art, family, milk and love: 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010

First, I will address the issue of day 282-- you are not mistaken, it is not here. I shot a couple shots, but have lost them in the cyber space of my computer. I'm sure they will turn up and then I'll share them. Until then, please enjoy day 283 These are Three Pastors of the church. Joel and Sandy are presently serving, Neil was our Pastor 8 years ago. He and his family were back for a visit. It was very nice to have all of them together for one Sunday.

Love and Grace

Saturday, October 9, 2010

day 281

I went to a concert with some friends... it was a fun time.

Love and music

day 280

Winners from the SWIS photo contest.

day 279

for the "what's in your pocket" series.... One of the sweetest ladies from Church. As I was snapping this shot she told me, "I hate having my picture taken." But just look at her lovely smile. She was very gracious to let me have this shot.

day 278

Our yummy dessert - after

There was finger painting today.

Love and sweet messy stuff

day 277

Sunday, October 3, 2010

day 276

A few more pictures for the "Hey, What's in your pocket?" series.

Some barbed wire....

This is my favorite tractor from when I was a child.

Love around the farm

days 274 & 275

I did take pictures these two days... but they were of photo jobs (other people's children) and I did not get permission from them to post them to the Internet so.....
Sorry no pictures for your eyes
Love Me

Thursday, September 30, 2010

day 273

The 'backdrop' here is my house. I really need to paint it, but I love the rustic wood look in some of the photos. I wonder if I can talk my husband into letting me keep the North side of our house unpainted so I'll always have a backdrop?

I call this one 'Spaghetti Squash with Boy'

This is from the "Hey, what is in your pocket" series.

Love and Fall days

day 272

I am starting a new photo series called; "Hey, what is in your pocket?" I will gather images of people I know, friends, loved ones, and complete strangers showing me what is actually in their pockets .

I think the series will be a learning experience as I will have to shoot off the cuff more often. It will get me out of the comfort zone of only shooting people I know. I'm kicking around the idea of making a slideshow of the finished images for competition.

Here are today's P>O>D's

this one is called "Twiddly Bits" it is a tin whistle thing

and more shooting in full manual I darkened the sky a bit in PS.

For the Love of Photography

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

day 271

I had a very enjoyable family photo shoot today. I asked them if I could do some creative shots and they agreed. I love lens flare, but not everyone likes the results as much as I do so I usually stay away from it on 'jobs'. But they said I could do whatever. These are two of my favorite 'flare shots' from today. The first has good flare, but I can't make the composition the way I'd like it to be with cropping. The orb always ends up smack in the middle and that distracts me a little.

I like this closer crop better, but the orb is right over the girl's face... I don't mind it but worry it might distract some viewers.

Love and trying something fun

day 270

I shot all my pictures today on full manual mode. I haven't done that in years and not in digital at all. I'm used to shooting manual with film but doing it in digital was a little daunting to me. I realize that is silly, if the shots don't turn out in digital... I can delete them. Not so much with film.

So the compositions aren't spectacular today but I was more concerned with getting correct exposures and clear, crisp focus... I think I still need some work on manual mode! I have a family photo shoot today, I will not be working out the kinks in manual mode that is for sure. I will stick with my aperture priority for safety's sake