June and July filers - NVC to Interview

[Jeraly 4]

Wow - that is sooo cool - I was going to set up my own business before everything changed and I decided to move to the US - I did my final dissertation on the use of animation as a teaching tool in elementary schools - I've worked with children aged from 4-10 doing various types of stop-motion so I have a real (amateur) interest in it How did you get into the field?

[rae_and_scott 1]

haha, i was very close indeed!! with those hours, and going by the area that we both live in, i felt you were a shoe in!! lol my roommate works in editing and one of my best friends works in production, they both have those insane hours, its unbelievable...

your job definitely doesnt sound half bad though...definitely better than the boring office job that i currently hold...booooooooo...im going to grad school in the fall (not sure where yet, because im still waiting for those acceptance letters!), and would love to start doing some creative things on the side...i love photography, and would love to do some freelance work in that area...

at the current moment though, i am working with a friend on starting up a free-walking tour business in the city...any future tourists??? you know who to talk to!! woot woot!!

creative work coupled with being your own boss is always a great combination

Well said!

What is your boring office job? Well, if you're going back to school, then it doesn't matter, since you won't have to stay there, right?!

I also love photography. I took a few classes in college and would have actually loved to switch my major over to it but it probably would have cost me an extra year of school (and tuition $$$). I actually have an enlarger and so can do black and white stuff at home in my own bathroom... though I haven't used it in a few years. I want to get a really nice digital SLR this year -- especially since my little point and shoot Elph just crapped out! And on the first day of a vacation no less!

[rae_and_scott 1]

Wow - that is sooo cool - I was going to set up my own business before everything changed and I decided to move to the US - I did my final dissertation on the use of animation as a teaching tool in elementary schools - I've worked with children aged from 4-10 doing various types of stop-motion so I have a real (amateur) interest in it How did you get into the field?

Oh that's cool!

I always knew I wanted to do something creative. I entered college as a drawing major with the plan to switch over to painting, quickly found out that I hate painting (and suck at it lol), and for whatever reason, switched over to computer graphics. So the type of animation I do is not actually cartoons or 3D movies. It's kinda hard to explain. But if you watch tv, you will notice that a lot of the stuff you see is not live footage, but graphics, and that's what I animate (like type, but it's a lot more than that).

Okay, okay, shameless plug, here is my website:

www.keenmedium.com

And you know, I always wonder how people get into their jobs/fields. Seems like so many people just "fall into" whatever they're doing. I've decided my dream job is to become a chocolate taster, but I'm not sure where to start....

[Jeraly 4]

I'll swap you?!?! That is really cool!! I am no painter either - I am more into installation work which is what I ended up getting into through my teaching degree (specialist subject was art and design). I want to set up my own bespoke jewellery business when I move out there

[rae_and_scott 1]

What kind of installation stuff? Is that like, how things are set up in stores?

I love small businesses. We need more of them, and less Wal-Marts. So good for you.

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

Well said!

What is your boring office job? Well, if you're going back to school, then it doesn't matter, since you won't have to stay there, right?!

I also love photography. I took a few classes in college and would have actually loved to switch my major over to it but it probably would have cost me an extra year of school (and tuition $$$). I actually have an enlarger and so can do black and white stuff at home in my own bathroom... though I haven't used it in a few years. I want to get a really nice digital SLR this year -- especially since my little point and shoot Elph just crapped out! And on the first day of a vacation no less!

my boring office job is working as a secretary in a real estate office...i work on the upper east side and deal with all the super super rich people who want to open businesses in this neighborhood...it has nothing to do with my area of study (psychology), its just basically getting me through this year off that im taking...i CANNOT wait to get back to school....i will be going for psychology of language, and doing research in that area...most people dont really understand how, but research is creative in a lot of ways also...i decide what to study, and can create new findings from my studies, i think thats awesome lol what a nerd.

rae, that truly sucks about your camera, but now you have an excuse to get a nicer, fancy one! lol i actually have a pretty descent digital camera that i bought right before i went to florence for the first time...i was taking a photo class in italy, and thats kinda where my love began...recently the nice camera has started to piss me off though, because its too big to bring everywhere!! my brother bought me a crappy little point and shoot for christmas, and i bring that out with my friends and such...i save the nice camera for when its truly needed...are you from ny, or did you move here after college? where did you go to school?

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

im leaving work now, so i will speak to everyone after the weekend (unless i get to my favorite tea lounge / internet cafe)...have a good one!!!!

[Jeraly 4]

Installation stuff... ok - well my project for the last two years of my four year degree were based on the environment... lemme see if I can get some pics going... nothing special...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1885...mp;id=739675434

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-...188562_8755.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8358...mp;id=739675434

A lot of it was about recycling and deforestation - you might get the idea...

[rae_and_scott 1]

my boring office job is working as a secretary in a real estate office...i work on the upper east side and deal with all the super super rich people who want to open businesses in this neighborhood...it has nothing to do with my area of study (psychology), its just basically getting me through this year off that im taking...i CANNOT wait to get back to school....i will be going for psychology of language, and doing research in that area...most people dont really understand how, but research is creative in a lot of ways also...i decide what to study, and can create new findings from my studies, i think thats awesome lol what a nerd.

rae, that truly sucks about your camera, but now you have an excuse to get a nicer, fancy one! lol i actually have a pretty descent digital camera that i bought right before i went to florence for the first time...i was taking a photo class in italy, and thats kinda where my love began...recently the nice camera has started to piss me off though, because its too big to bring everywhere!! my brother bought me a crappy little point and shoot for christmas, and i bring that out with my friends and such...i save the nice camera for when its truly needed...are you from ny, or did you move here after college? where did you go to school?

For when you come back after the weekend...

Real estate in this city enthralls me (because it's rather ridiculous). I think I'd find your job interesting!

I want to do just what you explained... have the nicer camera for more special things like trips (they are big and bulky but the difference in quality is so amazing) and the point and shoot for outings with friends and stuff like that. So actually I want to replace the one that broke AND get a nicer one! Oy vei! $$

I'm originally from Michigan, the Ann Arbor area. I actually moved here when I was 17 to go to college.... I went to Pratt. Loved NYC, loved Brooklyn, stayed. What about you?

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I'm really into photography too and have exactly what you describe

my small camera is my first digital, which I got duty free just before leaving Australia in 2004... it's only 3.5 mp, but has a 10x optical zoom and really is remarkably compact for something with some great features, and it's light and fits in my bag, and I have it with me all the time; I hate not having my camera

I've mentioned elsewhere about having a small business making postcards; all the cards so far have been made using that small camera (it's an Olympus) which is perfect since the images don't need to be massive

then about this time last year I got my first digi-SLR, which I love to death - it's a Pentax K-100D, with two lenses, and the anti-shake function which actually WORKS, unlike similar things I've seen on friends' cameras

I bought it online in the States and had it sent to a friend's place, who was coming over here, and she brought it in her hand luggage; I saved SO much money that way!

it's too bulky to carry around every day, as others of you have said, but I always take it in its separate bag if I really want some good shots, and just put up with the extra bulk and weight... and having the proper zoom lens (which my lovely fiancé sent as a surprise gift a couple of months back ) makes me look far more professional than I really am

[rae_and_scott 1]

Installation stuff... ok - well my project for the last two years of my four year degree were based on the environment... lemme see if I can get some pics going... nothing special...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1885...mp;id=739675434

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-...188562_8755.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8358...mp;id=739675434

A lot of it was about recycling and deforestation - you might get the idea...

Wow, Aly, this looks super cool and interesting. I didn't realize you meant fine art installation; I don't know why my brain jumped to commercialism right away!

[rae_and_scott 1]

it's too bulky to carry around every day, as others of you have said, but I always take it in its separate bag if I really want some good shots, and just put up with the extra bulk and weight... and having the proper zoom lens (which my lovely fiancé sent as a surprise gift a couple of months back ) makes me look far more professional than I really am

hahaha, I know just what you mean! I have some really great lenses (telephoto, macro, and 2 wide angle) that were passed down to me through family, and I don't want to be mistaken for a professional photographer! Pressure to take excellent photos... hahaha.

[Jeraly 4]

Yeah although I'd hardly class it as "fine" I get some ok ideas but I never really know what to do with them I think I like things to be structured and organised or have a definite feel to them and it is difficult to do that in fine art - I think I would much prefer to be in the design field but - who know what awaits me

[rae_and_scott 1]

Haha, you know I feel very similarly, as I'm super organized and like my work to be too, and yet I feel like that fights with creativity. That whole right brain vs. left brain thing.

[weedebz 0]

I ran a photography business here for 2 years. I have soooooo much kit and non of which is "small"....excess baggage is my saviour!!!!!