Frustration

Late last night I was on the computer, and having glanced at my calendar (yes, that's genuine wood panelling there in hallway in the background), I was reminded to check the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation website again to see if they had posted the information yet for this year's grant applications. The good news is that it is finally up. But to add to the challenge, this year everything must be submitted digitally. I'm sure that this is supposed to be good for the artists (shooting digital is much simpler than the slides we always submitted before), and obviously I am no stranger to the digital shooting/uploading. The problem is that they have some very specific requirements that I'm not sure I can accomplish with the camera and software I have. So I decided to test this by taking a test shot with the right pixel count, then see if at least the file size was ok. Second problem- for unknown reasons I could not get the software to download the image from the camera. Checked and rechecked all my connections, switches, etc, restarted the software a few times-- nothing. By this point it was about 2:00 am and the last thing I needed was to get more agitated (I had to be up by 7 am today for work), so I shut everything down and went to bed.

This morning before work I fired up the computer and tried things again. This time the software was working and I did what I needed with my photo. At least the file size thing is ok, assuming I understand the instructions. The good news is that there are workshops scheduled around the state to help us figure all this out. The bad news is that the one closest to me turns out to be tomorrow afternoon-- not much notice and I may not be able to leave work in time to get there before it's half over. If tomorrow in Red Bank doesn't work, I'll go for the one at the Noyes Museum in Oceanville in a few weeks. It's an hour away, but it's in a scenic area and it's a chance to see that museum for the first time.