Slightly disappointed.

As you've guessed by now, there was no Photo Walk on Sunday. Only one person from our class got back to me about going. I couldn't pull it all off on my own with 20 or so Lower Quarter students. Hopefully next time I will get a better interest and response from the Upper Quarter.

In other news, this quarter at Gwinnett Technical College is coming to an end. 5 down, 3 to go! Woo! We're almost there, hang in there and keep up the good work!

Dang.

The Canon 1D Mark III is an insane camera! This video pretty much explains everything that I would write down so I will let you see for yourself. Who cares about the weight, it's quality is priceless!

Awesome!

I have to direct everyone who is reading this to Brett May's photography blog. He showed me this video that he did with photos a few days ago and I was amazed! It's awesome and he worked really hard on it. Maybe one day when I have 9 hours to spare i'll do something cool like he did.

Photo Walk, for real this time!

Just wanted to remind everyone reading this the Photo Walk will be taking place on Sunday November 29th at 2:00pm. We will be meeting in the Barnes and Noble parking lot on Moreland avenue. Feel free to bring friends, models, whoever. We will separate into groups and just start walking and taking photos. It will be a fun day and I hope you all can make it out! If you have questions or need directions, let me know!

My Top 10

Here is a short video of my Top 10 Pictures from 5th Quarter at Gwinnett Technical College. I just chose the 10 that I like the most so far.

More "fashion" shots

If you read my blog you know that I went to Atlanta with a friend of mine and we did some fashion/glamour shots for an assignment that I have at school. This is another one of the pictures that I thought turned out pretty nice.

Also, while we were down there I met a photographer who has a studio in a Atlanta. Super nice guy. His name is Nathan Bolster. Definitely go check out his work! He does some cool work with contrast and there are some neat High Key images he has done too.

Good Day

I got the privilege of working with Jeanne today who works in the surgical department at school today. She was such an awesome participant in the environmental shoot and she made it a a lot of fun. I think I got some pretty good shots, Mrs. Harkins sort of intimidated me when she walk in on the shoot, I wont lie. I hope I made her proud.

Busy Busy day of Environmental Portraits

Yeah, that's Rebekah looking like she's about to go under the knife.

Testing the light for Rebekah's shoot.

Brett getting his set ready.

Today was a good day! Brett, Rebekah, and I got to shoot our environmental pictures for Harkins class and they all turned out really good. I think that we each had really fun people to work with so it made it a lot of fun. Not to mention, the three of us worked pretty well together. Rebekah got to be a "prop" in Brett's scene and it was awesome!

Fashion Shoot...Sort of.

My friend Leah let me use her as my model for my fashion shoot today. It turned into more of just a fun shoot but I think I got some that I may be able to use for my assignment. She did great and was such a good sport. All in all, it was a productive and very fun day of shooting!

Ban Photoshop?

I found this video about the debate over banning photoshop in the media. It's a touchy subject. One one side I can agree why it would be banned because in MANY photos you've got a false image where magazines are concerned. On the other hand, photoshop, in a sense, was made to make things look their best whether it be people or places. What are your thoughts?

Another Featured Artist

I saw Rebekah looking at this guys work the other day in class and I decided to check it out for myself. His name is Jeremy Cowart and he's pretty awesome, I can't lie. He does crazy things with texture and light, not to mention his candid stuff is great too. Definitely go check him out!

Photo Fun Day

Rebekah and I went out to shoot today, just for fun. We had originally planned on shooting my Fashion assignment but my model bailed so we just went out shooting for the afternoon with some friends. I think we got some pretty cool shots but most of all, we had fun. We're all going back to Atlanta tomorrow to do it again. Woo!

Photo Essay

It's photo essay time in Photojournalism. I got my idea approved this morning and it's a relief. I found this photo essay about breast cancer TIME magazine did and  I thought was pretty moving. Let's hope I can do half this good.

 

Veterans Day

We've all seen this famous image in numerous places. It's just a little reminder to remember the Veterans on this day. This photo is about the only photography related thing about this particular blog but what an image it is!

Fill Flash Fun

So, Rebekah, Sarah, and I went out fill flash experimenting in my back yard yesterday afternoon. We had some ups and downs but it's all about "problem solving." We came close to getting it right but we'll definitely be going out and trying again. We had fun learning though, for sure. A sunny day may help next time too.

Fred Lebain

My boyfriend showed me this photographers work and it's one of the neatest things that I have seen done. His name is Fred Lebain and he will go to a location one day and take a photograph, then go back a few days later with a poster size image from the previous shoot. While he stands behind that photo, holding it up...this is what you get: Awesome!

Aperture

So, I'm not sure if any of you have used the program Aperture yet but I was reading up on it today and know some people that use it and it seems pretty legit. It has all of the organizational tools that iPhoto and even Light Room have with all the added bonus editing stuff. I may try and use it and see how it works. Any advice? Yay or nay?

iPhone Photos

Who new that a 3 megapixel phone camera could take such awesome pictures? I found this website that shows the top 100 pictures taken from none other than the iPhone. Another reason why I love having one...

help!

Ok, I am having a tough time deciding on which photo to print for my Low Key assignment. My teacher chose a few of the ones that I shot and I have narrowed it down to these two. I am leaning toward the close up shot but Rebekah, the girl in the photo is leaning the other way. I like them both but now I need your opinion. Help!

Pregnancy Photography

Jennifer Loomis is one of my favorite pregnancy photographers. There is something about photographing pregnancy that I love. I think it's a really amazing thing to capture so I like to shoot it as much as I can. This photo is from a shoot I did with a close friend of mine a few months back. I enjoy it, I hope you do too.

Gregory Foster

We talked about this photographer, Gregory Foster, in class today and Ms. Finch nailed it when she said his lighting work is beautiful. He uses one or two lights with his fill flash, easy techniques to light his subjects to make them look awesome.

It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas. A Dr. Seuss one.

It's all starting to come together!

Our nice little boxes we decorated!

Working working working.

I have to admit, I was little skeptical of our set for Holiday Portraits when we first got started. I think some people were on one page while others where in a different book. But today, after some changes here and there, everything started coming together and we're all really excited about what the end result will be! I hope a lot of people come out this year and have fun with our "Dr. Seuss Christmas."

I would link the photos to my Flickr but I took them with my iPhone. Yes, sad I know, but it's all I had on me at the time.

Fun Photo Stuff

This is a nice little article called "16 Inspirational Portrait Photography Techniques." Being that we're doing a lot of portrait stuff right now, I found it educational as well as interesting. There are some rules to be broken and this tells you how (over exposing/under exposing, backlighting). Simply put, I like it.

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence, wow. That's really the only word I have to describe his work. His creativity and his vision blows me away! The images and moments that he captures are ones that I could only hope of capturing half as well as he does. And he's not even 21! Crazy.

The joys of Photojournalism...

I wanted to fall in love with Photojournalism but so far it's just been a pain and I am starting to get pretty discouraged. Ugh! I will keep truckin' though. I am determined to do well with this class. If I could chose my own "feature" it'd be this one and I would call it a job done. But that's not the case. I wish myself better luck tomorrow when Rebekah and I go out and feature find.

You Mac Lovers

Yes, it's true, there is new 27" Mac. I have seen it and it's a-mazing. It would be perfect for editing photos. Yes, the 24" we use at school now are great but how great would 3 more inches be? Pretty great and most definitely helpful!

Mohamed Ebaid

I found this photographer and a video of their work. Some of the images are pretty awesome so I thought I would share. Simple yet elegant.

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Time Lapse Photography

I seem to be drawn to videos of this nature. I may have to try and do one myself. They're so fun!

"Falling Soldier" doubts.

We've all seen this picture by Robert Capa. I'm pretty sure it's in the Photojournalism book that we use but if not, I'm still sure that we've all seen it and talked about it. According this article in the Art and Design section of the New York Times, it's possibly a fake! The article itself is pretty interesting to read and see how the photo is dissected by critics.

Looking for a new camera?

For those of you looking for a new camera or if you just want to compare the one you already have to others, I found a good website for doing just that. It shows you the top 10 SLR cameras as well as point and shoot cameras if you want one of those too. You can read reviews of people who use the camera and also read ratings about the quality of each camera. Something cool to look at if you're looking to buy a new camera...