Yay! Fixed the pics

Now all the images in the slideshow won't be all over the place :)

Here are some new images I added. :) enjoy!

Oh if I could only remember my JavaScript...

Have to fix the images on the portfolio page and HAVE to organize them better. I'm starting to get quite a collection, woot! Which is wonderful. Now I just need to remember how to resize my images in JavaScript --- it's been a long time.

But a blog on a photo website is incomplete without pictures, here are some of Kevin and Erin's wedding. Perhaps you read where I said I went to a friends Wedding and it inspired me to pursue Wedding Photography, well, they gave permission for me to post some pics for my portfolio. :)

My new camera and I are finally getting along!

Woot!

Yesterday I went out again and tried to take some narrow focal length shots of flowers on a hill. Usually I'm very good at these...but NONE of them turned out! I was devistated. Why couldn't I get it to work. My view finder showed perfectly focused flowers. Sigh. My focus has always been off with this one and I just couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong!

Today I went out again, practice, practice, practice...maybe I couldn't hold my telephoto still enough, maybe he wobbles a bit in the wind. After taking a few shots of a wild rose, I found the answer. Right near the view finder there's a dial to adjust for eyesite. So you don't have to wear your glasses when shooting, I imagne someone like my Mom who needs reading glasses would benefit from this feature (and me in a few years!) but not really for near-sited types like me. Well I clicked that dial down all the way and what do you know! Focus! Woot! Now, I'm excited! :) :) :) Here's some flower shots from the day.

Jenica and Ben's Engagement Shoot

What a fun and lovely couple! Had a great time on a beautiful acreage. They jumped on a trampoline, swung on a swing, hung out in bushes of flowers, battled red ants and mosquitos!



Some lighting worked...some didn't. But its all about adjusting what doesn't work and working with what does. I tried the reflectors for the first time and you can really see the difference. Thanks to Christine for managing that for me! I might need to get an assistant...wonder if she's for hire.



Thier sweetie Baxter was the one I was trying to catch an image of. He's really quick and had tons of interesting things to look at and smell and chase. No time for standing still for us. He's so cute, and his personality reminds me so much of Sparky I wonder if there isn't a little Terrier in Sparks!

They're getting married on the beach in the East Coast, it'll be absolutely gorgeous I'm sure...I can't wait to see the pictures! :)

Parish Kohanim Seminar

That was a wonderful seminar on light! I learned so much. Like that everyone has an off day and to follow your gut...something I forget to do when I'm nervous. I must practice more with this camera so its more instinctual. I'm just not used to it yet. That will all come with time and clicks.

A few of my class mates also strongly advised I shoot in RAW. I tried it for the first time today with Jenica and Ben. (Will blog on that tomorrow---so much fun---such a great couple!) and I'm now a true believer. It was 1000 time easier to go through and correct the light than it was with the Jpeg.


Anyway back to the Seminar. We learned about angles of light, reflecting, what to look for etc. To take our time and feel the moment. Something I need to work on. I'm too busy trying to catch the 'moments' that I think I'm missing, and missing the important ones. To slow down and let the light talk from the heart. And it's true, all of my best shots are all from the heart, moments that I felt more than saw, if that makes any sense. And to practice and even if you have no one to shoot, give yourself assignments and shoot and experiment and try to look at things from different perspectives!

They did a really cool thing with rope lights. We had two models to shoot all afternoon...fashion, bikinis, lingerie, outside, inside, climbing on statues. Great fun and experience. And an exercise to see how the light moved in different situations.



Then he went through a slide show of his work. OMG, freaking awesome! You should check him out if you get a chance. http://www.parishkohanim.com/

What can I say, it was an awesome course given by an inspiring photographer.