Hello!!!

6 weeks worth of photography class goes by so fast.  I’ve learned so much from Maggie Holmes it’s amazing.  I popped in here to say Happy Valentines to you all and post some of my work.  Lately all I have been doing is practicing and doing my photography homework. Our last homework was to work on composition.  I had so much fun incorporating textures, patterns and COLOR into my work.

Would love to get your feedback on my pictures below…. good or bad i’d love to hear them.  I really do welcome constructive criticism… I know that’s how I learn.

Thank you Amir and Cece for being such great models for me.  Everything was shot in Downtown Sarasota.

BTW how was your Valentines Day??  Amir and I agreed to presents this year!  I just told him to feed me

I miss you all!  Hope to be back soon.  I start my Adobe Illustrator Online Class on Wed. with our local community college in town.  I’m so excited!!

1.) Settings:  f/2.8  1/1600 ISO 200
Composition:  Colors, Lines and Rule of Thirds

2.) Settings: f3.5 1/800 ISO 200
Composition: Color, Lines, Rule of Thirds, Pattern

3.) Settings: f3.5 1/2500 ISO LO 0.3 or 160
Composition: Colors, Pattern, Rule of Thirds
Headshots

4.) Settings: f3.5 1/2500 ISO 160 or LO 0.3
Composition: Pattern,  Color, Rule of Thirds

5.) Settings: f3.5 1/2500 ISO LO 0.3 or 160
Composition: Color, Lines,
Capturing subjects emotion

6.) f 2.8 1/640 ISO 400
Composition: Color, rule of thirds

7.) Settings: f3.5 1/250 160 or LO 0.3
Composition:  Lines & Symmetry

Mwah,

Today I’m Grateful for: The card I received from Ashley N.  Thank you so much!!!!  Totally made my day!  Plus I’m going to CHA summer in Chicago… anyone planning to go?

Hey there!!!  How are you guys doing??  I’m doing good.  Just have been busy.  I’ve been enrolling myself in several classes and plus work…well its been hectic.  But good!!

So I’m on week 4 on my photography class with Maggie Holmes….and I love it.  I have learned so much and I’m not afraid to shoot in manual mode anymore.  I’ve been shooting in manual since I got my camera but had no clue what I was doing.  Now I’m slowly getting it.  She is amazing.  I highly suggest her class for beginners.  She really dumbs everything down…no technical words used.  Lots of reading though but its all worth it.

I haven’t crafted at all lately so I’m sharing some images I submitted to Maggie as part of my week 3 and 4 assignments on metering and lighting.  For the first time in my life I took a picture of Amir with sun flare (lens flare).  I’ve always loved this technique and so shocked that I was able to do it too.

I would love some comments especially form photographers out there.  How have you guys been???  talk to you soon

note: I used Photoshop a tiny bit to enhance some of the pics

Back lighting: (lensflare)

Side lighting: (Catchlight)

Side light:

Front light:

Metering Assignment: both pics are SOOC (straight out of the camera..no PS here)

Mwah,

Today I’m Grateful for:  being able to submit my assignments on time.  I’m finally caught up in my photography class!