Lifestyle Class Week #4

What a crazy week!  We have been preparing for Hurricane Irene here and I've been trying to fit in photo shoots in between!  I am posting these early just in case we lose power.  I know I needed to fine tune some of the photos during the shoots but with an impatient teenager that isn't always easy!  :)

Thematic and Conceptual Shooting:  My daughter and I went blueberry/raspberry picking...one of our must-do's every summer! I am finding that the rule to just post one photo is so hard to follow!

I included the picture below just for fun!

Self-Portrait:  I decided to use a photo taken two weeks ago for my self-portrait. We had gone to Maine to visit Acadia National Park.  One of the best spots to stop there is at Jordan Pond House where you can have tea and popovers with strawberry jam as you enjoy the beautiful view of Jordan Pond while you dine outdoors!

It has been a great class Brooke!  Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!  I've enjoyed and been inspired by everyone's work!

More Images for Week #3

These are some other images I had taken for the outdoor/contrast shoot!  I had tried different points of view and came up with a few good ones...others I tried were a framing shot but I did not include them as they didn't turn out as I had hoped! 

Lifestyle Class Week #3

Conceptual Contrast:
I chose to photograph my daughter, who is an aspiring artist, outside in our yard.  I was hoping to have moved her art table outside but we had to settle for a chair and a sketch pad!  One of the other pictures was taken with her favorite thing in hand....her paintbrushes!  She is going to be a senior this year and we had a fun time taking pictures on the swings at school!

The Decisive Moment:
This was a fun moment caught while taking some pictures of my daughter for a practice "senior photo shoot"!
I just liked the expression that I was able to capture.

Lifestyle Class Week #2

Weather and time have not been cooperating this week so I have included shots as best I could!  My cat, Misty, was a moving target so she was a bit difficult to shoot from different angles when her "kitty curiosity" set in!  I was ready for a bit of "tea time" after trying to find the perfect light on a very rainy day!

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Part 2:

Lifestyle Class: Week #1

Our assignment for this first week was to work with the "character" aspects of storytelling.  I chose to photograph my husband, being the crazy "character" that he is and chose the details of his favorite pastime, golf.  The conflict I chose to photograph was his quest to line up the putt to get the ball in the hole....what concentration indeed! :)

                              

                                                                        Details:

 

 

  

Conflict:

Week #5 Homework

We worked with using natural light indoors for this week's assignment.  I worked with two of my favorite things for the still life shots...tulips and teapots/teacups.  The tulip shot was taken with a macro lens and a white foam board with snow reflected from the window.  The silhouette shots are still a challenge for me but I keep trying! This is also the last week of class and it has been a great experience.  Thank you Brooke!  I've enjoyed seeing everyone's work and wish you all the best in your photographic journey!

   

                                          f/3.5    1/320    ISO 400     Still Life #1

                                          f/2.8    1/200   ISO 200   Still Life #2                                  
                                      

                                          f/5.6  1/250  ISO 200    Portrait #1
        (Our cat "Misty"...her ears were clipped in the shot but I liked the light for her eyes.)

                                          f/4.5  1/4  ISO 200  Portrait #2

                                          f/4.5  1/8  ISO 200  Portrait #3

                                          f/2.8  1/200  ISO 200  Still Life Silhouette 
                              (I cut off the tip of the teapot lid but it was my best silhouette shot!)

Week #4 Homework

We worked with natural light this week! My daughter posed for most of the pictures and she is an artist so we used her paintbrushes in a few shots.  I have to admit that I am "Photoshop Phobic" so my pictures are not cropped at their best!  Emily had fun trying to "catch some air" for one of the shots.  The challenge there was finding the right spot! The toughest picture type to capture this week for me was the back lit silhouette.  I did have trouble with the camera not wanting to focus, lens flare and my subject at times was not dark enough. Brooke's videos this week were great and it was fun to "join her" on an actual photo shoot! 

                                          Side Lit Image   
                                          f 5.6     1/30 sec.     ISO 200

                                          Back Lit Image
                                          f 5.6     1/30 sec.     ISO 200

                                                       Front Lit Image #1
                                                       f 5.6   1/1250 sec.  ISO 200

                                                       Front Lit Image #2
                                                       (No air on this one but I liked how
                                                       her hands and feet framed the picture!)
                                                       f 5   1/1250 sec.  ISO 200

                                                       Use of a natural reflector in the
                                                       environment...stone wall/steps #1
                                                       f4   1/200   ISO 200

                                          Use of a natural reflector in the
                                          environment....stone wall #2
                                          f 4   1/250 sec.  ISO 200

                                          Back Lit Silhouette Image #1
                                          f/25   1/100 sec.   ISO 200

                                          Back Lit Silhouette Image #2
                                          f/18   1/160 sec.   ISO 200
                                        

Just for fun!  I was excited to find some color in my backyard and posed Emily in front of the propane tanks!   f/5.6    1/100 sec.   ISO 200