Here are a couple more images from the high school. High School has changed since I was a student. There are no more dusty chalk boards, the ventilation system is suited for a space ship and the students have a salad bar in the cafeteria. The general atmosphere of the place though is exactly the same. Walking in the doors is like walking into a vacuum, the hallways smell like nothing, floor wax maybe. The students are the same too. All the same groups strut the halls, the jocks, the skanks, the "punks", the brains, and my personal favorite the nerds. The nerds are the most open and friendly group of students, they even invited me to play magic cards after school which had my stay at the high school been longer I would have absolutely done.

The other reason I have been busy is because I am back in school. I am currently getting certified to teach art k-12. The Maine College of Art has a one year program that has you in the classroom almost every day. I was really inspired by the high school environment. Every classroom is like a little pod set up for one activity. The environments are clean, almost sterile, and yet somehow loaded with the activity of students. Here are two images I made while in my high school placement. The hardest part was the lighting, it is so flat due to the fluorescents.

It has been exactly a year since my last post. This last year has been so increadably and wonderfuly busy. As far as photo goes, I spent a lot of time editing work for a formal web site which you can view at www.alissalane.com.

In other news: On July 17th Ryan and I tied the knot. It was absolutely amazing. After 5 years we decided it was time to gather the family and make it official. My mother spent a year sewing that dress, it is exquisite. We were married at an old barn in VT right in our home town. The day was spent surrounded by friends, family, good food and drink, bonfire and fiddle music. Everything was simple and sweet. Most things were hand made, my step dad made our cake, my dad made the h'ourderves, my sister made my jewelry, Ryan made all the signage, and I made tablecloths and favors as well designed the whole thing. It was about 98 degrees on the big day, but the rain in the forecast was no were in site.

More shots. Playing with how I want to title and present these. I sort of like the B&W super flat. I am convinced to mix color and bw in the same boddy of work. Maybe a part one, part two thing.

I cant believe how long it has been since I lasted uploaded! I actually missed December. I shot a lot with my Windsor. I really really love the quality of them, I cant say that enough. The nice thing about it is the lens is actually glass, so it does not just simply have that plastic lens look even though the camera itself is plastic. I also enjoy shooting with the thing because I always have to guess what the actual image will look like because in the view finder it is very different. Any way more to come, have to film to develop.

I went home for Thanksgiving and brought my 4x5 along. It is obvious that I had put the camera down for too long. I like some of the shots, but find the composition to be a little off, or the exposure to be wrong. These were quick scans and such, I am working on making finals of a lot of my work from the past 4 years.

The images from top to bottom: James's Table, Sam and Carley (Newly Weds), Mom's Kitchen, John's Desk, Ava, Home from College.

My little plastic camera is getting way more use then I ever expected. It tends to live in my purse along with a whole bunch of other crap. But every now and then I see something worth shooting, sometimes it takes me a month to shoot one roll of film.....pathetic.

Working at a college I get to witness the way photography is changing first hand. Sometimes a student will ask me "what is all that noise?", and I say "that's called film grain". Or, I will look over their shoulders and see that they are dusting an image at %300 and I say "why are you doing that, you couldn't spot tone at %300" and they say "Oh, I have never spot toned". I proceed to go home and search for gray hairs. But really I am only about 4 years older then the average senior.... the times they are a changin', but that's OK. The point is they still make images, and great images at that. I like making this work because I never dust and I love all the grain (especially in the bottom photo).