For our final project in the class we had to make a slide show using different features in Photoshop. My slide show is comprised of different pictures I have taken of my son. Each has a different scene he is placed in to create a bright and vibrant dream sequence. I used between 2 and 4 photos for each one that I cut and pieced together. I used the color contrast a couple of them. The smudge and blur features were used as well as the clone stamp. I used the eraser for pretty much all of them. I also used the magic wand tool. Each photo took me about an hour to an hour and a half to create on my home computer.

The program the slide show was made in was Picassa. I used a song from the Narnia: Lion, the Witch and the Wardobe soundtrack. Each slide tells of a different dream my son is having while sleeping over the course of one night. Everything from Adventure to Fantasy to the Absurdly ridiculous.


I hope you enjoy watching my slide show as much as I enjoyed making it.

Thanks for checking my blog!! :-)

Steve McCurry Research Paper

For one of the classes assignments we had to do research and write an paper on either a photographer or something relating to the field of photography. I chose to write about one of my favorite photo journalist, Steve McCurry.

Above you can watch the slide show I put together of some of his work.

Enjoy!!

Times of day and the light within!!

Our assignment for this week was to take pictures of the same scene at different times of day. Sooooo, here are the pictures. Enjoy!!! :-)

This is the back yard of my apartment building...taken around 6:30 pm.This is the same scene at around 11:45 pm.
This was taken at 8:08 am.
This was taken at 12:54 pm.

Landscape Fun!!! Ooo Perty!

This weeks assignment was landscapes. Here are 2 of my personal favorites. Enjoy!!

The view from behind the Barnet Presbyterian Church.

Standing behind the Church looking down the hill toward the main road.
This was taken in Summer 2003.
This photo was taken last year during fall foliage coming
back through Franconia Notch.

Composition Quote.

The following quote was taken from http://www.bluejake.com/quotes.php


"When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches." --Weston

They've been 'framed' I tell you...'Framed!!!'

For the first assignment this week we had to take pix of objects, scenes, etc framed. Here ya go peoples...enjoy!!

My cat Matthias-Aramis in the window.

This is my cat Mercutio-Iago curled up
in me mum's washing machine.

This is my son 'framed' by his high chair.

The Rule of Thirds!! ehem!!

For this weeks assignment I had to take one photo sort of centered. Then...slightly off-centered.

This is the centered **yawn** picture
of my bed and stuffed animals.This is my bed with my tapestry and 3 of my stuffed animals.
Slightly off center and showing a little more than the first. :-)