Me, Myself and I

Hi everyone my name is karla, I'm 24 and i really hate writing about myself....  but here it goes...

I find it really hard to talk about myself so please be patient with me ok, I'm trying to get used to it.

So...
I live in Kildare, and I work in childcare, specifically playschool children and then afterschool kids.

Anyway enough of the boring stuff!

I have decided to do a course in Photographic Media as i have had a huge interest in taking photo's and what actually goes into making the 'perfect' photo.
Like the techniques used and the the camera controls etc etc.
I found a diploma course in photography online and I was able to take it part-time, which was great because i still need to work ( pay the bills and all!)
The course is in Griffith College Dublin and will lead into (if i choose) second year of a BA in photography.

The course its self is pretty intense with me phisically being in college 4 nights a week and all my weekends taken up with either shooting roles or developing in the darkroom,
anyway what i really mean is that for the next 8 months i have no life!
other then eat, sleep and drink photographs, images and anything to do with a camera!
I dont have an awful lot of experience in photography but I am hoping to maybe make a career change and work in the field in the future ( fingers crossed... double crossed !)

The first week came with a bit of a shock though, as i have only used digital cameras, and i was told that we would only be using analog cameras for the first semester.
Thats 12 weeks without using aperture priority and automatic settings (scarier than you think)

Over the weekend i shot my first roll of black and white film,
the film I used was Ilford  HP5 400 ISO.

This was the first time i have ever had to be aware of Apature, Shutter Speed and ISO and i really enjoyed shooting.

Ill be processing this film tomorow in the dark room and im really excited to see the outcome. If the images are good ill post them if they are rubbish ill keep them to myself!!!
Joking I'll post them no moatter the outcome, mistakes and all

Got to go. have to go to my next class. talk to you soon!!