They say the best way to learn is by doing.  I do not profess to be a Photoshop master and everything I know about photoshop is from the World Wide Web. There is a plethora information on the Internet just waiting to be tap into. When I have a down moment or some free time, I like to do Photoshop tutorials in order to improve my skills. If you are looking for Photoshop tutorials just type “photoshop tutorials” in any search engine and get to learning. Here is the end result from today’s Photoshop lesson. I think I did a good job. What do you guys think?

I was looking at Alex Beadon’s blog today and she posted about a photography bucket list. Now, I have something similar with my 101 in 1001 but a bucket list, is a little different in that they are goals that you want to accomplish within your lifetime. I think this is such a great idea because I am a firm believer that if you can dream it, you can achieve it so I’m going to dream so big that the sky cannot contain me. You are only limited by the extent to which you are willing dream. So without further ado here is my bucket list:

1.) Open a photography studio in Los Angeles, CA

2.) Photograph someone famous

3.) Get one of my pictures on the “explore” page on Flickr

4.) Travel across Europe (England, Italy, Spain, France, etc) documenting with photographs

5.) Have a coffee table book of my photographs published

6.) Start and complete my photography project for a cause that really speaks to me

7.) Travel to Haiti, photograph, then sell my pictures to help with the rebuilding  & restoration efforts

8.) Get one of my images professionally mounted

9.) Have a shoot featured on Ben Trovato’s blog

10.) Complete a 365 Project

11.) I’m going to have my pictures in a fashion magazine someday… Vogue maybe?

12.) Get one of my pictures professionally mounted

13.) Be a guest photographer on America’s Next Top Model (haha… I love Tyra Banks)

14.) Photograph Japan; it’s people, culture, and architecture)

15.) Complete a stylized shoot I’ve been dreaming about for ages

16.) Have my picture taken by Moshe Brakha

17.) Host a photography workshop

18.) Have property in Puerto Rico so I can shoot destination weddings for half the year

19.) Start and complete my secret portrait series

20.) Shoot an album cover

21.) Collaborate with a photography I admire on a photoshoot

22.) Have one of my photos on the “popular” page of 500px

23.) Shoot at a waterfall in Hawaii

24.) Shoot  a stylized shoot in Australia, with kangaroos!

25.) Start a street photography project

I’m sure this list will change as time goes on. Most likely I will be adding stuff to it. These were just the things I could think of off the top of my head. Some of these will be more difficult to achieve than others but I don’t believe that any of them are impossible. With a dream and a lot of faith in my heavenly Father, I can have everything I want and even more.

Do you have a photography bucket list? If you don’t, maybe you should make one. Also, a bucket list isn’t limited to just photography, you can make one for anything. So… if you don’t have one… make one and share it with me here.

~Saadia Me*Chel

“… can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

~Buddhist quote