Week 8

Week 8

Sleeping Beauty

Some shots of Brooklynn sound asleep....

Week 8

 

 

These are pictures I took at Stratford Dock, I photoshopped these for brightness and color balance. 

Sunset NYC

I wanted to put this up after July 4th. Empire State building

Portait of a loved one

This is my daughter Mackenzie! She go into my sugar bowl, I had to share this with you guys!

By the Water

Macros

I tried something different with this one! Got the close up

Finish Up Week

Time does fly by and we are at the end of the class... The Dean has extended the time for posting grades a few days because of the e-Learning issues this week... (another good reason to use this blog:)) Take time to review the week by week expectations linked in the upper right.... I can give you until Sunday night to get everything submitted. Remember that Fotothing has a 10 image per day limit on uploads for the free account.

week 7

Photography II

I haven't posted to the blog in a few weeks and just wanted to give an update.  I've been really struggling shooting my very active daughter in manual mode, and it has been quite frustrating.  I have found that she was probably not the best subject to choose when first experimenting with this feature on my camera.  I have gotten a little bit better, and I am beginning to understand the different functions.  Here are some shots I have gotten over the last few weeks....

I know this next one has nothing to do with my topic, I found that this is the type of photography I enjoy....

My theme has morphed into seascape photos at dusk. This week I went down to Long Beach in Stratford. I tried to focus on the light and clouds in the sky.

This is whats left from a rainy day.

Look who stayed still for me!

Week 7

For this assignment, having access to entire cities to photograph was a bit overwhelming, but urban architecture is one of my favorite things to photograph.  I decided to search for interesting colors and textures within the city I chose.  I then utilized the dodging and burning tools in Photoshop to alter some of the dark shadows and bright areas that resulted from it being such a bright day when the photos were taken to ensure I didn't lose any of the details.  

Week 7

week 6

 

Week 5: Macros

So, I admittedly dropped the ball when it came to Week 5. But these are the photos I have chosen. I enjoyed using the macro setting on my camera, as it is one that I do not use often. I particularly like the bottom photo, as it brings in some of the natural shadows of the petals and complex layering.