Lights, Camera, Action!

Christmas has approached my corner of the world in such a whirlwind that I am not prepared for all that it brings! I spent two hours tonight untangling all the Christmas lights and determining if they worked. Every colored light set that I went through would not come on, or only half the set worked. I ended up putting the icicle lights on the tree....YEAH...victory.

I love this time of year, it gets dark early, it is cold and everyone stays indoors, which brings us closer together. It has been a bit cold around here in my state, but no major snow yet!

On another note, after I put some colored lights up for the smaller tree that I rescued from the recycle bin at a job I had a few years back, I took some unfocused pictures of the lights, tweaked it a little in photo-shop, added some text and here is my virtual Christmas card for all!

Have a great evening, I know I have had one! Happy Holidays!

Experimenting

I was doing some online research today and came across a picture that reminded of a project that one of my photography classes had done. We were asked to experiment with "different" filters on our cameras or in the darkroom and put a creative edge to our photographs.

This gave me an idea to push the edge a little with my digital SLR toy and I found the materials I needed and covered the lens. It took a little bit of coaxing the automatic focus to let the camera snap the shot of items around the house, the dog and finally I talked my muse into letting me take her away from her own creativity in order to take some shots of her.

I loved what I saw and then with a little more experimenting with filters and layers in photoshop, I produced this soft-quiet portrait of my daughter. I think I have another project to work on along with my TTV project. Thank goodness that the college semester is over and I can get some projects moving forward

On another note, I answered an ad to photograph an event in January for a new client. I just received an email stating that I was hired to produce some candid and formal group shots for this upcoming event. I am really excited at the prospect and grateful to have some work, especially during these hard, economic times that everyone is experiencing.

Have a great afternoon!