When it rains on Monday, you go to Tuesday.

This was for my Basic Portrait class. It was our "Outdoor Portrait." We had to use a classmate for this assignment. I was gone the day they drew names and this is the person I ended up getting. She is great. This was my first time shooting a portrait using available lighting and also just learning posing. They look a little amateur but I am still learning. I first shot her last Thursday but wasn't impressed with what I had gotten. I had Monday as a re-shoot just in case. It ended up raining on Monday. I should probably tell you this was due on Wednesday (tomorrow). So we went out today and just shot a few. I ended up really liking them a lot. At least a few of them. She was great to work with and we found a lot of neat locations for future photo shoots. I'm super pumped for our next assignment now. I hope you enjoy these!

Sometimes, you've just got to improvise

This was for my Personality Portrait for my PJ class. Had a few different ideas and most of them fell through. I guess that happens every once in a while. Anyways, I decided to go with someone who likes to read. A lot. I first photographed one of my best friends and then was going to use my roommate who also loves to read. Was able to get a few shots from that but nothing that jumped out at me. So I used my other roommate who likes to read but wouldn't do it all the time just because. So I had her stand in as my model. We went to her aunt and uncle's house. They have this HUGE bookshelf which actually worked out perfectly. So I set up there and this is what I came up with. If I could, I would have done a few things differently. I'll know for next time. It's all a learning experience, as they say. I've learned. 

Cotton Candy and Cowboy Hats

Hey guys, haven't been on here in quite some time. Went to the Cattle Congress today to shoot my "Feature" assignment for my photojournalism class. We had to go and find something that spoke "feature" and this is what I came up with. These two little cutties were getting cotton candy with their mother when I saw them. They were just too cute to pass up. I went up to their mother and asked if I could take their picture, after explaining who I was and what I was doing. At first I thought I had found the wrong parent to ask, she looked mean. Then she said that would be fine, no problem. So I took a few pictures and this is the one that I liked the best. PJ, is a little nerve wracking. It's intimidating to have to go up to people and ask if they can have their picture taken and then find out their names. All in all, it was a good experience.