Showing posts with label playground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playground. Show all posts
Friday, August 26, 2011
connection [52:34]
This weeks's theme for project 52 is connections. Sometimes I honestly forget how many great friendships I've forged... until I see my friends doing things like this to make sure I have a photo for the week.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
just another autumn day
I started off the morning taking a math test in my pajamas. Then I played dress-up. I'm not sure how scandalous I want to dress for an upcoming photo shoot. I can't decide which skirt/socks/tutu combo I want.
Then I took a shower, had lunch, and went to forum to watch Dr. Smith be a mad scientist.
It was awesome to watch things ignite in Chris' hand
Plus, I love everything glow-in-the-dark.
After lunch I chilled out for a while and then I talked Doug into going to the playground with me.
Isn't this what every college student does to destress? Oh...
PS: I decided to try out my mini-logo. What do you think?
Then I took a shower, had lunch, and went to forum to watch Dr. Smith be a mad scientist.
It was awesome to watch things ignite in Chris' hand
Plus, I love everything glow-in-the-dark.
After lunch I chilled out for a while and then I talked Doug into going to the playground with me.
Isn't this what every college student does to destress? Oh...
PS: I decided to try out my mini-logo. What do you think?
Thursday, October 28, 2010
play time for grown-ups
Lately my anxiety has been kicking my butt a lot. The best things for alleviating it are playing on the swings, taking pictures, and fiddling around in Photoshop. I decided to combine the three and invite Richard to play with me.
Trying to set up the lighting was frustrating and I am not happy with the swing pictures that I got. Apparently my camera cannot handle my remote trigger and off-camera flash at the same time. The upside to that is I had to get super creative with my set-up for the rest of the shots.
Can you spot where the flash is in this test shot?
How about in this one? (You can, however, spot Richard.)
And while I think our slide photo could have been better, the behind-the-scenes antics could not be funnier.
As I mentioned before, I couldn't use the remote and my off-camera flash at the same time so I ended up setting up the flash, setting a timer, and having Richard dash like a madman. Richard was the one running because I am slow and would have ended up mostly with shots of the back of my head as I tried to scurry up the slide. There were so many outtakes where the flash didn't fire, or it only illuminated part of the scene, or we slid down too fast... This is is pretty amazing, and not just because we were shouting "for glory!"
We also rode the dinosaur, which was the best part of playing with the flash.
This is my absolute favorite shot of the night:
Yes, his face is so overexposed you can't see his expression. But I don't need to see it to know how epic it is to jump off a dinosaur into a bright burst of light.
I feel better already.
Trying to set up the lighting was frustrating and I am not happy with the swing pictures that I got. Apparently my camera cannot handle my remote trigger and off-camera flash at the same time. The upside to that is I had to get super creative with my set-up for the rest of the shots.
Can you spot where the flash is in this test shot?
How about in this one? (You can, however, spot Richard.)
And while I think our slide photo could have been better, the behind-the-scenes antics could not be funnier.
As I mentioned before, I couldn't use the remote and my off-camera flash at the same time so I ended up setting up the flash, setting a timer, and having Richard dash like a madman. Richard was the one running because I am slow and would have ended up mostly with shots of the back of my head as I tried to scurry up the slide. There were so many outtakes where the flash didn't fire, or it only illuminated part of the scene, or we slid down too fast... This is is pretty amazing, and not just because we were shouting "for glory!"
We also rode the dinosaur, which was the best part of playing with the flash.
This is my absolute favorite shot of the night:
Yes, his face is so overexposed you can't see his expression. But I don't need to see it to know how epic it is to jump off a dinosaur into a bright burst of light.
I feel better already.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
nighttime wanderings
dear home,
I haven't written a proper note in quite some time. I've gotten into the habit of just tossing up a few words to go with the photos and letting that stand. No one answered me when I asked whether my posts were too wordy, not wordy enough, or just right so I'm going with the cop-out answer of "it's my blog so I can write however much I feel like writing." I went to the Halloween Ball Friday night and took some pictures but they feel kind of lackluster to me. I think that's because photography is supposed to be about light (hence the "photo") and the room was so dark that any flash was enough to wash it out. I still managed to get a good photo of our costumes for you.
Last night, when I finished going through those photos, I was a little disappointed that I didn't have anything I deemed 'blog worthy' so I took a walk with Richard. As usual, we ended up at the park and I finally got a picture of him riding the tractor/lawn mower/truck/whatever that toy is supposed to be. On the way home, we found a leather couch in front of a dumpster and decided to pose on it. I just hope my yellow couch doesn't feel slighted because we haven't taken her out for a photo shoot yet.
I don't know that this is really blog worthy either but it was driving me crazy that my top post was a photo someone else took and I edited. I'd like for my work to be the first person someone sees when they look at my blog.
I have a few surprises up my sleeve in the near future. I can't wait to show them to you and to Rock n Roll Bride. (Hint: that might mean something, but nothing related to an engagement or wedding.)
I haven't written a proper note in quite some time. I've gotten into the habit of just tossing up a few words to go with the photos and letting that stand. No one answered me when I asked whether my posts were too wordy, not wordy enough, or just right so I'm going with the cop-out answer of "it's my blog so I can write however much I feel like writing." I went to the Halloween Ball Friday night and took some pictures but they feel kind of lackluster to me. I think that's because photography is supposed to be about light (hence the "photo") and the room was so dark that any flash was enough to wash it out. I still managed to get a good photo of our costumes for you.
Last night, when I finished going through those photos, I was a little disappointed that I didn't have anything I deemed 'blog worthy' so I took a walk with Richard. As usual, we ended up at the park and I finally got a picture of him riding the tractor/lawn mower/truck/whatever that toy is supposed to be. On the way home, we found a leather couch in front of a dumpster and decided to pose on it. I just hope my yellow couch doesn't feel slighted because we haven't taken her out for a photo shoot yet.
I don't know that this is really blog worthy either but it was driving me crazy that my top post was a photo someone else took and I edited. I'd like for my work to be the first person someone sees when they look at my blog.
I have a few surprises up my sleeve in the near future. I can't wait to show them to you and to Rock n Roll Bride. (Hint: that might mean something, but nothing related to an engagement or wedding.)
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