We start off by sleeping in for the first time the whole
trip. It was beyond blissful, since our beds were not only actual beds, but all
to ourselves too. Our late start is followed by the realization that our only
free breakfast is cereal and toast.
The first part of the day was relaxing. Alex, Bora, Claire, Jacob,
Jamison, Mariam, and I spent quite a bit of time on the beach, just enjoying
the place we were staying at. Mango Bay isn’t luxurious overall, but it was far
more so than anywhere else we were.
Next on the list was photo editing (as I sit here typing, I
also have Lightroom open). There’s a critique later in the day that we have to
prepare three photos for. Critiques tend to scare me, due to my previous
experiences with them in art class. I was going to use three photos of people;
one of Mary, one of Lela, and one of a little girl in the church in Tovu Tovu. However,
Brett and Lisa had other plans. They chose the following three photos for me to
present. It made the situation a bit more nerve-wracking, since I was now
presenting photos that they thought were my best, but I didn’t think they were.
The rest of the day was more and more relaxation. I went and
made a necklace out of coconut shell (which took a whole fifty minutes to sand
out), and continued to just talk to friends and edit photos.
Once the critique came, I was more nervous than ever before.
Just the realization that I was surrounded by other really fantastic
photographers who would get to judge my work was a bit unsettling. I was the
sixth or seventh person up (based on alphabetical order of first names). It
wasn’t a bad experience after all. I got a few pointers, more compliments, and
overall, I felt good about my pieces in the end. It made it a great end of the
day.
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