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Finally by the end of this week it began to feel like October which inspired me early one morning to go to my dock and shoot some photos.
This week I also finished my first book all year, The Great Gatsby. There's a quote from the book that stuck out... "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall". So here's to starting over...again.
Week 47/52
Happy Thanksgiving !!
I've wanted to take a photo like this all week, and I'm glad i got guts enough to do it because generally I'm terrified of taking photos in the open!
I can't believe I only have 5 weeks left.
Week 9 – Shadows
This week was a fairly quick and easy photo to create. I had an idea of what I wanted; so as usual, I made my poor, long-suffering husband endure severe hardship by languishing outside in the rain. Actually, the one time I wanted rain, it wasn't raining for once, so I made him hose down the patio to make it look like it had been.
I set the camera up on a tripod, turning all the settings to manual (including focus) so that the exposure would be the same for each of the pictures. I focussed on his shoes and took a few pictures, making sure he created a decent shadow on the wet patio.
I then took a spare pair of shoes out to him, and held on to his trainers while he took them off and changed into the others to make sure the original shoes didn't move. Of course we had to do the laces up again too, which is not as easy when they are just sitting on the ground. I took a few further photos with just the shoes standing on the patio.
In the RAW conversion in Photoshop, synchronised the two images so that any editing would remains the same.
Using the picture with David as the Background, I added the one with just the shoes as a layer above. Even though I had kept the camera in one place on a tripod for the two shots, they were still ever so slightly out, so I used Auto Align Layers to get them spot on.
Adding a Layer Mask to the photo with just the shoes, I used the Brush Tool to remove the foreground, revealing the shadow on the ground in front.
Using Curves and the Dodge and Burn Brushes, I created a stronger contrast for the shadow.
In the Nik Colour Efex Pro I adjusted the Tonal Contrasts and added a slight vignette to the whole image. Isolating the shoes with a Quick Mask, I used the Details Extractor to make them more punchy, then selected inverse and lowered the saturation for the patio to make the shoes stand out even more.
meaningful week
saw the true colors of some people
had a blast with my lovely lisa
4th of july was amazing.
went to reedley with lisa&chris
had some fun w/ mr. justin
i love all his friends
switched summer school classes
i hate my new class with a passion
but i have to stick it out
if i drop i have to take it during school year
noooooo way thats gonna happen
im very excited for the week to come
the summer isnt so lonely anymore!
There will be a time when my little girl will care about her hair, there will be a time when my little girl will care about her body in a photo, there will be a time when a photo like this will not be able to be created. I cherish this time.
My daughter (Mattie-Moo) and I planned to collaborate, but first the dog ate the dried flowers we were going to use earlier in the week. Then today she decided she needed to catch-up on sleep more than take pictures with me. So, this is all I came up with.
I'm so surprised by how much the older loves the younger. I didn't expect her to always want to hug and cuddle with the baby
Edited with PTM Luminosity
I travel from point A to B...piggyback. This week (4/17) the Shuttle Discovery, after many years in service, 39 missions and 365 days in space, made its last flight to become part of the Smithsonian's permanent collection. I covered the event, and got this great capture of the Discovery atop its 747 carrier as it was about to land.
It was hard to pick a favorite shot of the fly by for the challenge this week.
Nikon D3S, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4.0 (lens rented from LPTG!)
Kumbaya Sugar Plum Fairy - Parents are Tangaloor Firestorm (Sebastian) x Kumbaya Sandy Beach (Sandy)
photo shop, lighting, blankets and the human figure
I placed the subjects in different positions to represent isolation and used different lighting with a flashlight in a dark room to give defined shadows and bring out 2d art
11x17
Last week was English Week in the Secondary School with lots of creative English activities taking place. Throughout the week students were challenged with daily quizzes on language, literature and lateral thinking. On Thursday the school hosted its first ever Poetry Festival - a celebration of the written and spoken word - with students and staff taking to the stage to share their poems. On Friday we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as our favourite book characters. To round up the week, the English department provided a 99-question quiz on all things language and literature for students to enjoy during tutor time. There was some stiff competition but Year 10 outshone all others by securing the first, second and third places! Well done and thank you to everyone who got involved.