrairieView. We learn how to do things technically correct in Image Capture with Ross Cornish, how to fix what we missed and improve our photographs in Digital Techniques with Bram Singleton, and how to make every picture unique and beautiful in Creative Imaging with Sarah Crawley and Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk. We can’t forget my personal favorite class though, Analog Techniques with Tristan Fast. Where we learn all about where photography came from, film and the darkroom. Last but certainly not least there’s the class where we learn how to actually make money off of our passion, Industry Studies with “The Art Director From Hell” more commonly known at Craig Koshyk.
It has been approximately five months into the ten-month program and all of us have learned so much and grown pretty close. We not only learn from the instructors but from each other. Everyone shares their stories and experiences and through these stories we learn not only about photography but what it means to be a photographer. Going that extra mile to create something extraordinary and inspiring.Everyday we gather into our classrooms and prepare for the day ahead. Whether were taking notes on past photographers and inventors or improving our skills with our photographic tools. We walk in eager to learn new things every day to improve our work ethic and art. Working with equipment that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and learning what equipment each individual student will need. Being able to use and rent the equipment from the school is a huge benefit and opportunity for us to explore our creative side and really experiment with our personal style.
All in all, being a PrairieView student has been a fantastic experience so far. Getting up in the morning is so much easier when you love what you do and love learning new things everyday. I couldn’t be happier that I get to do this everyday.
Cheers!
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