Life, as I know it.
Things have been more than crazy with my paramedic training.
It's intensive and all consuming. I've had to stop myself and step away from the computer after 12 hours of doing Anatomy and Physiology homework. I wake, and go through streaming classes from 9am to lunch. After that, it depends on what we have. Normally it's been Independent Study, which i've geekily named iStudy or it's been Labs.
iStudy is usually more A&P. A room of 6 women doing A&P homework. It's impressive and intimidating. We'll help each other out and be utterly silent for hours, which i'm sure is eerie to the Paramedics who aren't used to us being that quiet and come in for their lunch or a cup of coffee.
Lab, however is noisy and hands on. We have to wear our spiffy uniforms, fully loaded with gear.
This Saturday, is my first ambulance observance. If my assigned Paramedic asks me, I can take vitals. This scares the living fuck outta me. (that would be a quarter for the swear jar)
Today, i had the thought of "Is it really worth it?" Of course i quickly chastized myself as being stupid for thinking such a thought. But yah know, you're your own worst enemy. I had to stop and ask my mum if this thought was normal.
On another note - yay for unrelated tangents? I was logging into my deviantArt account to take a peek at the works and i came across something that...sorta...i'm not sure. It was like it was an attempt to be something, but it came off as dirty. Here: Abbey - Not Safe for Work ...you might not be able to see it unless you have a deviantArt account. Essentially, its a picture of a ...I'm assuming she's 18+ woman (seriously she looks 16ish) who is in underwear, a tank that has a deep V, and she's holding her shirt open to reveal her breasts, nipples exposed a bit. The background looks like a hotel room in disarray.
I asked the question of "how do you, as the photographer see this as artistic?" i asked another question, but i can't remember it. I got a response from someone other than the photographer, basically saying that i shouldn't be trolling people and bugging them about what they shoot for art.
now...i don't have an issue with artistic nudes, as ...this piece is labeled under the dA format, i watch photographers who make a living out of it. however, the fact that she looks so young and that it's on the FRONT page sorta concerned me.
To the person who responded, i responded back with:
i'm not trolling. it's a legit question. i want to know their thoughts on it. what is it that strikes them as being artistic and not some myspace home porn shot? where does this person draw that line?
if i was trolling, it'd be more like "lulz, boobies." and stating that they should never do photography again. i never said the work was illegitimate, that's your word and don't put it in my mouth.
it's a question that many artists/photographers have to face, especially if they're in the nude field. where is that line for them? i'm asking because i don't know them or their thoughts and i WANT to know. is there a problem in wanting to know this? no. if anything, it might lead to an interesting conversation.
the response i got was from the photographer themselves:
It's artistic because I came up with the idea of the shoot, we did it, and it turned out how I wanted it to. It's like a painting that someone in visions, then does. Art can be of anything whether it appeals to you or not. I put a mature rating on it so people would know not to look at it if they aren't in to nudes.
my response to them:
fair enough. i just wanted to know your thoughts on it.
i was in no way trolling, i hope you do understand that.
it caught my attention for many different reasons, and i do watch photographers who do artisitc nude work. and yes, i ask this of them too - and they might have been doing it for 20+ years.
was it the impromptu look you were going for? it seems very carefree, which is actually a very hard thing to capture.
and just a note, there was no reason to hide my original comment as i wasn't being an ass about it. simple question was all it is.
art is whatever you make it to be, if the viewer doesn't like it for whatever reason, then that's their opinion.
i would, as a suggestion, put down a statement that she is over 18 as your model looks far younger than legal age for nudity shots. there might be others out there who are far less open minded.
are there any photographers that you want to aspire to become like?
I don't have to justify my commenting on a picture, especially if it's on the front page of the newest "artwork" that was just posted. I certainly wasn't trolling either. Fuck, people are so bloody touchy.
You put it on public space, expect people to like it or NOT. I know people aren't going to like my stuff, or maybe they will...meh. Personally, I don't like it...at all. It looks like a Myspace crappy home porn shot of some underage girl whose taking webcam pics of herself for...whatever purpose they might want.
Wow. it's almost 12. i'm going to bed. night all.
It's intensive and all consuming. I've had to stop myself and step away from the computer after 12 hours of doing Anatomy and Physiology homework. I wake, and go through streaming classes from 9am to lunch. After that, it depends on what we have. Normally it's been Independent Study, which i've geekily named iStudy or it's been Labs.
iStudy is usually more A&P. A room of 6 women doing A&P homework. It's impressive and intimidating. We'll help each other out and be utterly silent for hours, which i'm sure is eerie to the Paramedics who aren't used to us being that quiet and come in for their lunch or a cup of coffee.
Lab, however is noisy and hands on. We have to wear our spiffy uniforms, fully loaded with gear.
This Saturday, is my first ambulance observance. If my assigned Paramedic asks me, I can take vitals. This scares the living fuck outta me. (that would be a quarter for the swear jar)
Today, i had the thought of "Is it really worth it?" Of course i quickly chastized myself as being stupid for thinking such a thought. But yah know, you're your own worst enemy. I had to stop and ask my mum if this thought was normal.
On another note - yay for unrelated tangents? I was logging into my deviantArt account to take a peek at the works and i came across something that...sorta...i'm not sure. It was like it was an attempt to be something, but it came off as dirty. Here: Abbey - Not Safe for Work ...you might not be able to see it unless you have a deviantArt account. Essentially, its a picture of a ...I'm assuming she's 18+ woman (seriously she looks 16ish) who is in underwear, a tank that has a deep V, and she's holding her shirt open to reveal her breasts, nipples exposed a bit. The background looks like a hotel room in disarray.
I asked the question of "how do you, as the photographer see this as artistic?" i asked another question, but i can't remember it. I got a response from someone other than the photographer, basically saying that i shouldn't be trolling people and bugging them about what they shoot for art.
now...i don't have an issue with artistic nudes, as ...this piece is labeled under the dA format, i watch photographers who make a living out of it. however, the fact that she looks so young and that it's on the FRONT page sorta concerned me.
To the person who responded, i responded back with:
i'm not trolling. it's a legit question. i want to know their thoughts on it. what is it that strikes them as being artistic and not some myspace home porn shot? where does this person draw that line?
if i was trolling, it'd be more like "lulz, boobies." and stating that they should never do photography again. i never said the work was illegitimate, that's your word and don't put it in my mouth.
it's a question that many artists/photographers have to face, especially if they're in the nude field. where is that line for them? i'm asking because i don't know them or their thoughts and i WANT to know. is there a problem in wanting to know this? no. if anything, it might lead to an interesting conversation.
the response i got was from the photographer themselves:
It's artistic because I came up with the idea of the shoot, we did it, and it turned out how I wanted it to. It's like a painting that someone in visions, then does. Art can be of anything whether it appeals to you or not. I put a mature rating on it so people would know not to look at it if they aren't in to nudes.
my response to them:
fair enough. i just wanted to know your thoughts on it.
i was in no way trolling, i hope you do understand that.
it caught my attention for many different reasons, and i do watch photographers who do artisitc nude work. and yes, i ask this of them too - and they might have been doing it for 20+ years.
was it the impromptu look you were going for? it seems very carefree, which is actually a very hard thing to capture.
and just a note, there was no reason to hide my original comment as i wasn't being an ass about it. simple question was all it is.
art is whatever you make it to be, if the viewer doesn't like it for whatever reason, then that's their opinion.
i would, as a suggestion, put down a statement that she is over 18 as your model looks far younger than legal age for nudity shots. there might be others out there who are far less open minded.
are there any photographers that you want to aspire to become like?
I don't have to justify my commenting on a picture, especially if it's on the front page of the newest "artwork" that was just posted. I certainly wasn't trolling either. Fuck, people are so bloody touchy.
You put it on public space, expect people to like it or NOT. I know people aren't going to like my stuff, or maybe they will...meh. Personally, I don't like it...at all. It looks like a Myspace crappy home porn shot of some underage girl whose taking webcam pics of herself for...whatever purpose they might want.
Wow. it's almost 12. i'm going to bed. night all.
Labels: deviantArt, paramedic course, wtf?
posted by The Holy Dark at
11:09 p.m.
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