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I managed to capture this image using modelling clay and a wire fed up through the stem of the African Violet. I fussed and fussed with trying to keep the flower stem upright in the egg shell. It took awhile, but this is what finally came out. I removed some undesirable elements in post production, but other than that, this is what my camera caught.
I shot this one last year. It was an assignment photo from the time I took the Introduction to Photography course from Phil Bell. Esthetically, I think it's rather pleasing, although maybe I should have removed the bench.
This is my cat, Mrs. Weezer A'Wiggins. Huh, I just realized that she weighs as much as her age (which is 14)! She's like most cats, aloof, BUT she comes a'runnin' when the Whiska Tasty Temptations bag is shaken. It is then that she's put through a battery of tricks. She's sooooooo smart. She shakes both paws, sits pretty, waves "Hi", lies down, gives kisses, and falls down "dead" when I say "Bang!" We also own a couple of tub chairs. One is HER chair. She loves to get spun 'round in it. What a goof! Sharon, you'll like this one, we adopted her when she was two, from a foster parent, who was a member of Animal Aide.
This stand of birch was shot in Waterworks Park, I have it copyrighted 2006, but it was actually taken this year - in fact, all the images I've posted, and will post, were taken this year (guess I'm still in 2006 mode). Anyway, this was one of the last shots I needed in order to complete my personal project. It was a sunny, although cool day, but undaunted, I shot on. In order to create this image, I used a small piece of glass, which I borrowed from an unused picture frome. I smeared vaseline on the diagonal, placed the underside of the glass (unsmeared part), on my 18-55mm lens, then snapped a few shots until I was satisfied with the outcome - viva la digitale! I didn't notice the wooden fence in the right corner of the pic, not sure if I like that or not.
This is Dylan Drew. His dad calls him "Double D". I wanted to get some baby shots for the softness portion of my personal program. I used a DIY diffuser (made from bristol board and a piece of white satin), which I placed over my 420EX flash. Dylan was 5 months old when I took this pic. I just let him do what babies do, and shot him all the while. I was quite happy at my first attempts at portrait photography. Not sure why I don't like taking pictures of people - too animated, I guess. He's a wiggly, jiggly, drooly cutie, and was totally uncooperative - too many new and different sights, sounds, and textures to discover. Out of approxiamately 50 shots, I did manage to get about 15 good ones - giggly, wiggly, jiggly!
I shot this pic on another cold, yet bright day. My husband, Rob, and I drove around to the various graveyards around town, looking for the most interesting gravestones to shoot with a piece of Saran Wrap over my lens hood. I actually used two layers of wrap to get this shot. I used my fingernail to roughen the plastic, and scrunched it up as tight as possible to give it some texture. I love the softness around the picture that using the Saran produced. I really enjoyed discovering most of the new techniques I learned from the article that I chose for my personal program. I will continue to use these things as the shot dictates, and they are now valuable additions to my camera kit.
I managed to capture this image using modelling clay and a wire fed up through the stem of the African Violet. I fussed and fussed with trying to keep the flower stem upright in the egg shell. It took awhile, but this is what finally came out. I removed some undesirable elements in post production, but other than that, this is what my camera caught.
I shot this one last year. It was an assignment photo from the time I took the Introduction to Photography course from Phil Bell. Esthetically, I think it's rather pleasing, although maybe I should have removed the bench.
This is my cat, Mrs. Weezer A'Wiggins. Huh, I just realized that she weighs as much as her age (which is 14)! She's like most cats, aloof, BUT she comes a'runnin' when the Whiska Tasty Temptations bag is shaken. It is then that she's put through a battery of tricks. She's sooooooo smart. She shakes both paws, sits pretty, waves "Hi", lies down, gives kisses, and falls down "dead" when I say "Bang!" We also own a couple of tub chairs. One is HER chair. She loves to get spun 'round in it. What a goof! Sharon, you'll like this one, we adopted her when she was two, from a foster parent, who was a member of Animal Aide.
