Moving!

8 years.

In 8 years, I have had one website and 4 different photo blogs.

A few months ago, some stupid hackers decided it would be fun to put porn on my site and I sadly said goodbye to my site while I took some time to figure out what I wanted to do with it. I finally realized I've been dividing my time between a blog and a site for far too long, so I'm combining the two.

Consequently, that means I'm leaving this blog. It's been fun here, but this way I can devote what time I have to playing around with one site instead of two...better for everyone :-)

If you read my blog via Facebook...never fear, it'll still be around. If you're not reading via Facebook, then come over to jessicapoole.com

*waves goodbye* See you around!

relaxed

It began during the spring semester in my junior year of college. The first photography critique of that semester did not go well. at. all. My photography professor said she was worried about me and was questioning why I was even there. So I cried and it was a bit of a low point. But a few days later, inspiration struck like someone hitting me on the head to tell me I "could've had a v8".

My epiphany? Diptychs.

I was then introduced to the work of photographer Rafael Navarro via his book "Dípticos". Sitting on the floor next to the bookshelves in my professor's office, it was love at first sight. I just wanted to stare at some of them for hours, trying to figure out why he chose to put those two images together. Never before had I been so captivated by a photographer's work. I still search online for the book, in the hopes of someday owning it.

So, the above image is one in a series of diptychs I created during a summer class following that fateful semester. They were the biggest I had ever printed, 16x24. That fall they were on display in a show with 2 of my other classmates. My professor never said anything to me about them, but she did tell her other classes to go see our show. I secretly hoped that was her way of saying I didn't suck so bad after all. Guess I'll never really know, but I'm proud of what I created then, and there are definitely plans to do more.


Current Music: James Yuill - This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Edit)

clementine

Current Music: Billy Boy On Poison - On My Way

3 good things:
1. Getting my hair done
2. Cute new shoes
3. Zucchini bread

camera

If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. ~Richard Avedon


Current Music: Foo Fighters - Everlong (Acoustic)

going

Been a little busy lately so this is another old diptych, originally shot with a 35mm slr and printed in the darkroom. I miss film, and the darkroom.


Current Music: Yo-Yo Ma - Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

3 good things:
1. Getting a library card
2. Accomplishing quite a few things on my to do list
3. Lunch w/ a friend

forks

This is what happens when I'm home at night w/ only 5 television channels (2 of which have questionable reception), and a camera I borrowed from the studio.


Current Music: O.A.R. - Hey Girl (Live)

3 good things:
1. Birthday cards
2. Pandora
3. So You Think You Can Dance...it's my Wednesday/Thursday night addiction right now

morning light

I love early morning light. It's yummy.


Current Music: Adele - Fool That I Am (Live)

3 good things:
1. Recovering my dining room chairs & hanging some curtains
2. Hulu.com
3. York peppermint patties