Mental Musings: Success!

Date: 3/26/11

FINALLY, I will be starting my Senior Project hours! It took me a while--too long--to get it together, but I can finally work next week.

I was able to email JJ Casas and he replied back the next day. I was so happy that he was willing to be my mentor. Turns out that he actually went to University of San Francisco, which is the same college my sister went to. Apparently my sister knows who he is, too, so it's good to know that we have a connection somehow. I'll be meeting him either next week or the week after.

I also finally got in contact with SF Camerawork. I spoke to Jennifer, the Volunteer Coordinator, and she was more than happy to welcome me as a volunteer. She emailed me the list of events coming up for the month of April at the gallery. My first day volunteering will be April 2, next Saturday, from 4:45-8 pm. The gallery will be having a book signing for some local authors.
I'm excited to be starting my hours. I look forward to learning as much as I can about photography. I hope that my mentoring and volunteering will live up to my expectations.

The Beginning: Thoughts on Senior Project

My topic of choice for the Senior Project is photography. However, I've been having a little trouble with it.

Since the beginning of March, I have been looking for my mentor and non-profit organization, both of which have been hard to get in contact with. The mentor I chose is part of a for-profit photography company called MotionScopes Studies, based in Daly City. I have tried several times to e-mail and phone call them, but no response has been returned. Also, the issue with my volunteering at San Francisco Camerawork is that I had wait until I was 18 to volunteer. I couldn't have started my volunteering until after March 15, which is my 18th birthday. Now that I'm 18, I cannot get in touch with the person in charge of Volunteer Services there. I'll have to try and call again some other time this week.

Right now, I think I really need to get my act together and try harder to find a mentor and place to volunteer at. Time is ticking and I need to make effective use of my time from now on. I've contacted a different mentor, JJ Casas, who is a professional photographer based in Daly City. I also am going to contact another non-profit organization in San Francisco called Visual Aid, just in case SF Camerawork doesn't get back to me in time. I hope that this time around, I'll be able to get in contact with them and they will be willing to help me out so that I can get my hours in.