Photo Shoot with Jean Cross

   This last Sunday I did a short session with a friend who appears to have a dream for modeling, we have done 2 sessions now and it helps me as well. I started out in photography with the intent of sticking to just nature, but as the last couple of years have went by, things have slowly begun to broaden my interests. Nature; though I love it, take a lot of time and patience and a lot trial and error to get just one great shot - I just don't have that amount of time and patience anymore, it is very rare that I do and with a newborn on the way things are going to get tougher and crazier. I have found a fondness in photographing people, especially good looking people. Jean helps me with my communication skills - or lack of, and I help her as well. I haven't worked my camera in a long time, maybe 1 month and I had forgotten how exciting it was, this last photo shoot has brought that shutter bug back. This coming weekend we are hoping to go out and work on photos, but with the temperature promising cold I don't know how long we'll be out there and how well things will go. Here are a few photos of this last session with her.

Class and Assignment 4

  I don't keep up with this blog very well, class is going great and I am having a fun time. Assignment 4 was pretty cool though I feel I didn't get as many shots that I wanted, our midterm assignment has to come from my head though, she wants a theme and that is going to be hard for me to come up with. I am in a hurry right now so I will just post a couple of Assignment 4's photos:

Scott & Amanda's Wedding

   The wedding had gone so much better than I expected it to, it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed myself. Right now I am in class without my hard drive so I can't post any photos on here from it but I will try to remember as soon as I can. I don't think I would want to do weddings though, at least not the ceremony part because I wasn't sure where to be without getting in the way and it was a bit of a hassle. This pregnancy thing has been kicking my ass though, so I have been feeling blah.

First Wedding Shoot Ever - and Nervous!

   Tomorrow is my first wedding shoot, and even though it is my cousin Scott and his fiance's wedding, I am still nervous as hell. I am being paid for it so I want to make sure I get really great photos and do my job professionally, and I am scared that I might miss something or mess something up. Depending on how things go, I should have a lot of fun going through the editing process....... though I was planning on doing it Sunday but since we probably won't get home Sunday until around 3 or 4 p.m and I don't know how much energy I will have to go all the way to my office from home. I think I am more worried about not doing things correctly and not being everywhere at the same time to get those memorable photos..... the dressing room with the groom and his guys, then in the dressing room with the bride and her girls, and then shoot the group photos that I can. What will be extremely important is the ceremony and I will have to situate myself up front or near the front so that I can get the photos of everyone coming down the aisle and the audience. Ugh I am a nervous wreck! 

Rights as a Photographer

    Today I found that my stepson's girlfriend used one of my photos to fancy it up and do some really cool stuff to it, my only problem is that she didn't ask permission and didn't mention whose photo it was. When I told my stepson to let her know, he immediately got defensive and crappy about it, as if she has every right to mess with a photographer's photographs. Eventually the message got through to her, and we messaged each other so things are good.
    I don't remember if I have talked much about my new camera, but I love it and the new flash I bought is just awesome. I am so glad I made this decision, just in time for the wedding in late August that I will be photographing. I cannot wait to use the camera and flash for it.

The Canon EOS T2i

    I have only played with this camera a few times since getting it Saturday, but I already love it. The ISO quality, the ability with fireworks and the photos are just amazing. I am so happy that I made this decision quickly, some sacrifices had to be made but hopefully it will show to be quite worth it. I will be posting photos on here as soon as I get the chance, hopefully this weekend I can go out and play with it some.

I am So Very Excited

     I will admit that I have not been very devoted to my camera in the past couple of months, but things are about to change because I have upgraded to a Canon EOS T2i from my Sony a100. I am so excited, I have played with it a little and can already see the promise in this new camera. It will definitely take some time learning it but after that, the sky will no longer be the limit for me. I will be testing it's skills this weekend at Cameron's show down at the river camp and the fireworks as well, but before then I am going to have to figure it out so that I am not always on auto mode.