介绍： Max: You’re asking me? Let me think… Uh…
Mark: You either know this or not, Max. Is there anybody here who knows their stuff?
Victoria: Louis Daguerre was a French painter who created “daguerreotypes” a process that gave portraits a sharp reflective style, like a mirror. Now you’re totally stuck in the ...

介绍： Max: You’re asking me? Let me think… Uh…
Mark: You either know this or not, Max. Is there anybody here who knows their stuff?
Victoria: Louis Daguerre was a French painter who created “daguerreotypes” a process that gave portraits a sharp reflective style, like a mirror. Now you’re totally stuck in the Retro Zone. Sad face.
Mark: Very good, Victoria. The Daguerreian Process brought out fine detail in people’s faces, making them extremely popular from the 1800s onward. The first American daguerreotype self-portrait was done by Robert Cornelius. You can find out all about him… In your textbook…or even on the line..
Mark: And guys don’t forget the deadline to submit a photo in the “Everyday Heroes” contest. I’ll fly out with the winner to San Francisco where you’ll be feted by the art world. It’s great exposure and it can kickstart a career in photography. So Stella and Alyssa, get it together. Taylor, don’t hide, I’m still waiting for your entry too. And yes Max, I see you pretending not to see me.
Max: Even her schoolbooks are gift-wrapped. I can’t believe she made fun of me in class. What is she, (fifteen years old? And people laughed…) Of course, Victoria has to have the bestest, (newest, most expensive everything.) I should have known. She’ll have better equipment than Blackwell.

Damn, they have carbon fiber tripods here. The ballhead even has a pan-lock? (God, I’m such a photo nerd.) That was amazing when Mr. Jefferson took a class picture the first week. Even though I didn’t want to be in the picture at all, it was fairly fu*king cool to watch him at work framing us. I love seeing Mr. Jefferson’s awesome photo on these magazine covers. That printer is amazing. I’d love to see how it reproduces my pictures. I could pump out a whole gallery show with that thing. (When I don’t suck. Someday…) Obviously Blackwell spent bank on the computers here. Look like somebody was already working on this… cool. Kate looks so sad and quiet today.
Max: Hi, Kate.
Kate: Oh, hi Max.
[Max: You seem quiet today.]
[Kate: Just thinking too much…]
[Max: I hear that. Want to go grab a cup o’ tea and bitch about life?]
[Kate: Thanks, but not today. I have to go over homework.]
[Max: No worries. Let’s hang later.]
Kate: Sure.
Max: Now I wish I wouldn’t have read this. Purge. Man, he even has the best plasma HDTV for a class monitor. (Can’t wait to watch some more documentaries on this bad boy. ) So cool that we can check these out anytime… “The Decisive Moment” by Henri Cartier-Bresson. That’s rare… Annie Leibovitz, mad respect… the amazing Eugene Smith… good to see Avedon among the masters… Dali, of course… This is definitely where cameras go to heaven… Oh man, they have those sweet ultrasonic lenses… and look at that vintage rangefinder! Want! So cool to see Mr. Jefferson’s actual published pictures. Gives me hope.

Even in pictures, the forest around here always looks mysterious… You can never escape the lighthouse here… Whoa! Mr. Jefferson is not messing around with that monster. He probably paid 20 grand for that camera… I bet he gets pristine digital images. But I still dig my little instant camera. Every time I look at Victoria I feel like she’s talking smack about me. This is ridiculous. I always get so shy and nervous around Mr. Jefferson.
Max: Excuse me, Mr. Jefferson, can I talk to you for a moment?
Victoria: Yes, excuse you.
Mark: No, Victoria, excuse us. I’d never let one of photography’s future stars avoid handing in her picture.
[Max: I didn’t have any time… Way too much homework.]
Mark: Max, you’re a better photographer than a liar… Now I know it’s a drag to hear some old dude lecture you… but life won’t wait for you to play catch-up. You’re young, the world is yours, blah blah blah, right? But you do have a gift, you have the fever to take images, to frame the world only the way you envision it. Now, all you need is the courage to share your gift with others. That’s what separates the artist, from the amateur.
Max: Welcome to the real world… I need a serious time out in the bathroom. Splash water on my face and make sure I don’t look like a total loser.