Landscapes and other dangers

So I tried a few locations this past weekend for landscape shots.

Lets just say that mating season at Lone Elk Park is not as peaceful as it looks
Umm, yeah....that guy there chased me...what upset me the most is that I didn't get the shot in focus!!

I also went out to New Haven this past Saturday, and while there was no balloon race, there was a nice small town parade, and beautiful post storm clouds and gorgeous country!

Link to Assignment

Motion

I had a really hard time with this assignment. I never really felt like I was doing what I was supposed to be. That isn't to say I didn't have fun with it, I am just not sure this is what Mr. Carosella was going for. Regardless, I got out there and used my camera, planned shots and had a great time with the help of family and friends...so in that regard I would have to call it a success.

Link to assignment

Link to distractions

Anxious Anticipation

Here is my story. Let me just say I work with some amazing and fun people!

Let me also say, we were on break and since I planned the shots it took all of about 10 minutes to shoot this.

Pictures are up

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Portrait Assignment Part III

I first want to say, that I tried to condense the three parts into one, but I am not electronically sophisticated enough to pull it off, so sorry, but there are three parts to this assignment.

Second, I know we weren't supposed to do portraits of animals, but this pretty girl was just begging to have her picture taken!

Third... (I see a theme with three parts developing)...I took more photos today and really tried to pay attention to changing the ISO, and I feel better about the portraits taken today.

Again, another link to the same stupid album

Portrait Assignment Part II

Today's weather wasn't much better, but at least there was some dry time. I found an extremely willing subject in Hannah, my 10 year old daughter. We went to Minnie Ha Ha State park after a quick stop at the dollar store for some bubbles. I don't know that I changed my ISO as much as I was supposed to, but I did try to keep up with my meter and get my exposure correct. I took 96 images! (we were only there for a short time!) I found I had a hard time just taking portraits, I kept getting distracted by the old overgrown bridge, and a bumblebee, and some purple berries....

Here is a link to more portraits

Here is a link to my distractions

Portrait Assignment part I

This is how most of my family felt about sitting for portraits!

I made them do it anyway!

I tried indoor portraits Saturday, as the weather was kinda icky today. I even used portraits as an excuse to go buy a reflector

(I have doubts that it helped the quality of my pictures much)

I could easily tell the difference in my photos when trying different ISO settings. I settled on liking 400, but that was with a LOT of lights directed at my subjects, along with my handy dandy new reflector!

Here is a link to more portrait attempts