Don't be shy Rach...I won't go away....no matter how long you sit there.
I loved the green sweater....note to self...have people wear green in photos.
12/2/09
SAY CHEESE! ('cause it's going on my blog)
SOMEONE got a haircut.
Don't be shy Rach...I won't go away....no matter how long you sit there.
I loved the green sweater....note to self...have people wear green in photos.
Don't be shy Rach...I won't go away....no matter how long you sit there.I loved the green sweater....note to self...have people wear green in photos.
12/1/09
late
Things I do when Jim works super late.
- Wear my pajamas most of the day, even around dinnertime when Jim would NORMALLY show up. Why dress up if there's no one to impress?
- Oh, and why brush my teeth, right? (just kidding...sort of)
- Eat cereal for dinner. In my room.
- Let children have YOYO dinner with their very own variety of cereals to choose from. (YOYO means You're On Your Own.)
- Watch shows that Jim would not want to watch with me. So basically I can watch all the stupid Sci-Fi, Law and Order and Jane Austen shows that I want! (Persuasion anyone?)
- Read with my bedside 'touch' lamp on Full On THIRD touch. (does that make any sense to anyone else?)
- Drive to McDonalds at 9pm and buy the kids (who are all up and hungry from their cereal dinners) strawberry sundaes and cheeseburgers.
- Stay up late playing with Photoshop, tweaking random pictures. Not worrying that Jim will tell me to come to bed. (which puts a wife on edge, ya know?)
- Write random, stupid blog posts that I'll regret in the morning.
11/30/09
SLOWin' it down and a homemade lightbox.
This weekend I fooled around with a few things on my camera.
On Saturday morning I went to a local creek and took some pictures. I wanted to capture the fast moving water and slow it down, making it blur.
I read THIS article about how to capture a waterfall/water. It was very helpful, but nothing is more conducive to learning as DOING.
To do this, you should use a tripod. On Manual, I set my aperture to a large number, like 22. I played with my shutter speed until I liked the effect. If your shutter speed is fast, it'll capture the water more true to life. You'll see ripples and bubbles and detail. If you slow your shutter speed WAY down, you'll get the blur. (on my Nikon there is a dial on the back of my camera that changes the shutter speed)
THEN...on Saturday night I made a Light Box following the instructions on THIS website.
I just took a large box and cut holes on three of it's sides. I covered the holes with tissue paper and placed a long strip of white poster board inside the box. I strategically placed lamps on both sides of the box. (read: I forced two daughters to hold the lamps)
The kids and I took random household things and placed it into the light box. It was pretty hilarious the things the kids wanted to capture in this way. (uh, a picture of a salt shaker? a teacup? a ratty old candle?)
See if you can guess WHICH FAMILY MEMBER suggested each thing to photograph. I'll give you one hint. The gun wasn't Beth. :)
No worries...no one was made drunk during this photo shoot...the white wine was for the photo shoot only and was tossed afterward, since it was left over from Thanksgiving. (now, the red wine I can't say...)
This would be a perfect way to take photos of something for EBAY, since it's very flattering on the object and can be made to look professionally done. We were just goofing around, but it was fun working with light and shadows and learning while laughing. None of these are edited, just SOTC to show how easy it is.
So there ya have it. My weekend of continuing photography education.
p.s.
HERE is a picture from the website that I linked to, what HIS box looked like. Mine was the same w/o the cool furniture and fancy flash. I had children holding lamps on an oldish coffee table.
(that was for you Denise!)
On Saturday morning I went to a local creek and took some pictures. I wanted to capture the fast moving water and slow it down, making it blur.
I read THIS article about how to capture a waterfall/water. It was very helpful, but nothing is more conducive to learning as DOING.
To do this, you should use a tripod. On Manual, I set my aperture to a large number, like 22. I played with my shutter speed until I liked the effect. If your shutter speed is fast, it'll capture the water more true to life. You'll see ripples and bubbles and detail. If you slow your shutter speed WAY down, you'll get the blur. (on my Nikon there is a dial on the back of my camera that changes the shutter speed)THEN...on Saturday night I made a Light Box following the instructions on THIS website.
I just took a large box and cut holes on three of it's sides. I covered the holes with tissue paper and placed a long strip of white poster board inside the box. I strategically placed lamps on both sides of the box. (read: I forced two daughters to hold the lamps)
The kids and I took random household things and placed it into the light box. It was pretty hilarious the things the kids wanted to capture in this way. (uh, a picture of a salt shaker? a teacup? a ratty old candle?)
See if you can guess WHICH FAMILY MEMBER suggested each thing to photograph. I'll give you one hint. The gun wasn't Beth. :)
No worries...no one was made drunk during this photo shoot...the white wine was for the photo shoot only and was tossed afterward, since it was left over from Thanksgiving. (now, the red wine I can't say...)
This would be a perfect way to take photos of something for EBAY, since it's very flattering on the object and can be made to look professionally done. We were just goofing around, but it was fun working with light and shadows and learning while laughing. None of these are edited, just SOTC to show how easy it is.
So there ya have it. My weekend of continuing photography education.
p.s.
HERE is a picture from the website that I linked to, what HIS box looked like. Mine was the same w/o the cool furniture and fancy flash. I had children holding lamps on an oldish coffee table.
(that was for you Denise!)
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