Stop and See

The Arizona

Palm

Thanksgiving sunrise

Fence

3 Wishing cranes

Window, window in the wall...

  This project was about utilizing window light in portraiture.  In other news, I have fantastic friends who model for me.  Aren't they gorgeous?!!!

This is a cropped picture taken in the Grant building in the late morning.  The light floods this hallway and lit her up wonderfully, and was at the perfect angle to create a clear reflection.  

He'd just finished cleaning up after devotional and agreed to be my underpaid model.  The light comes in mostly to his side, though he is looking through the glass, creating a fantastic shadowing on the right side of his face and neck.  

We were in the Seasider when the table next to the window opened up, so I handed her my soup and sticks and had her pose, and also eat some to see if that would work.  I like how the light falls across her forehead and follows down the bridge of her nose to her chin.  Also the light outlining her arm.  I am not a fan of the background however.  It's too much and distracting.

This I didn't turn this in, but I thought it would be nice to contrast the cropped and the uncropped photos.  Which do you prefer? 

Chickens, and Poke and Ants, oh my!

A photo I found under piles of computer files.

I like taking photos, but the quality is inconsistent at best.  This is from a trip to Hawaii in November of 2011, and, for me at least, this is a really nice shot.  The greens are vibrant, the texture of the churned up sand next to the smooth surface of the shoreline is a visually interesting contrast.  The sky grows from the cloudy pale blue of the horizon to a more vivid blue seen through the palm fronds, and there is the movement of the ocean around the shore rocks frozen in place.  I also like the way the photo is divided between the different textures of the setting, the rocks, sand, shore, sea, sky, and flora.  And this is what I like to take photos of, the outside.  I once took a trip to Yellowstone and took a million shots of Morning Glory pool, feeling like none of the pictures I was taking could fully capture the depth and vibrancy of the pool.  I wanted to take home the awe I felt looking into the water, but could not capture it on film.