Experimenting

For my Digital Class, our final project was to take photographs "in the style of" a photographer that we like.  I decided to use someone I've been following on Flickr for a few years now.  His username is "Mister Blur" (I don't know his actual name) which is very appropriate because he uses blur in a lot of his images.  I normally use DOF (depth of field) in a lot of my photographs so there is normally something blurry/something in focus.  I've never completely blurred the entire image, so it was interesting to edit my results.  I'm looking forward to experimenting with this even more.

Bayard Cutting Arboretum

Okay, so I found my new favorite place.  About a week ago, my friend Chloe and I decided to take a trip to Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and it was definitely a good decision.  It was very foggy which gave a creepy/haunting feel to my photographs and it was perfect.  We got there an hour before closing which didn't leave us much time, but I'm so happy with what I was able to capture.  I cannot wait to get back there and explore even more.

Working With Flash

In my Lighting class, we started working with our flashes.  These photographs are from two different projects.  For the top image, I attached my flash to my camera, and for the second, I used  my off camera cord which enabled me to place the flash anywhere that I wanted to get different effects.  I'm honestly not a huge fan of using a flash, but I'm pretty happy with my results.