if you say it with your hands

We had a few different options for this weeks assignment and surprisingly I didn't struggle with choosing one. I have a bit of an obsession with taking photos of hands and feet so when I saw that hand photography was an option I knew I had to do it.
I decided to take photos of all of my family members hands in a setting that specifically related to them. Each photo had a different kind of mood and tone to it, so you'll have to pardon the fact that editing is all over the place. It was actually a lot of fun to grab different family members and decide what exactly to do with them. Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment and I'm super pleased with the outcome of the photos. :)

this is a state of grace

The truth is, I absolutely love taking landscape photography. My family is pretty big on camping and whenever we go I always come home with loads of photos of the area we were in. I was ridiculously busy with dancing this past week so I didn't have much of a chance to find "the perfect place" to take photos, but I'm still really pleased with the outcome. I woke up super early this morning and was able to drive up to the golf course by my house and snaps some shots. It was 30 degrees out and my hands were almost frozen off by the time I was done, but I had a lot of fun. The sun was just coming up over the mountain and the morning light was gorgeous so I was really trying to capture the essence of that. Comment and let me know what you think! :)

some nights . . .

So I did find this assignment pretty challenging. Not only was it hard to find the perfect subject, but since I don't have a tripod, I had to find a way to set up my camera as well. Once I was able to get all of that fun stuff worked out, it wasn't too horribly hard. I mean, I just had to press the shutter button and wait. Even though it took a lot of time and I think my hands almost froze off from the cold night, I really enjoyed this assignment. I felt like I learned a lot just going out and taking the photos. I'd never tried taking photos at night of things other than people, so it was a very different experience. Anyway, enjoy! :)

NATURE

LIGHT MOTION

MANMADE

MONOCHROMATIC

RANDOM

it feels like a perfect night

AAAAAAAH! PROM!

So, OHSU's prom was yesterday and I was fortunate enough to go with my wonderful brother and his date, my best friend, Jizelle. The entire night was an absolute blast!

The prom was held at the state capitol building, which is BEAUTIFUL. We got there quite a bit early so we decided to take some photos! Michelle, Jizelle's mom, has a fabulous camera and was kind enough to let me steal it from her for a bit while we took the photos. Some of them are pretty dang cute so I figured I'd share them with y'all on here. Let me know what you think! I felt like I was taking engagement photos, tbh :)

food, glorious food!

It was actually surprisingly easy for me to find food that I wanted to photograph this week! My mom brought treats for her cute little class on Sunday and she made extra for our family, so lucky for me I had the perfect subject for this assignment!

While I was taking photos this week I came to understand how important the lighting and angle is for food photography. If there was any kind of shadow on the food something looked off and if the angle was too straight the photo simply looked boring. I really grew more of an appreciation for food photographers as I realized how hard it actually is. I did enjoy myself, though! It was fun to see my younger brother's mouth water while looking through the photos and I liked being able to "play with" my food. ;)
 I chose these five photos to upload because I thought that they were the best portrayals of this particular treat. I liked that some of them had funky angles, while others didn't, and that some had a more shallow depth of field than the others. Overall I just really liked playing around with my camera for this assignment and seeing what I was able to create. I hope that you saw something that you liked (if you're nice I might let you come over and have some of these lovely treats with me)! Give me some feedback in the comments! :)

through the storm

And so Advanced Digital Photography begins...

Thank you to my gorgeous friend, Sophie, for letting me take photographs right before our audition. You are amazing, girl!

Thanks to my crazy brother, Duncan, for standing in a snow storm for me. I'm glad your hands didn't freeze.

At a distance

Handwriting

Water

My reflection

Faceless portrait

Glass

Time

A memory

A smile

Bold Colors

Still Life Photographs

Well, I chose to photograph xbox 360 controllers and games because I didn't really have anything interesting to photograph. Other than them, obviously. Anyway! The photos turned out better than I thought they would, so I hope you enjoy. :)



So this photo doesn't really follow the 6 Rules of Composition, but in a way it is simple and balanced. However, other than just a little bit of those it doesn't really follow the rules.




This photo does follow the Rule of Thirds because the main focus is the A, B, and Y buttons on the black controller.




This photo follows the rule of Line. Even though it is not very obvious I have a light shining on the games, which leads your eye towards that part of the photo. As well, this follows the Rule of Thirds.




This photo also follows the of Line. Again, the light is shining on the games which leads your eye towards it. Also, I think this photo demonstrates the rule of Framing because the light kind of frames the games.




This photo follows the Rule of Thirds and the rule of Line. The main focus for this photo is the A, B, and Y buttons on the black controller and it falls onto one of the areas of thirds. The games are a form of a line leading towards the focus on the controller.


Hope you enjoyed the photos! :)

Random fun fact: The black controller is my brother, Hunter's. the white controller is my brother, Duncan's. And the pink controller is mine. ;)

Embedding a photo :)

Here is my embedded photo! I took it a couple weeks ago at my dad's house. Enjoy! :)

Lighting :)

Well for this assignment I was lucky enough to have my cousins around, so took photos of them! :) They are some of the most photogenic kids ever, so I hope you enjoy!




This is my front lighting photo. My cute cousin, Serin, was over on a day when it was pretty cloudy so there isn't too much of a difference in lighting, but this is the best I've got.




Here is my other front lighting photo. I couldn't decide which I liked better, so I figured I'd post both. :) Again, when Sonora was over it was cloudy, so still not much lighting.




This is my side lighting photo. My cousin, Lucy, was such a poser! She had tons of fun taking photos with me and I got lots of cute ones of her. :)




This is my back lighting photo. Again, this is Lucy. :) I totally love this photo! I really like the way her hair is falling. I don't know, I just love it. :)




This is my hard lighting photo. Really it's hard back lighting. :) Once again, cute Lucy! I really like the sun in this photo, I think it makes the photo look a lot more interesting.




This is my soft lighting photo. I absolutely love Sonora's eyes in this! :) She is just so darling! I love it!




This is my dusk lighting photo. My cousin, Joseph, is such a stud. ;)




This is also my dusk lighting photo. I liked both photos a lot, so I just had to post both of them. :) Lucy is such a cutie in this photo!





This is my mid-day/daylight photo. Again, Lucy is just such a cutie so I totally love this photo! :)


Well this week I learned that lighting really does make a big difference on the way your photo ends up. The different directions of lighting and the hardness and softness really play into what my end product will be. I also figured out that I really like side lighting. I love the way it brings light into the photo, but also makes lots of shadows. :)