Graduate School Portfolio & Holiday Origami

As some of you may already know, I'm currently in the process of applying for graduate school. This process is more difficult than I originally thought. I'm beginning to think that having an undergraduate degree is necessary for filling out the applications. Anyways, on my photography blog I've posted my portfolio for graduate school submissions (http://lynnephotography.blogspot.com/). It contains a large number of images for the 1,000 Paper Cranes for Bruce Bowman project. I just thought I'd link to it if you want to get a taste of how the project is shaping.

On a different note, I've put crane folding on hold for the holidays in order to do some seasonal origami. Like always, I've given myself a pretty hefty load of projects for Christmas and not enough time to complete them. I didn't even take into consideration finishing my graduate school applications. So, I'm basically spending every break at work folding. I've also been folding at night while watching Star Trek: TNG. My personal nerdiness aside, here is a peek at my holiday origami project. It is pretty unrecognizable right now, but it'll be something pretty awesome once I'm done. I'll post a follow-up later to show you what I made (and if I actually pulled it off).

Crane Update: #444

Wow! It's been awhile since my last update. Now up to 444 cranes! Almost half way there, thanks to my friend Sarah. We folded lots of cranes during our Shadowrun RPG sessions over the last year. I've been working hard on my "1,000 paper cranes" project. It's been evolving a bit from it's original idea, but I guess every project does that. I currently have a mix of staged photos with the cranes and documentary photos of my father's battle with cancer and his funeral. I still need to work out if I think these two styles go together. So far I've met with one of my old professors, Bill Kennedy, about my work and he thinks the staged work is better than the documentary work and that the two styles do not go together. He thinks I should focus my energy on the staged work. I'm glad he said that because I think I've been concentrating on the documentary work too long. I haven't been adding to either part, and I know that the staged work needs more attention. Once I flush that portion out, then I can make decisions about all the work as a complete portfolio. Until next time.