Dad's Morning Coffee

The picture is taken, it is matted and framed and now hanging in a Coffee Shop in downtown Clare. My original intent, when I knew this assignment was to be about "Coffee" was to have it be about my Dad's Coffee,and have steam rising from the cup. However, at almost 90 degrees that day in my apartment, no steam would rise. (I found out later that had I put an ice cube in it, it would have happened...). I also ended up using Sepia tones for the picture. Because of the length of Dad's life, it just seemed to go with the whole concept, better.

This is scene I witnessed every morning from the time I was a young child right though the end of my father's life; down to the teaspoon sitting beside his cup on a napkin or folded piece of paper towel.

It is amazing to me, the way one's life continues to make an impact on other lives, even after they are "gone"~!

Here's to you, Dad; drink up!

Art 110.P01 (Which stands for Basic Photography)

I decided I wanted to take a basic Photography class while I was attending school. It has been a quick CRASH COURSE~!!! (16 -wk class crammed into 6 weeks!) BUT, I have learned lots and I love it. This week we had to bring in a "Personal Profile" picture. Here is mine; I MAY change it to get a better shot - just because I can for the Final assignment. That was our mid-term picture assignment. This coming week (our last week of class, already!) I have to take a picture that says "Coffee" to me. Why? Because, when our Professor saw that we were "getting it" from the class, he went to a funky coffee house in Clare, Michigan and asked if he could display his student's photography for a month. Their Motto is: "We brew Art and Coffee". Therefore, we have to have our self-portrait with a paragraph about who we are, mounted on foam board (just a 4x6 photo) and next to it, will be our Matted and Framed 8x12 Coffee picture~!!! I'm really psyched about this assignment. However, I do wish so badly that I had one of Dad's cool coffee mugs AND one or two or three of his old Stainless Steel thermoses. My dad drank a LOT of coffee and HOT~! That is why my picture will have steam rising from the cup of coffee - for sure. People always said his throat must have been calloused because he drank it so hot for years!

Now, the part the really got me was when the Professor told us the Motto of the shop... "We brew ART and coffee"~! NO PUN INTENDED!!!!