photography #12

this past week, i was allowed to do a free shoot. mmm, very fun. :)

the goal was to keep working with exposure settings and experiment with some new ideas. i did several shoots, but my favorite was playing around with the lights on the christmas tree. it was so hard to pick just one for my submission, but i decided on the top picture. 

gorgeous ornament

the christmas lights' reflections on an ornament

sparkly light and dainty glass bell

christmas lights- panning

i'm all cought up on the weeks i missed this past month, and i don't have any photography homework due until after new years. but of course, break is just an excuse to have more time to take pictures, right? merry christmas!

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. 

photography #10

wow... it's been too long since i've posted. but it's really been forever since i've shared anything photography related. i didn't have any homework during week 10--thanksgiving, but here are some shots i took just for fun during break.

how could i pick just one of these when she's so cute? :D

my beautiful friend. 

my younger brother and a friend

thanksgiving! 

light 2.

2 Corinthians 4:6 [NIV]

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

Ephesians 5:13 [NIV]

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

James 1:17 [NIV]

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

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.]