photography #22

i had to shoot 25 completely different frames within a 15x15 square... it's a little harder than it sounds. : ) i submitted the two pictures below.

i did my assignment while my family and i were out of town on vacation. here are some of my other favorite shots from the trip.

hello again...

i haven't been around in forever. live has been crazy, and blogging has been the thing that i dropped... i am planning on going back and sharing my pictures for photography class from the weeks i missed. but until i get the chance to do that, here are a few shots i took on a trip last weekend.

photography #13-15

i've gotten way off my normal posting routine, but i took lots of great pictures over Christmas vacation.
i only had one official photography assignment for weeks 13-15. we learned about portraiture during the class before break. for homework i had to take one candid shot and one technically correct 3-quarter view of a face. for the three-quarter view there are three things to remember:
-the nose cannot extend past the outline of the face.
-only one ear can be visible. (even if it's hidden by hair)
-there has to be a little skin by the far eye.

three-quarter view 

candid :)

here are a few [or a million =] shots from vacation:

i took our family christmas picture, did a shoot with my sister, and have an assignment from last week that i will share soon... 

photography #11

week 11 was all about exposure... i learned how to use spot metering mode and the zone system and a few other complicated things. the first part of the assignment was to find a white wall and take 5 pictures of that wall in each zone. the top shot is the correct exposure because the white is bright with detail. the others show the different zones and how the zones go from light to dark. the second part of the assignment was a free shoot that was focused on learning how to deal with and get used to the new exposure settings. i was allowed to choose one picture from the free shoot to submit. i picked the bottom photo because i love the pastel colors of the sky and the contrasting silhouette.