Simplicity

Simplicity is something I feel we all need.  Being able to look at all the simple things in life and be grateful for what we have.  Never underestimate the little things in life that come together as a whole to make this world a wonderful place.

Available Lighting Assignment

For our lighting class this week we were supposed to photograph something smaller than a suitcase, yet larger than a soda can.  Being a huge fan of everything "vintage" I decided to take my precious first original Barbie Car that was made and use it for my subject.  Too bad the real Ken wasn't in it to pick me up to take me for a ride.

Meet David!

This is David.  His parents allowed me to photograph him for our 36 faces project.  He was so funny.  He loved being behind the camera.  He looked at his mom before I took the first shoot and said, "Hey do I do this for the picture?" He held up his middle finger and smiled like a champ.  I nearly fell backwards in hysterics.  Of course both his parents were completely humiliated.  Like they always say, children learn from their parents... Way to go mom and dad!

Environmental Indoor Portrait w/ Fill Flash

This past week we were supposed to find a stranger for an Environmental Indoor Portrait w/ Fill Flash.  This little boy Ezekiel came up to the hair salon for a haircut and I couldn't resist getting his photo!

Refreshing....Diet Coke

Last week in our lighting class we were put into groups of 3 or 4 people, told to get 1 can per team out of a bucket that our instructor had gathered for us.  After choosing our "can" we were sent out into the great wide open with only being told to "light" the can.  We had about an hour and a half to do so.  The photograph above is one of the shots from this assignment.  Not only do I LOVE Diet Coke, but I get a feeling of how refreshing it is when I take a gander at this photo.

Park & Rec Picture 101

This week for our digital imaging class we are supposed to submit a photo that describes "Park and Recreation."  After attending a Little League Tournament I decided to use this photograph for the assignment.

Stranger Danger... 36 new faces!

Coming up in small format class we will be taking photographs of 36 different people.  I decided to do a prelim shot with my niece at her dance recital this past weekend.  Working with children at times could be referred to .."being pecked to death by chickens."  This however was not the case here.

Typ-o(h my goodness)-graphy

Our project this week was based on typography. To try to create this I took photos of pre-existing letters that were found on signs, storefronts, trucks and cars. This is all I have so far since I didn't have anyone to take care of my three boys other than myself.  When I got home I tried to apply what little I was taught in class.  Come to find out, I'm not a young buck like 80% of the class and this computer stuff doesn't come easy to me. I tried to upload what I had before the 10 o'clock time limit but for some reason I couldn't do that either.  Needless to say, I wanted to pull my hair out, strand by strand.  Here's the pre-final product!