07/15/07 - 7/21/2007

This week we have finished the first round editing on the following:

Christina Tercero
Chris Wehling
Lyle Whitworth
Ashley Henry


We have started Shane Epping. We are saving the big monsters for last (both Abby and I will be doosies).

We’ve finished the two page brainstorming list of words we associate with Arrow Rock. This was an additional way for us to figure out our theme. I think we’re settling somewhere in the realm of ‘community’ and ‘family’. It really is like an extended family: love, secrets, warmth, quibbling, friendship, black sheep, dedication and all.

Abby and I have decided we need to expand Bunny’s story, as well as photograph some architectural details, per Rita’s suggestion. We talked about it and decided I would follow up on Bunny, and Abby would follow up on the architecture.

Today I spent the day hiking around the Big Muddy photographing the Jameson Shoot Project. Learned a lot of interesting stuff about how rivers work and what the Corps of Engineers is doing, and how Tom Bell (and Tom Beamer) are convinced that the farmers fears are unfounded…spent from 8 until 3 with Tom Bell, he’s a very interesting, enlightening soul. I don’t think my photography was fantastic (most of the work was being done about a mile from the river, and they wouldn’t let me close for safety reasons, so imagine lots of dirt.) but I tried. I’m not sure how well it ties into Arrow Rock – mostly just a reminder that the river is there, and is the reason that Arrow Rock was originally formed as well.

Today I also finished going through all of the folders from my class that Rita gave me and downloading whatever word documents and indesign files I could scrounge. I laugh (ruefully) when people copy the indesign files onto a cd without the corresponding pictures, fonts, etc. It might be wise to incorporate a lesson on preflight packaging and the basics of how indesign works (by creating representative jpegs and links) in one of the advanced technique or picture story classes. We still need to get the rest of Abby’s class and see what bounty those cds hold.