Monday, November 28, 2011

Before and After CS4



Sunday, July 10, 2011

Images

IMAGE
noun, verb, -aged, -ag·ing. –noun
1.     a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
2.    an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface.
3.     a mental representation; idea; conception.


I watched a surreal movie this afternoon, that was fragmented and a bit difficult to understand. More than likely I'll watch it again to see if I can understand it better. But something about this particular movie made me think that life really is a canvas with which we paint our life stories. Or rather a series of canvas's that tell our story. Our memories, the ones that impact us the most are the one's that are overflowing with emotions.


One of my jobs as a photographer is to evoke emotions through the use of images. I'm toying with the idea of using my memories as vague references to recreate events that have had a strong emotional impact on my life. The photos would have to be vague and somewhat surreal to capture the emotion rather than just the people or objects in my photos. I am going to start thinking about how I can go about capturing certain ideas. Hopefully I'll be able to create the images I have floating around in my head.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Photoshop, I luv it!

Photo BEFORE Photoshop



















Photo AFTER Photoshop

































Which one do you like better??

Monday, March 14, 2011

Yes... I've been hiding

I know I'm behind on my photo taking. In February I encountered a lot of emotional hardships. Then I moved out of my apartment at the end of February and into a house. I'm STILL unpacking everything and trying to find good places to put stuff. I kind of wonder if I'll be able to find my check book. I'm sure I have it in a box SOMEWHERE.

I just thought I'd let all of you know what I've been up to.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Is there something wrong with my camera?

This is an unedited photo I took of my niece. It was shot at night indoors under mixed lighting. Tungsten and Fluorescent. I've been messing around in photoshop, but I can't seem to get rid of the red cast and it's making me wonder if there is a possibility that there is something wrong my camera itself.


But when I used my on camera flash it seemed to be okay. Maybe I'm worrying over nothing?




I didn't do ANY editing to these photos. After looking at the difference between the photos where I used my flash, or didn't. I've come to the conclusion... I worried over nothing. :HUGE sigh of relief:

What irks me is that some of my best shots were done without the flash and they have a horrible color cast to them that I can't do anything about. GRRRRR

Ketchup

Today, I'm going to play catch up (aka) Ketchup. LOL... I love my own play on words sometimes. I'm going to head out and take photos of one of my old room mates, and upload them along with the photos I took the other day at a family get together. In other words... I'll be posting a lot later on this evening. Wish me luck?

Friday, January 7, 2011

Instead of posting photos today

Instead of posting photos today; I have decided to write.

I've been struggling with depression and sleeping normal hours.

It would be nice if one of my friends could call me and make sure I get up in the morning. I mean calling me, and telling me to get out of bed, and waiting until I'm standing to get off the phone. Or something similar, because my alarm just isn't cutting it.

I've also noticed that I'm grouchy. Little things have been irritating me to the point that I've been getting angry.

I know that some of it has to do with me being able to define my boundaries.

I've noticed that a lot of people in my life, are stepping over my boundaries. As a result I've been struggling with how to lovingly let them know that they need to stop. Out of anger I've been rude and mean towards them. ---If you have any advice on how to lovingly let people know that they are going too far, I will gladly listen to it.

Its really difficult for me to set healthy boundaries with certain family members. In fact I'm not really sure what healthy boundaries are. I've tried to find information on it... or even how to recognize when someone is stepping over your boundaries... but the websites I've come up with talk about personal struggles and not with the specifics on how to determine problems in this area. (I could use some info on this)

As a result of me sleeping really late, I haven't been getting much done as far as my photography business is concerned. This worries me quite a bit, considering I would love it if I could actually make a profit. Making a profit is not a priority to me in comparison to getting in the habit of actually working, and doing what I love, but it would be nice.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

It's all about color and texture





 I don't think that these kind of candy machines will be around much longer especially not at this price!



SINGS: "I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign....."


















Night traffic out of focus... 
























Yep... this was in McDonald's.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

The crap on the wall

Again I waited until the last moment to take my photos, instead of using the beautiful sunshine we had this afternoon. ---Apparently I need to wear my camera to remind myself!

I'm doing something I haven't done in a LONG TIME... I'm posting photos without editing them. I'm kind of scared to do this.


MUST EDIT....


Ahhh much better...