…What will I do?

The ultimate goal is to be a working fine art photographer showing in all of those great places where they show work by great fine art photographers/visual artist like Cindy Sherman, Winni Wintermeyer, Lorna Simpson, Andreas Gursky, Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Prager, Dawoud Bey, Alec Soth, Haley Jane Samuelson, etc.  As I am working on getting from point “A” to point “B”, I’ll put in some work doing those other things I like doing so much – event and portrait/portfolio photography.  I think I’ll need a new web site as my art web site, Edward Lance Montgomery Photography, will not really be the right fit for an event and portrait photography business.  Well, there is much to do so I better get busy.  Just the same, I’m always open to that super awesome career falling into my lap (like working at the California Museumof Photography in Riverside or the Kopeikin Gallery in LA, for example).

So, Now That I have Graduated…

Back on Saturday, June 14^th 2014, I graduated from California State University, San Bernardino with a BA in studio art (photography) and a minor in business administration.  All that with honors, mind you.  I just love saying that.  The really cool thing that a friend pointed out to me was that back in 1980 on June 14^th, we (we went to high school together) graduated from James Logan High School – again on a Saturday.  There must be a meaning behind that.  Just the same, 34 years and I finally got my bachelor’s degree is a good thing.  Though I spent 20 years in the Army in the middle of those 34 years and a bunch of other stuff, I have always been going to school.  I think I have enough units for another degree if I really pushed it but I’m happy with what I have but now what?  Since one of those super awesome careers didn’t fall into my lap, I guess I need to create one on my own.  But I’m always open to one falling in my lap.

Things That I Have Done, 3

Here is the last video I created in Final Cut Pro X for my Digital Motion Imaging class.  This one was not a commercial but rather a kind of how-to video.  I explained how I made a woodcut (or woodblock) print in printmaking after I touched on why I made this particular print.  Printmaking is something I’m going to continue to do also – it is as therapeutic as photography.  All of the photos in the video, as in all of the videos, it took.  Well, except the “DA photo” and the last one with me and the Polish colonel.  I think this video is the best.

Things That I Have Done, 2

Here is the second video I created in Final Cut Pro X.  This one is a little better than project 1, I think.

Things That I Have Done

I will graduate tomorrow with a bachelor’s degree.  This is one of the things I did to earn it.  It was the first video I created in Final Cut Pro X.  It’s a bit rough but I liked it.