My husband glanced over at what I was doing last night and says, "Oh, are you making a picture?" I didn't even have my camera gear out yet! But he can tell!! This is the latest assignment of the week: Painting with Light. Kind of moody, isn't it? I used an emergency LED flashlight. I love the blue cast it gives!
ISO 200, 6 seconds at f/3.2, 50mm lens, and the flashlight
We have more car show here than anybody I know. OK, well, when it's not 120 degrees. Now that it is cooling off (slightly) the hot rods are coming out! Today's occasion was "Wurstfest." For a town that boasts no significant German heritage, I'm not sure why we have a Wurstfest, other than brats go with beer.... I guess when it gets to be Oktoberfest time, everyone is German. Just like St. Patrick's Day and Cinco de Mayo.
And the dance studio was having a costume sale. What fun!! Some were hideous, some were actually wearable. Halloween is coming up!
This one is my submission for the weekly photo challenge: Over-exposed!
I am not an early morning person, even though I really do enjoy that time of day, I just can't separate myself from my bed unless I absolutely have to. So this week's theme of "Sunrise" was a dreadful thought. Luckily, my baby randomly woke up at 5:30am Thursday morning. I put him back to bed, grabbed my camera, and ran out the door. There I was hoofing it around downtown in my pajamas, trying to find perfection.
Aaahhhh... Right place.... Right time... I couldn't have planned it better. (Again this was not what I had "planned" but I am so glad I stumbled this way)
ISO: 400
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter: 1/125
Focal Length: 55mm
Color Adjustment: NONE!
Time: 6:22AM
Light: Sun just barely pooped up over the mountain!
Yet another assignment where things didn't go as planned. (This is not at all what I was intending on for this week) Oh well, these turned out cute anyway.
I think my personal favorite (of my own photos) of this series was my "Something Borrowed" even though it didn't go as planned either.
I did have a most excellent idea for this week's photo challenge, however.....I was quite busy as were my models of choice. So I will go with this....
Theme: Games.
I've decided to particpate in a weekly photo challenge, an assignment for the week, if you will. I thought "Maybe this will help me think outside the box" - of portraiture, that is. So what was my first idea for this assignment? Something involving people! I also wanted to participate because it reminds me of college. I had an amazing, fun teacher - Megan Martindale - and I would like to get back to the feel of the shooting I did then. Maybe it was the film and the chemicals, and digital has killed that... Maybe having significantly less free time did....
Moving on. Topic for the week: Something Old.
In these days of Shabby Chic-ness and Vintage Inspired, what is "old" anyways?
So, yes, my first idea involved people. What shows age better than skin? My grandmother does not know I am using her hands as a symbol of "old"ness. I will probably get in trouble for this :) My nine-month-old, who is named her maiden name, did not want to cooperate. But alas, I waited until the last minute to do this assignment, so he had to tough it out. I was going for the youthful baby hand delicately holding the aged grandmother hand. What I got was a baby foot. At least, Grandma cooperated...
My other thought was, "Well, I should do something without people in it" even though this is not a face portrait. So I'm sticking this barn on here too.
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