Blog Entry 12: Trails and walkways

My history class final paper/project is to write about a influential photographer I didn't have a modest influential photographer that I could write about so I went roaming the art institute online archives. I came across Yasuhiro Ishimoto who had a collection of walkways and I couldn't get over how it was like I was looking back into my childhood and how I would stop to enjoy the view of walkways. Thats why I always thought I was going to be an interior designer. This being why picked him to write about so I started to work on my homage for Ishimoto and this is what I have so far. 

Blog Entry 10: Chicago weather

Chicago weather is beyond predicted but it usually goes as fallows:

Fall; The leaves change and then fall looking like an awesome mess. 

Mid-Fall; Almost winter/ very chilly.  

Winter comes; It's christmas and the snow is no where to be found.

Come february we have record snow falls.

This year we have a bit of a confused mother nature:

Photo Credit: Eva Simon

Either way besides the crazy weather and its weird decisions when they want to come about, it's a great opportunity to photo document it all.

-Silvia Kay

Blog Entry 9: Take me back to Tennessee.

The summer before I started photography school I took a trip to Gatlinburg Tennessee/ The Smokey Mountains. I thought I was hot stuff with my $250 canon powershot, but looking back I wasn't all that hot more like a little hot mess. While the pictures still look decent it is only because Tennessee is absolutely gorgeous. The colors in the sky are almost like a painting every day...even on rainy days.

Here are a few of my "hot shot" images.

Rise and shine..My morning view from my cabin for 7 days.

Go Kart racing.

The start of our Journey up the Smokey Mountains.

Those clouds!

Sky lift up a mountain for the old and tired people like myself.

The most rewarding view.

I am planning to go back this summer maybe for two weeks this time, heck I just might move there...its cheap and photography is big there. When I go back I want to recreate these images possibly with my new Canon 70D (happy graduation Silvia!). I can guarantee I will come back with more images of the beautiful landscapes than silly photos of my awesome bathroom in the cabin. haha until then i'll enjoy boring Chicago for now. 

-Silvia Kay