travel and exploration 5-11

these were taken during the ice storm.. didnt really have the chance to explore very far but they turned out well

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

travel and exploration 4-27

These lovely phots were taken at the duck pond really close to my house.  the sun was setting and it was beautiful outside so it was a perfect chance to take me some pictures.  there was also an adorable little puppy there named Kiwi who I did not hesitate to take glamour shots of. enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

travel and exploration 4-6

These photos were taken on spring break, located in fort walton beach florida.  Its actually pretty dangerous to take your camera down there because the sand is so fine it creates a hazy film on your lens and can damage your camera.  So a few of these are taken from my parents balcony window which overlooked the beach, and others were taken on a walk with the softball team, i never actually got brave enough to take my camera down to the beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

travel and exploration 3-16

these pictures were taken in pigeon forge tennessee at a cabin that i stayed in over the weekend.  most of these were different views that we had from outside our window and it was an absolutely amazing place to stay.  thee are a lot of pictures of the fog because i thought it was absolutely fascinating.

this is sitka, my new best friend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the prowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portraiture 2-23

jesse singing

oliver’s coke bottle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So its now March 8th and this was supposed to be posted 2 weeks ago, but i have an absolutely spectacular excuse as to why.  after being hit by a drunk driver a few friday nights ago i was a little shaken up, to make things worse the next day i got really sick really fast.  I got taken away on an ambulance and only got back to close to 100% a few days ago.  Not that that really mattered because just 2 days ago i got my wisdom teeth removed and missed out on lots of action again.  So here are my pictures, much delayed but very much worth it.

 

D's hand

dorothy's hands. my favorite.

ashlees hands

jeremeys right hand

jeremys left hand

the reflection of my dad driving in fiberglass

my coach presenting ebony with a major award

tyler modeling

ashley beside her archway

coach beaming

sisterly hug

ebony's 1000th point picture

sarahs hands

portraiture dos feb 9th

you know the first word that came to your mind was "awwwww!"

Kids say and do the darndest things, so the focus of this weeks shoot was the beautiful babies is the nursery at my church.  they absoutely loved having their pictures taken and started throwing hissyfits whenever i put my camera away.  i loved taking these pictures, it was tons of fun and the kids were wonderful subjects.

my mother and my pressley. hes adorable.

 

 

 

close up of him, he was a little on the sick side

 

 

 

 

 

 

this is meredith. she likes to eat things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

she takes talking on the phone to a whole new level.

as stated in previous blogs, i love hands.

she dropped her toy.

meredith playing

my mom and pressley playing

she was learning how to clap

by far my favorite picture of the day.

apparently he liked to hide under the table.

colin awake

the hand of colin, a 6 week old sleepin baby

a self portrait of sorts, of course it would be my hand.

Portraiture, 1-26

the hands of our dutiful athletic director and trainer

Since there is very little wildlife in the open to photgraph at this point and time during the year I have decided to switch weaker subjects entirely, moving from wildlife to portraiture.  I like portraiture much better and I think its also an area that I need to improve upon so from now on my weak shoots will be on that.  These pictures were taken at a basketball game, as most of my subjects are on the team or are required to be at the games, and i think that next time i will try to do more outdoors, if mother nature permits, just to mix things up a bit.

shomari being a nerd and reading during the game

 

ashley from the side

 

she was sitting all by her lonesome

 

lauren posing

 

erin watching the game

 

erins hand and bracelet

 

close up of olivia

 

framing shot of ashley

 

ebony right after she showed up late

 

another close up of olivia, emphasizing her ipod

 

ebony cheesin

 

i like hands in case you havent noticed

 

aaron contemplating

 

im thinking serge was bored

Wildlife 1-12-09

some dead flowers

So things are a bit different this semester, instead of picking a topic of my choice every week I’ll be shooting one of my weaker areas 4 times and my stronger area 4 times.  My weaker area is wildlife.  I never really considered doing many wildlife photos and after picking this topic i figured out why.  theres not much wildlife around here.  So this past week I really didnt have much time at all to devote to finding animals of the wildlife sort, and the closest I got was my mutt Mo in my backyard, not exactly wildlife but close enough right?

him sniffing the tree

 

him playing with a squeaky toy

his trademark high five

i think he heard something

he gradually lost interest in his photoshoot

flower bulbs

him just standing

some leaves by a broken tree branch

him posing by the wheelbarrow

birdhouse

the shadows behind some bushes

a different birdhouse

same birdhouse different angle

last picture of mo. for now.

Abstract dos

It seems to be a bit of a habit lately to take my pictures from the seat of a bicycle, but this week was my first one to do in the dark. So since i was on a bike i didnt have a tripod which made nighttime photos a bit of a challenge, but overall i loved taking these pictures.  it gave me a different perspective of christmas, and i ran into a few interesting people-some sober some not- while taking these pictures.  Since this is my last assignment for the semester hopefully i made it good. enjoy!

 

a bench in triangle park, you can kinda see the reflection of the lights on the christmas tree

 

a larger than life candy cane, i dont think its edible though

a few ornaments

my favorite from this shoot.

the bottom view of an ornament with the lights to the left

Portraiture

so originally i was supposed to do abstract for my subject this past week, but as i looked back over all my pictures i found that i took much better portraiture ones, and they were also more numerous. so i decided to flip flop my topics and use portraiture this week.  I took these pictures hiking in the smoky mountains with my family for thanksgiving, and i wouldn’t go as far as to say it was fun, but it was certainly interesting. enjoy.

love life

 

 

my sister posing during a rest break

my uncles reflection in a puddle under the waterfall

i dont know this guy. but i like this picture.

my sister taking pictures of the landscape, i thought it captured her essence well