cali10isgirl82's PhotoBlog

Elizabeth and Michael's wedding, post-processing

2008-10-03T15:16:29Z

I just finished processing Elizabeth and Michael's wedding pictures... and here are a few of my favourites. This was such an unbelievably happy day for this couple, and it radiates in the pictures. Enjoy

London/Lightroom

2008-10-01T15:45:48Z

Well, I'm giving Lightroom another chance, and I'm amazed at how well you can modify and clean up images. This is such a powerful software tool. My originals can be found in my May archives of this blog. I cannot even begin to imagine how powerful CS3 is, but for now, I'll stick to Lightroom and Photoshop Elements. Let me know what you think. :)

Plano Balloon Festival Fireworks

2008-09-24T14:12:33Z

This was my first attempt using a slower shutter speed with fireworks. Perhaps they might have turned out better with a tripod, as it was hard for me to balance the camera and reduce shake and movement. I'm relatively pleased with them though. It's just going to take practice, practice, and more practice.

Plano Balloon Festival/Balloon Glow

2008-09-24T13:47:47Z

Photography Assignment #1

2008-09-09T15:47:45Z

The second part of our assignment was to focus on adjusting the aperture of our shots, holding everything else constant. I decided to use a linear progression to demostrate this.

Photography Assignment #1

2008-09-09T15:03:33Z

Our first assignment was to learn what adjusting the shutter speed would do, keeping everything else constant. It's easy for me to see now that the longer shutter speeds allow in more light and blurred the water from the fountain, whereas the instantaneous shutter speeds didn't allow any light in. The shutter speeds in between seemed to capture more of movement of the water. No grade yet. It's bein turned in today. :)

Augusta Wildlife

2008-09-02T20:31:13Z

Augusta Flowers/greenery

2008-09-02T20:19:23Z

Augusta, Georgia -- Riverwalk

2008-09-02T20:08:15Z

Luke's 11th birthday!

2008-08-25T16:08:50Z

A few pictures from Luke's 11th birthday -- they aren't very good. Too many kids, too many other things going on... but I love him anyway, although it's become clear that he's becoming too cool for Aunt Sara. ;-)