Call to Arms Rally/Continuation of 150 pics Assignment

Ok found the memory card, in my backpack of all places. Kinda feel like Dora the explorer now, and singing that cute little backpack song....ok focus. Sorry I tend to go off on little rants like that. Yeah I hate it......

Anyway that aside and distractions aside I found my memory card, and I'll look through the pics and pick which ones I want to play color with, and if I still have my final count of 260 pics from my garden adventure I'll post more of those for you guys so I can show off more. I also did a few self portrait pics. I don't know if I'm bold enough to post pictures of myself on line yet. I'm not really all that pretty and my hair is a literal mess. Yeah I can be a girl at times so what. I'm usually a huge tomboy though, ok I'll post one of my self portrait  photos so don't laugh at me, I was wearing one of my lolita dresses. Needless to say that little photo op went kaput cause I didn't have much light to work with because it was like five-six in the evening and town point park was pretty much closing down. Yeah I just looked at the photos....not getting my self portraits they are terrible. Wait till I complete the outfit I was wearing and then I'll do another set when the sun ISN'T going down.

But I will however give my readers and viewers this.

 and this

 annnnnd these last two

 Ok that's enough pictuure posting for now I'll get around to giving my self critique sometime in the week looking through rally photos now See you guys next time

Next set/Photoshop edits

So two weeks ago I went to my college's call to arms rally, and had blast and took a few photos as soon as I find the memory card and pick which ones I need I'll be doing a little color accent and some other things to the photos. I want to be able to take photos without the use of having to use photoshop but sometimes that option isn't available so look for those photos soon

Class assignment: 150 pictures

Ok New post. I have an assignment/portfolio project. My theme, one of my favorites and what I always return to. Nature. Nature nature nature nature. No I won't post all 150 pics but probably the normal two or three. The goal was to take a far away shot get closer, re meter and get closer still and repeat process. I'm five pics under where I need to be and I haven't even covered the whole park yet wow! but hey that means lots of leftovers for me to post as favorites and where I can improve on. Once again all these are taken in manual which I'm starting to love. So first pic

Ok this is my first what I consider a post card Pic. I have a landscape version of it but I wanted to show off this version. I think it gives the feel of a vacation or someone getting ready to go on a beach date. Its just very summery and reminiscent of summer going into fall when you would go on a beach walk with your significant other and enjoy the last remaining remnants of fall.

This is one of the boats that you can ride on and would have been a perfect subject to take pictures of all the little things on it but I was pressed for time and only had time to get this one. Looking at this picture, it gives me feelings like I'm standing right there in the park looking at that boat thinking hey let's go  on a ride if I had someone with me or hey what an adventure this would be if I were by myself looking at this picture. Its just perfect and looks like something out of a tropical island.

 

Ok I have to admit I snuck this one. He was checking the water, I don't know what for but I couldn't help it that was all but screaming get this shot get this shot. and its kinda one of those rare candid ones that you get and don't realize until after you take it. I had to zoom in using my 55-200 lens because he was to far away at the time. Ok last Photo

  Ok Last pic before bed. I wanted a different look and feel to this pick. more of a sun's rays coming over it but I can dream can't I?"I think it still looks good makes you wanna hang out on  it on a hot day and such.

So that's about it for me See you guys next time

Zoo Adventures in Manual

So I went to the zoo, and I plan on doing something like this every time I learn something new in class or learn a new rule.  So I learned how to shoot with my Camera in Manual mode, so I took my beloved(My Nikon D40 on an adventure to the zoo, and these are some of the shots I got. None of these shots are edited or anything. So onto the First pic

Ok this is the first pic I took and I posted this one for a reason. This was my first experiment in manual mode so the exposure is really crap. Actually its not all that bad but It can be better. So next photo

Now this is the better photo, the exposure is a lot brighter and I had my ah ha moment and had it almost perfectly metered. Its a still shot so meh, I want to get better so hopefully I will. Next pic.

This is a picture of a giraffe, I have a whole ton of these, I find hem to be very beautiful animals and was hoping for a shot where he looked at me but sadly I didn't get that shot.  I think this was the baby one, the bigger one was way in the back in the enclosure. I think the exposure and composition are good, and it follows some of the rules, but I think this is one of the best photos of this animal I have. Next Photo

Ok probably my favorite shot of the whole trip. This is  an...okuburo I think. He's a type of deer animal meaning he has antlers to fight with and defend himself with. I am in love with this photo because its perfectly metered, the exposure is what I wanted and I think its worthy enough to go into a photo contest. Might now win anything but hey oh well. 

So that's about it for this Entry. Next one will probably contain photos from my adventures in the gardens when I go.

Class assignment/Adventures in Manual Pt 2.

Yeah this is just gonna be a separate entry to the first one. I kinda got into my Crochet a few days ago and forgot about this, I need to have it done by Fri....yeah I'm bad with dates can't you tell? Anyway Here are the photos I took from the Scavenger Hunt Assignment, I'm not sure the names of the people in my group But I'll post that picture First Even though I think I have a better one.

Ok This photo is of myself and the people in my group I'm still learning as I'm in classes to do this professionally and I can already see a number of things wrong with this. The guy to my right looks purple and there wasn't enough light and exposure to the back. However I think it does a good job following the rule of thirds. If I could go back and take this photo again I probably would. The lady to the left of me is a bit fuzzy as well, maybe its just because the pic is small. I dunno anyway that's my thoughts on that one. Not my fav but hey I like to critique my own work. Ok Next Photo

 This is my second photo Of something round. Yes its an oil drum its what we found when we took our group shot. Things wrong with this picture, Aside from getting one of my group members arms along with his camera, I still don't know how that happened. I don't see anything particularly wrong with this photo other than the can being in the photo but I couldn't help that I didn't want to move someone's property. I think the exposure is good, the photo is clear so that's a plus.  Its a bit dark but it reflects the atmosphere in the alley and gives it that ol downtown Brooklyn feel. I dunno I think it does

Now this one here would probably be my favorite Picture. Why? Because one I love butterflies, two they were on a gate in front of a church, and three, look at the feather like wings. If it wasn't for the fact that the main body was metal, I woulda thought this was a real butterfly. I like that the focus is on he butterfly and surrounding metal and the fact that I got a good bit of bokeh in the background, it almost looks dreamy/magical, like the butterfly will come alive and flutter off into the sky. Yeah I'm weird like that. But hey its my photo. Um I think it follows the rules that were specified and I know we were only supposed to post one picture but I can't just post one of something, its an adventure, coming back and sharing just that one good thing is like teasing everyone in my opinion.

So Those are my three top ones From Least to favorite. Hopefully I'll get better as the year goes by and I can share better Photographs

Class assignment/Advventures in Manual

Ok so yeah that post is two days late but you know what that's ok, long as I get this in here its fine. Anyway I had a class assignment, a group assignment on Friday. Before I get to that let me explain a few things. As I said last class I'm an ametur photographer, and it is some day to be my career. So anyway I'm a photography major, though at TCC they refer to it as a specilized studio art class. Why I dunno, they just do. Silly schools.

Anyway I go to the seperate building called the Visual Art center where they booku amount of fields to study But I'm getting off topic here.

So the assignment was a mini Scavenger Hunt where myself and my group had to find seven items, Something read, something round, something ordinary looking, contrasting object, and the last one converging lines. There was also another bit where everyone had to get a group shot photographer included. That part was the most enjoyable for me. ^_^ Umm anyway This was the first time I've used Manual mode on my DSLR, my newest one, and I think I'll use it more often to photograph instead of the auto modes.

Because my Camera, and memory cards are in my trunk in my car I'm afraid I won't be able to post the pics tonight, but when I do I'll give you a small description of each photo with my favorite at the top to start the showcasing until then have a good night everyone