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I am Officially a Photography Student.

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Dylan Lynch

I got into photography because it is one of the most versatile fields of design. You’re not restricted by style, location, assignment, or circumstances. No matter where you are, great photos can be made. I have dedicated a major slice of my time to researching, reading, learning, and experiencing in every way to improve my photographic skills. After a year of reading, the next logical step was to get into school for it, so I did. This coming year will be my third year of university, but only my first in the design field, so I am very excited to get into this new experience. ArtBistro is just another way to surround myself with information, and I hope to share and learn many things through it in the future. www.dylanlynch.com“

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Life of a starving artist, here I come.

Went to pick up my portfolio yesterday, and inside was an acceptance letter to the Design Studies -Photography program at Grant MacEwan. I’m pretty excited, and can’t think of anything cooler than “So tonight, your homework is to take some pictures of something”. The first year is just a Design Foundations Certificate program, and then for my second year I’m hoping I can transfer to the Alberta College of Arts and Design in Calgary. ACAD is the second best art school in Canada, so I’m pretty excited about that. Hopefully I can get a good portfolio together over this next year.

I’m already learning before the year has even started too! I’ve learned that keeping all of my original files is ESSENTIAL if I ever want to put together another portfolio. Lack of original files turned out to be a huge problem for me when trying to get a portfolio together for Grant MacEwan. I had grown so used to resizing to 800×600 for online posting, that I wasnt even keeping the originals. These 800×600 barely make a clear 4×6 print, so I was unable to use anything that wasn’t the original, larger file.

Wish me luck,

-Dylan