Week five - frozen image revision

These are some more shots I took to practise the frozen image shots with actual people this time.

Week 4- I made it !

In no particular order. Starting with a side lit shot. This again is the lovely Elizabeth. I went to a local park with my brother and his family to do a lifestyle shoot for them involving leaf throwing as it is autumn (fall) here right now.  I am not entirely happy with this shot as I would have liked to have gotten her hands in the shot and feel her face could be a little clearer. What I do like about it is that I was able to capture that split second of her throwing the leaves and the great big genuine smile on her face.

This is a front lit shot. It was again at the park with my brother. This time having my nephew Luke in a photo as well. I think I might try and submit another front lit shot next week. I feel Ellie is too out of focus for my liking. I do love her face though, my brother was pretending to throw leaves on me at the time. We were trying to get them to look up just a little to stop any shadows under eyes etc but he was standing and I was lying down so the are looking up really high.

In this one I was trying to use the concrete and the light brick work. I am not sure about the shadow on Anthea's face which is why I opted for black and white. I do like the expression on her face though.

I think with husband away I am more tired and my photos are showing it, maybe I just had an off week.

This is my attempt at a silhouette. It is taken out the front of my house. What I like is that I managed to get the star burst.

This is the back lit photo. I think her hand is quite blurry in this one though :-(. It was the best smiling photo I took. I took another really nice one expect there was a pole coming out of the top of her head, which is a shame because everything else in it was lovely.



Sorry for the downer week of reviews. Between husband being away and hurting my back I think it was not one of my finest homework weeks.
I did take some shots for a friend and her children which she loved yesterday so I was able to end to week on an okay note.
Thanks Sarah and Brooke and classmates for the support over the weeks, it has been fun.

Weeks 3's assignment.

Thanks to the lovely Elizabeth for being a great model (she is my six year old niece).

For this first shot I chose to concentrate on simplicilty. I tried for no distractions, and a simple background using the backlight from my bedroom window on a gorgeous morning with light covers on my bed. I liked this peek a boo style, the model preferred the full face version I took of this. Perhaps I should have had the top of her head in the shot. I am also every so slight off centre.

The next one is overexposed I know but for some reason I really like it. I took this one looking at both texture and simplicity.

 This third was just focusing on texture. I really like the peeling bark on the tree we have in our front garden.
I also like the fact Elizabeth fits so well in the tree. I like the light, i am not so sure about the posistion I am in and maybe should have been a bit lower rather than just on her level.

Is it really the last week next week? Golly, enjoy everyone ;-)

Week 2- What a week

It rained here this week and I promised DD next time it rained she could go splashing in puddles. I thought this was a good time to have a go at implied motion. It took a couple of tries with different settings but got a few okay ones.
For the above shot I was trying to focus on the small details of what was happening and decided to not have a full body picture. I also chose to keep Dolly in the picture as I thought it was cute and DD was making Dolly jump in puddles as well.

What can I say about this shot except it is not at all what I had planned. For the frozen image I did and still do have a particular shot I want  to achieve with DD however she became ill and I was not able to get it so poor Emily (the doll) is my subject. It is a very basic shot and I will hopefully submit the shot I wanted to do in the catch up week.

 Okay so Panning is not going to be my forte but I gave it ago anyway. It was raining when I did this so there is rain on the lens (which looks silly) I think I was moving too fast so the car is blurred at the front and  I did not move straight so my image is not straight. I tried using the tripod but it did not work for me. Suffice to say I don;t think Panning is my thing :-)





Unrelated to the assignment- below are some images I am happy with which I took this week. Feedback always welcome.

Week 1 here we come

For week one I went down to a paddock near my Mum and Dads house ( while they looked after little one). I went there in the early evening at about 4pm. It is Autumn here now so the light was fading fairly quickly I felt.

I did the tasks in order for some reason- maybe it was just the way I remembered them.

I found this tree which I loved the look of. I have to say I am not convinced it makes a good landscape photograph. On that note,  I noticed I was not as excited about doing this task because it was landscape, I much prefer family photography.
I thought about not placing the tree in the centre of the photo but decided to do it for several reasons:
1- I loved how the clouds were forming in this shot.
2- There were power lines I was trying to avoid in the shot
3- Well I can't remember now but I know at the time there was a three.

For this task I chose to also do it at the same place. I found this task easier than the above one for some reason, Not sure why.

For the final task for the week I chose to use the dog as a subject. I have to say it was hard keeping her still.




This has nothing to do with the tasks for the week however I am looking for opinions on some work I did this weekend. I am partially taking this course to see if I have any talent in doing family photography and start to set up a portfolio with a view to a business. Good friends of my husband and mine agreed to be subjects for me. Stacey was a trooper considering she is having awful morning sickness at the moment.