A New Toy

Lightroom! I think this is going to be fun! This is a preset called antique light. Now I just have to figure out how to bring in my other photos from folders and bridge. I have too many books with too much information....wish me luck!

Backyard scenes

My husbands morning glories, Iris's from my childhood home, and a gate waiting for a subject

to stand in/go thru for a picture......and the only one I could get of my daughter downtown before allergies set in. I love summer!

Cone Dancers

This was a free event at the Center For the Arts, a beautiful night and lots of people. They were dancing from a wire harness so I have a lot of blurs. The Cone had lights inside and it changed colors with the music.Too bad it only lasted 15 minutes.

Dooney with a Mohawk

John got the dogs groomed yesterday and surprised us all with a mohawk on our cockapoo....
Jill's idea. Doesn't he look like he's pouting in this bottom picture? I don't think he feels as pretty as he usually does....

Last class...

Sadly went to my last photography class tonight, and I am really going to miss it. You form friendships and it's fun talking photography with other people and gain their insights. It was a phenominal group of people, and our instructer was Amazing...he's very inspiring and has really forced me to think and look at subjects in different ways. Thank-you so much S. Preston Jones!
His work is wonderful and we saw many of his portraits tonight....breathtaking....

As for my series, "Abandoned" actually developed into 3 separate series, 2 of which involve the elementary school I've been shooting. First there's the school and the playground, and the outside elements. Then the beautiful graffiti on the inside that is so colorful Preston suggested "Beauty in Abandonment", and then there's the old barns and buildings. So these are still on-going, and will be built upon. I have an idea for a book you can make on line for the school, when I am done there, thanks to Kay, and Tim thought it would be a great idea to contact some of the past teachers and students and get some of their thoughts and stories to add to it. It could really become a project! Like I said , these are phenominal people and amazing things happen when you can bounce ideas of each other and learn.

I'm going to miss my class and these people! You can bet I'll sign up for more, I have learned so much.

For now, need to play with a lens I'm renting, learn photoshop cs3 and lightroom, get better at cutting mats and just have fun shooting. Also have a few other series I need to start, one is of a special woman in town and her music. Hope to be able to find LOTS of models....the people I work with and friends I think will be generous with their kids.
Also, a little girl I know has just gone though major heart surgery, she's in recovery, just turned 2. Please put her in your prayers.

A new lens

I'm renting a Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens and tried it out for the first time today, my gosh, is it HUGE! But I think I might like it with a little more practice. My girls are willing models lately, and so are their friends so I may as well take advantage of it. We're going out again tomorrow to get some more shots.

Last Class

is coming up and it's time to put the series together, weed them out and decide how I want to present them.
What to do? Don't know yet....I'm SO new at this!