Chimpsy Take Two

So you might remember a couple months back LeeAnn and I took a photography field trip class with a company called Chimpsy. We had tons of fun in our DSLR I class so when another groupon came along I decided to try DSLR II. Unfortunately the class went to the same locations but it was a new chanllenge because rather than shooting in AV/TV mode we shot in manual. It was definetly good practice for me because I tend to shy away from that M button on my dial. Here are some un-edited shots from Saturday. Also - wanted to note it was no where near as fun without LeeAnn there!


Signature railroad shot - not my fav but it will do



Panning shot



There were these fun smart cars all lined up - perfect photo op!



So Cute


 

You know me and my love for mirrors...at love balls?



the chair cracked me up



mmm ice cream!



What a fun pumpkin!



Love love love the color of the sky



Chimpsy

Ok so I know I haven't posted in forever and I feel like I start every post with an apology....then I realized that this is my blog and I can post as much or as little as I want...so no more appologies!


A couple weeks ago my friend and Rebel buddy came to visit me and we went on a Chimpsy photography field trip. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and we learned a lot and had fun. Here are some of my fav shots that I edited in Picnik. I kind of feel like I'm cheating by editing them but as long as I want to take the time to edit I guess there's nothign wrong with it! I'm usually just too lazy...imagine that!




Different view of the railraod





Playing with aperture





Cabbage anyone??





Food-trailer park





By far the cutest food-trailer!





Hot sauce anyone?





Eat...ok!





Such a cute name :)





Photo buddy in action!





Such a colorful mural...love it!





Love the colors of E. Austin





You know I can't resist these shots





Little birdie





The Vegan Yacht!



Pennybacker Bridge

So my photography assignment for last week was to take a picture using leading lines & a framing device. The subject is the Pennybacker bridge, the leading lines are 360 & the framing device is the tree. Luckily it was a BEAUTIFUL day so I got some good shots!!




Justin made the hike up to the lookout point with me :)

 

Composition & Light

So I started another photography class last wednesday at UT (informal classes) - it's called composition & light. Our first assignment was to make a well composed portrait of a person with a lot of depth of field. My wonderful husband was my subject & we went out Saturday at sunset to take some pictures. I wasn't happy with how they turned out so we tried again Sunday afternoon before the superbowl. The pictures aren't perfect but I know how to improve next time. Here are a few of my favorites.

What's in a name?

So...I've been wanting to start a blog for some time now - after looking back at my old xanga page I decided I needed to start that again, if not for the sole reason of reading old post for entertainment in a couple of years. But as I learned from reading those old posts, my blog needed a "theme" or idea - not just a blog of random rants and complaints - I was in high school - what can I say?? So I considered a wedding blog - but sadly it was a little late in the game to do that considering there's only 87 days till the wedding (holy crap...). When I got my Canon Rebel t1i it clicked...no pun intended...I would blog about learning how to use it! Perfect so now I have my idea I just need to pick a name and start writing, right??


Okay well I am the worst name chooser for anything ever - facebook album names - a source of stress...Hunter and Lexie's names - yeah Justin came up with those...So I thought about it for like 5 minutes and got frustrated because I just wanted to start my blog - so I passed some (bad) ideas onto Michelle - and luckily she is a good friend and rejected them. She told me I needed to take some time and it would come to me. So of course i got frustrated after DAYS of not coming up with anything. Well this name finally came to me and I decided to go with it - I created the blog without consulting Michelle on the name (so I hope you approve Michelle!). So basically I'm happy with the name of my blog and that's all that matters. I've been messing with the settings a lot and finally got it "presentable."

I finished my last photography class on Monday. So now that I've been taught at least how to use the settings on my camera - I hope to start having more time to go out and explore with it! I'll finish this post off with a picture...



My picture assignment for my last photography class. We had to take a picture of something "Austin" using all of the "skills" we'd learned in the past 6 weeks. What's more Austin than the Frost Bank tower with some Segway-ers on a hill??