It's class time!

So I've been so busy the past few weekends, that I don't have any new photos to post just yet. However, Tyler has promised me that if the weather is nice this weekend that we can go check out the arboretum so I can get some pictures of the tulips....so stay tuned for this weekend!

In other exciting news, I just signed up for a photography class at Brookhaven Community College here in Dallas!  Class starts in two weeks - Thursdays from 6:30-9:30 (let's hope I can get off work in time!)  I'm really excited to start getting assignments so I can hopefully start building a little portfolio.  Here's the class description:

"Prerequisites: Highly recommended that students have some basic photography knowledge in f-stop, shutter speed and ISO as well as working knowledge of their camera’s manual.

Learn by doing in this workshop with hands-on projects each week. Projects are done in class, with no homework, except some shooting your feet - learning technique.  Improve your images by using the features of your camera.  Your coursework will let you learn the technique/settings, perform tasks with your team partner; and present each week's assignment to your classmates."

Brookhaven has a ton of different photography classes (as do some of the other community colleges in Dallas) and they're pretty inexpensive.  Good thing, because I've got my eye on my first new lens which also happens to be more expensive than my new Marc Jacobs bag!  YIKES!

And in even more exciting news, Tyler and I are going to Charleston, South Carolina at the end of May. There is a "Photography Tour" that I'll be dragging Tyler on, so I'll definitely be taking my camera and am looking forward to getting some great shots while we're there.

Lots to look forward to!

xo, 

n

It's Max & Greyson time!

So I haven't had much free time lately, but last weekend I was in Houston at my parent's house so I took some pictures of their cat, Greyson.  Greyson HATES me - its because he's jealous of cute little Max, so it was hard for me to get close to him to take pictures, but I did get a few good ones.  There are also some of the cutest little kitty in the world, little Max.

What do you think?  Next post won't be cats, promise. :)

-n



It's Max time!

Here are some pictures of my favorite little fur-baby, Max.  I mean, honestly, its not like there could be a bad picture of him because he's so darn pretty :)  So on a photo related note, the more I play with my camera the more I tend to like the look of pictures taken using natural light rather than indoor/halogen/fluorescent lighting.  I think the pictures just look so much more realistic and nicer.  These pictures were taken in my living room with the curtains drawn so all the natural light flooded in to highlight the little fur baby.



Fur baby - so pretty



Close-up



I wanted to play up the contrast of the colors in his fur so these next few are in black and white.



Thoughts?

xo, n

it's snow time!

So Dallas has had its yearly February ice-over - this time it was dramatic.  DISD was closed 4 days in a row (and DISD never closes), yet my office was open all week so I wasn't able to go out and take some snapshots until today.  I made Tyler walk around the neighborhood with me, and he's actually pretty good at spotting some good ice sculptures.  Here is a sampling of what we saw:



This was actually taken Tuesday - the first sign of ice..





Baby snowman






Tree-lined street...

 



Frozen ice from the gutter..





My favorite - a stream of ice coming off of a plant



What do you think?

-n

it's patio time!

So my first photography class was about 3 weeks ago and was all about learning the vocabulary (f-stop, aperture, ISO) and how to actually turn the camera on.  In the 2nd class, we learned some fun things about focus and depth of field.  Here are some shots I took up on my roof deck this afternoon to try these things out... I think some of these are probably a bit over-exposed as I realized I hadn't changed one of my settings back from class. Oh well - check them out anyways...

Scenery shot...

Placed the chair in front - now I'm getting some bluriness of the background..

And then added my N cup...

Decreasing the depth of field by increasing the focal length...

Focus is now on the chair...

Focus now on the buildings in the background..

Here are just some other pictures I took while practicing up on the roof...

That's it for now....let me know what you think!

xo- n





it's snap time!

hi there! welcome to my new blog, it's snap time!  my parents recently got me a nikon d5000 - i had been dying for a dslr camera - but i'm slowly learning how to use it.  i've taken a few classes, so this page is where i'll be sharing my photographs with you on my picture-taking journey.  feel free to leave comments and constructive criticism, and enjoy!