Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Practice Session




I borrowed my niece and swindled my fabulous friend, Stephanie, into showing me a few tips and pointers for photographing kids (or people in general). After a quickie session with my niece, we had Mexican food and Margaritas while she shared with me her post processing workflow technique. A huge thanks to Stephanie for bumping up my pp skills and helping me with my exposure (which still needs a lot of practice).

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Alaska





These are a few landscape shots I enjoyed taking.

Boardwalk




We went on a nature walk in a wildlife sanctuary and Jacob started posing on this boardwalk. I started to snap away with little thought of my camera settings. I tried to adjust for this in Bridge, but it needs some more help. The poses are still adorable though :)




Color



I loved the opportunity for color in these photos. I realized later that I made most of my scenery shots using f22, forgetting that since there was nothing in the forefront I probably should have shot it at f11 and had a more crisp image. Next time I'll remember the tips I read :)



Practicing with Shutter Speed - "Cotton Candy Effect"


Here is a practice shot practicing for that 'cotton candy' effect. I took this photograph while we were hiking in Juneau. I didn't have a tri-pod, so I set my camera on the bridge and snapped away (not so good for composition).


Alaskan Sunset Setup





Alaska was beautiful! Snow capped mountains, whales, crisp air, glassy water....ahhhh, it's relaxing just to remember. Our days were busy and I didn't really have many opportunities to practice some photography. However; when the kiddo was asleep, I had the opportunity to pull the tri-pod out and take a stab at sunsets. Above is one of my favorite sunset pictures and then a snap shot of my setup with my husbands cannon point-n-shoot.