Animal Portaiture

A day full of excitement! Last week our assignment for Advanced Commercial was pets/animal portraits. I do not have experience shooting pets in a studio, and this one was a bit challenging. I did not anticipate some of the problems that we encountered, like a 22 lb angry cat who had been in the car too long! Thanks to a very patient and helpful team ( Thanks Amy, Ana and Twitty ), I finished the shoot. Here is an image from the day and we will critique them on Monday. I think for now I definitely would like to do more. It gives me an even bigger appreciation for William Wegmans work, infamous for his portraits of weimaraners. It is amazing that he gets those dogs to do what he has the vision for.

The Glowing Eye

       3 quarters ago, our Multimedia teacher Mr Jones had our class share images that we wish we would have taken. Famous or not the images had to have substance behind them, and more than just snapshots

 I had a hard time narrowing it down and for me it really came down to a lot of historical photos and what great stories each of them told. I would love to revisit this as we learn more and we become more critical. I am curious what images people would keep, or replace. I came across this photo today and looked it over and over. Its just amazing.  I decided I am investing in a fancy telescope and hope to get into space photography soon. Until that takes off, I will keep shooting what I love and enjoy this image for a long time to come!

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Photojournalism & Sports

What a great week! This week was our sports assignment. I went back to my high school (10 years away have flown by). The players, the cheers, the t shirts, and the parents are all still the same, just different people. My brothers both developed a love for football early on so I was raised as one of the "field rats"! We grew up with concession stand corndogs and nachos with gatorade as staples in our diet. It felt so good to hit the grass on friday night. Norcross took Northview 31-2 . It was a big learning curve and I highly underestimated the task at hand. It Started to rain early on but broke just before gametime. I learned it was better to watch the game beside your camera rather than through it. Warning: Watching football through the camera may cause dizziness and slight disorientation..All in all I am happy with what I got and look forward to going back this week, only in my neck of the woods when Norcross plays North Forsyth on their field. Hooray for the fall!

 

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Gwinnett County Fair

  

Two weeks ago I had the priviledge of shooting the Gwinnett County Fair "Livestock Competition" for 10 days. It was a great experience and I made some great connections. They invited me to come back next year. Tonight I came across this photo and it made me excited about editing these photos. Fun stuff!

1st Photojournalism assignment

 Today we had our first assignment for photojournalism class .We got an email @ 6am to go shoot a "rain feature" before class. We had to capture people, rain and some sort of scene that would help tell the story.I left the house and of course, no rain! As I got closer to school the rain came down and I was able to at least get a few that I was happy with. I do have to get people not smiling though, it looks too staged. Overall, a fun time and a great way to start an exciting quarter!!

Multimedia II with Mr Jones

So fall quarter is in full swing and one of my classes encorporates blogging. How to do it the right way and how powerful it can be. I have enjoyed blogging and am looking forward to finding new ways to use it to my advantage. We have to update at least daily so be on the lookout for lots of new and exciting post. We have also hit the ground running in our other classes, advanced portraiture and photojournalism! Sports shooting this weekend. Looking forward to a great fall!