Saturday, October 11, 2008

Crazy Days and Lazy Ways

0 comments Posted by Juicy Suzie at 5:38 PM



Zagga Zow,


CRAZY DAYS

I'm officially half way through my mid term break and I haven't hit a mathematical lick......*sigh* My mid-term is on Tuesday *whoopie* (and I don't mean like Goldberg hahahahahaha) Anyhoo... having such a hectic few weeks life has officially plateaued. Its really nice not having to worry about school... every milli-second of my day. This probably won't last longer than a few days but its a good strain off my brain for a while. My video production teacher wants us to produce 3 more productions before the end of the semester...which is in like two months Thats gonna be tough. Not to mention my weekly photojournalism journal updates as well as Biology and Math. Life *sigh*, it only get crazier I'm using this time to make sure that my seat belt is securely fastened because the next seven weeks are going to be a bumpy ride.

Next Friday will be the first time that our photojournalism class will be going out to take pictures...there's bound to be more hilarious stories to come so no worries. My best friend and I have currently started this blog that keeps people up to date with music, fashion and basically just entertainment.

Stay updated: Check it out at: http://csperspective.blogspot.com/

LAZY WAYS

Its so strange the way that information can manipulate your mind. The more you know the more it influences you without even knowing it. While talking to my best friend the other day about photography in the Bahamas, I finally came to grips with everything my photojournalism teacher has been saying all these weeks. Its like currently there has been a surge in Bahamian commercial photographers. There are hardly any good photojournalists. Looking at American and European photography, it differs so drastically from the Caribbean and us in the Bahamas.

I just don't get it. The commercial photographers have such raw talent but they feel that just because they take "pretty" pictures and people tell them "aw I want you take my pick-chaz" that its all good. But at the end of the day, what are you doing to help your country BESIDES breathing false ideas into young girls minds that they will be anything near a model??? What do your pictures mean? Do they have meaning? Who are you helping?

Too long has Bahamian people been complacent with everything they do. "Aw I'm good at drawing so I'll draw a few things for people to tell me ' boy they hard eh!!" GOD GAVE USE TALENTS use them wisely. Just because you have Bahamian attached to you it doesn't mean that you can't go places in this world.

Its good to foster your creative side or whatever but why not try and further what you're doing? Take a photography class if you're so passionate about what you're doing. Carve out your talent so that you can leave your footprint in the earth when you're gone. Hardly no one will remember a pretty picture but they will remember one that changed the way Bahamian people see things.


Knowledge is Power
Beauty is temporary
Use them both
You'll be legendary
~DSM~

Until next time,

Shandia

 

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Hills and Valleys

1 comments Posted by Juicy Suzie at 5:16 PM


Hey there, 


Last Thursday me and my bestie went to this Bahamian photography exhibition "Kinesis." We'd been planning on the evening since July and were hella excited. We got all dressed up looking all sharp and pretty which is a  rare event within itself.   So we arrive and enter the ballroom to purchase our tickets, V.I.P. btw $75.  Well the show begins and there's this guy that's singing the national anthem....well about halfway through, he forgets the tune ( I believe mainly because of too much curls in his singing) so me n my friend were like dying laughing. Inside the general section, we saw the photos. They were good...nothing too over the top or eye catching. After the performances, I got myself a glass of wine and headed off to the V.I.P. SECTION. *whoop whoop* 

 So now I'm expecting some sort of lavish, special section with real finger food instead of the fruits in the general area. Guess Again. There were rows of chairs and a documentary of jounser, Andre', who was the face of the show,  playing. It was all cool and stuff. That's pretty much where the good stopped. We went to get another glass of wine but they were offering it to me in a plastic cup... pull up selecta!...this ain WEE-EYE-PEE eh? On to the food, forget my fantasy finger food we had finger fruits up in there. After about an hour and being hunted down by the  "Can't use your camera in here" cops. We left and took pictures for fun. 

It was definitely NOT THE $75 night I was expecting but  in the end I spent time with my bestie, that i missed so much, and that was great. 

Pros: 
Spending time with my best friend
Getting dressed up
Taking pictures
Seeing something actually in play by a Bahamian
Hearing Andre's story out of his mouth

Cons: 
Bummer to spend $75 on crappy V.I.P. tickets that were not worth it. 
The people were boring
The acts were boring
Just not enough entertainment on the whole.


In the end I hope the photographer looks back at the experience, takes the feedback and produces a better, more entertaining, V.I.P. worthy and a better photography,  experience. Maybe I'll go again in the next like 10 years or something.... by then it should be 10 times better than this one and then the tickets would be worth the money. 





 

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