I went back to university on Wednesday. Yepp, final semester of my Masters of Teaching (Primary). Where have the past 4.5 years gone?
Due to my low threshold for dealing with stress, I'm already feeling the pressure of assignments and my practicum coming up. 6 assignments and 27 days of prac teaching at a school.
Holy cow.
Depending on how I do this semester determines whether I graduate either in December (If my cohort is chosen for a special graduation ceremony) or April next year. Here's hoping for December. Which is a similar attitude I had when I wrote about graduating from my Undergraduate and dealing with my crippling anxiety. It's located waaaay in the back of my blog archives.
When I finish, I will be qualified in teaching children from the ages of 5-12. How crazy is that?
I'm looking into getting some casual work whilst I apply for college for photography.
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
Thinking about the end of uni makes me reminisce about when I started all those years ago. Just a shy 18 year old me, fresh out of year 12. I'd commute from my house to university every. single. day. of. the. week (mostly because I didn't really understand the whole tutorial selection process). I'd go to uni and buy some breakfast and spend all day there listening to lectures, attending tutorials and hanging out with my new group of friends. I'd also make sure I was 100% prepared for everything. Printing out lecture notes, having homework done as soon as I got home and eating balanced meals throughout the day.
These days my friends and I just choose the most convenient times for tutorials, drive to uni, talk though lectures, eat through tutorials and chit chat in between classes. A lot has changed.
I'm going to miss university, it's pretty much all I've known since high school, but being a graduate without having to go back to study again will be good and a nice change. Even though I'm going to college but... it will be for taking photos, so it's different. I think.
I can't wait to finally make some money and finally start the new chapter of my life. Gideon is experiencing some HUGE and amazing career changes which are making us extremely happy. We're pretty glad for the future and are anticipating it with optimism.
So here's to my last semester! I hope you finish as quickly as you started.
-C.
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Stressed Out | Uni life ☹
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
So, I have a friend named Carla.
We've known each other since the moment I moved to the area, which was in 2002. We were in year 6 at Winston Hills Public School together.
We've gone through every awkward phase together. Her with her colourful plastic jewellery phase to me in my all black emo stage with accompanying emo fringe. Awesome.
We've gone through highs and lows together and experienced the good and the bad.
Anyways, I took some photos for her blog yesterday and she's going to be featuring them in her blog which you can find...
We've known each other since the moment I moved to the area, which was in 2002. We were in year 6 at Winston Hills Public School together.
We've gone through every awkward phase together. Her with her colourful plastic jewellery phase to me in my all black emo stage with accompanying emo fringe. Awesome.
We've gone through highs and lows together and experienced the good and the bad.
Anyways, I took some photos for her blog yesterday and she's going to be featuring them in her blog which you can find...
I hope you can find her blog because the link I added wasn't too big. She blogs all about design stuff, fashion and inspiration pieces, make up and her everyday life. It makes for a really interesting read.
She's got some pretty cool stuff in her room, & her jewellery collection & ability to piece items together is impressive. She's always had that eye for knowing design and fusion. I guess that's why she specialises in that sort of thing. Design. Carla. It just goes together.
You'll be able to check out the blog post soon.
Until then...
Stay classy.
-C.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
I was reading one of my favourite photography-based newsletters from Photojojo last week and it gave me some amazing insights into today's project.
First of all, who and what is Photojojo?
Well, Photojojo is an amazing website that embraces the unique side of photography. It gives you inspiration to be super creative with your shots and to embrace your own style of photography using new and experimental methods of creating interesting content.
They even have an awesome online store that sells a whole bunch of awesome and unique camera accessories and even accessories for your iPhone to enhance your iPhone-ography! I've purchased a fair few of their items for my camera bag including: Photorito Lens Wraps, Seat Belt Camera Straps and a Polaroid Z2300 just to name a few :)
So yeah, I really love their website and their bi-weekly photo inspiration newsletters.
Last week the newsletter was all about 'The Most Unconventional Family Portraits' and it made me wonder what that meant. You can't really have a portrait without a human or living being, right? Wrong. Sometimes we are shown in our possessions. You can really find out a lot about a person by their interests. And that's what inspired me today.
Camilla Catrambone prides herself in her unconventional portraits by laying out the person's belongings and photographing them instead of the person. How cool is that? You can see her amazing photographs here where she showcases her family through their possessions and what they surround themselves with, because ultimately that is how we tell the story of ourselves.
Through this series I decided to try it myself, telling my own story. So below you'll see a collection of my own possessions that I think tells the story of me, Clarissa.
Above you'll see some of my cameras that I've collected over the years including my first Nikon which my dad bought me to start off my collection & ignite a passion of photography, my two favorite pairs of shoes (Steel Cap Lita by Jeffrey Campbell and my black leather Doc Martens) , my iPhone which contains photos of the people that I love (my family and friends) and music that fills my ears including Michael Jackson, A Tribe Called Quest, Justin Nozuka and more, my very first Apple product; my blue 1st generation iPod mini, make-up because well... I love make-up, a photograph of my Sugamama aka my best friend, my calculator watch given to me by my brother Spencer as a spontaneous gift, my Coach clutch, my favourite perfumes; Rose by Paul Smith and Miss Dior Chérie by Dior, my Tiffany & Co jewellery including my Engagement and Wedding rings given to me by the love of my life Gideon and my Tiffany Key which Gideon gave me as well, my RayBan Wayfarers that I've owned for about 5 years, my Macbook aka my love, Frankie Magazine which I have been reading since issue 1, a composition book which represents my years in university (my undergraduate in Education & Psychology, and finishing up my Masters this year in Primary School Teaching) and lastly my Ukulele, Jackson, whom I have strummed many chords on for hours and hours, creating music.
I believe these possessions of mine really show who I am, and ultimately tell a story of myself.
What would you think, from your possessions, would tell your story?
Stay classy
-C.
First of all, who and what is Photojojo?
Well, Photojojo is an amazing website that embraces the unique side of photography. It gives you inspiration to be super creative with your shots and to embrace your own style of photography using new and experimental methods of creating interesting content.
They even have an awesome online store that sells a whole bunch of awesome and unique camera accessories and even accessories for your iPhone to enhance your iPhone-ography! I've purchased a fair few of their items for my camera bag including: Photorito Lens Wraps, Seat Belt Camera Straps and a Polaroid Z2300 just to name a few :)
So yeah, I really love their website and their bi-weekly photo inspiration newsletters.
Last week the newsletter was all about 'The Most Unconventional Family Portraits' and it made me wonder what that meant. You can't really have a portrait without a human or living being, right? Wrong. Sometimes we are shown in our possessions. You can really find out a lot about a person by their interests. And that's what inspired me today.
Camilla Catrambone prides herself in her unconventional portraits by laying out the person's belongings and photographing them instead of the person. How cool is that? You can see her amazing photographs here where she showcases her family through their possessions and what they surround themselves with, because ultimately that is how we tell the story of ourselves.
Through this series I decided to try it myself, telling my own story. So below you'll see a collection of my own possessions that I think tells the story of me, Clarissa.
Above you'll see some of my cameras that I've collected over the years including my first Nikon which my dad bought me to start off my collection & ignite a passion of photography, my two favorite pairs of shoes (Steel Cap Lita by Jeffrey Campbell and my black leather Doc Martens) , my iPhone which contains photos of the people that I love (my family and friends) and music that fills my ears including Michael Jackson, A Tribe Called Quest, Justin Nozuka and more, my very first Apple product; my blue 1st generation iPod mini, make-up because well... I love make-up, a photograph of my Sugamama aka my best friend, my calculator watch given to me by my brother Spencer as a spontaneous gift, my Coach clutch, my favourite perfumes; Rose by Paul Smith and Miss Dior Chérie by Dior, my Tiffany & Co jewellery including my Engagement and Wedding rings given to me by the love of my life Gideon and my Tiffany Key which Gideon gave me as well, my RayBan Wayfarers that I've owned for about 5 years, my Macbook aka my love, Frankie Magazine which I have been reading since issue 1, a composition book which represents my years in university (my undergraduate in Education & Psychology, and finishing up my Masters this year in Primary School Teaching) and lastly my Ukulele, Jackson, whom I have strummed many chords on for hours and hours, creating music.
Another possession not featured was what I used to capture the photos for today's post, my Nikon
D7000. I take this camera everywhere and I love it!
I believe these possessions of mine really show who I am, and ultimately tell a story of myself.
What would you think, from your possessions, would tell your story?
Stay classy
-C.
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
I'm on "holidays" from uni and its given me a lot of time to think. I put holidays in quotation marks because I actually have assignments due. My university still calls it holidays...
anyway~
I've been thinking about my future-- our future (mine & Gideon's). We have so many plans we want to fulfil together. Plans that involve growth, discipline and maturity.
We're aiming to buy a house by January. It's going to be tough but we're determined to make things happen. Seriously. We want our own place with our names on it. A place to call home.
We also want to travel the world and visit the places of the Earth where dreams are made of.
Before then, I'll finish my Masters and he'll be in a career that will bring him the quality of life he's always wanted. He wants fulfilment in his work and I'm sure it will give him that. I then want to explore my creative outlets too, which should be exciting.
Then, we want to move. We want to find a life for ourselves and tick a box from our bucket list. Preferably we would like to move to New York, where we went on our honeymoon, as we felt a connection to that city that we've never felt anywhere else.
It's calling for us.
We're still pretty new to this whole ~married~ thing so we're reaching for the stars with our goals and ambitions, but here's hoping that the universe is on our side and that we'll be able to make the most out of our life together.
What are your plans for the future?
Kids?
A house?
Learning how to cross stitch?
Until then,
Stay classy.
-C.
anyway~
I've been thinking about my future-- our future (mine & Gideon's). We have so many plans we want to fulfil together. Plans that involve growth, discipline and maturity.
We're aiming to buy a house by January. It's going to be tough but we're determined to make things happen. Seriously. We want our own place with our names on it. A place to call home.
We also want to travel the world and visit the places of the Earth where dreams are made of.
Before then, I'll finish my Masters and he'll be in a career that will bring him the quality of life he's always wanted. He wants fulfilment in his work and I'm sure it will give him that. I then want to explore my creative outlets too, which should be exciting.
Then, we want to move. We want to find a life for ourselves and tick a box from our bucket list. Preferably we would like to move to New York, where we went on our honeymoon, as we felt a connection to that city that we've never felt anywhere else.
It's calling for us.
We're still pretty new to this whole ~married~ thing so we're reaching for the stars with our goals and ambitions, but here's hoping that the universe is on our side and that we'll be able to make the most out of our life together.
What are your plans for the future?
Kids?
A house?
Learning how to cross stitch?
Until then,
Stay classy.
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| Our future home. |
-C.
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