twirling. impressions of life.

you know that sensation you get from spinning... round and round and round--just trying to stay upright.

life is like that. twirling. round and round. it passes in a blur. i fall. and get up again; brushing off dirt, willing myself to move forward. fast and hazy, days and nights flash by as memories while i swirl on. bits of light and color surface, but the world becomes lost from view as mind and body tip-dizzy and scattered. then... collapse. but in the falling, God gives the moments for slow motion. moments for seeing clearly. moments for stopping. moments for light and love and laughter. the constant staying-on-my-feet becomes dim as my Savior lifts me up and twirls me in the dance of a lifetime. 

   

[a shot i took last week of my beautiful friend.]

photography #9

this week we studied about LIGHT! the assignment was to take one picture using light from the side and another picture using light from behind the subject... pretty self explanatory, but a little trickier when using the sun. tip: shoot within an hour or two after sunrise or a few hours before sunset. all of these were taken around 4pm. 

Submission #1

Submission #2

an outfit to share

i've been rather quiet here recently... but i've had an OOTD to share for a while.

NC has been bouncing back and forth from hot and cold. now that it's november, i really want to be wearing cozy sweaters and fluffy autumn scarves, but that's not reality if it's 50 or 60 degrees outside. the art of mixing seasons in clothes is challenging. i discovered a happy church outfit that makes me feel like winter is coming even though it isn't sweltering. : ) a thin scarf and boots. but no leggings. a tee and jean jacket. but no warm sweater. it's all about balance.

jean jacket: j.jill sale 

white t-shirt: target

scarf: gift, i think?

gray skirt: awesome hand-me-down

boots: $20 steal from sears

headband: borrowed from a friend : )

[just so yo know, my mirror is a little warped, and it makes my body look weirdly proportioned.]

photography #8

this week was our 2nd week on aperture.... the 5 shots below are exactly the same- except for their apertures. aperture is the size of the opening in the lens. it controls how much light is let into the frame and the depth of field [how much of the picture is in focus]. the smaller the aperture the bigger the depth of field. but here's the confusing thing, f/stops are the way you measure aperture and the smaller the f/stop the bigger the aperture. it helps to look at the pictures. for the first one, f/5.6 is a small f/stop; it has a small depth of field; and it has a large aperture. the difference between f/5.6 and f/8 isn't that much... the 2nd rung has a little more detail and the background is a bit more destinctive. the difference between f/5.6 and f/22, on the other hand, is huge! 

f/5.6 

f/8

f/11

f/16

f/22

part 2: self-portrait challenge!!! i was only allowed to submit one. which would you have chosen?

whewww... the concepts discussed in class the past few weeks have challenged me, but understanding more about the camera and photography in general is helping my photography grow in new ways. 

photography #7

hello world of shallow and expansive depth of field. hello working with aperture. hello rays of light. hello autumn colors. hello learning new things every week.

submission for shallow depth of field 

submission for expansive depth of field 

room to breath: a quote

room to breath by ktgirl11 


and just to make you smile... my little sister's cuteness. :D