Photos by DJ

Photo #4

First I'd like to thank everyone for all the kind comments.  I didn't realize this was going to be as big as it is.  I just hope we're all still with it come the end of the year.  It's going to be a challenge for sure.

Secondly, I had forgotten that 2 Peas had a weekly theme for their POTD.  I'm not sure I'll do the theme everyday, but I thought the challenge went well for my activities this week: Ready, Set, Go!  I'm going, and we actually went out to the track today.  I plan on doing this regularly.  So here is a self-portrait for today's photo.

Tips n Tricks #7

It's been awhile since I last did this challenge.  Been a little busy to say the least.  I managed to get this done all in one day, our trip to Tokyo Disneyland!  As soon as I saw the "people below the waist" category, I knew I was in luck.  The Japanese have a very unique sense of amusement park fashion.  The hard part was getting the photo without being too obvious.  So, here is this month's challenge:

1. people from the waist down
2. B&W
3. favourite things--still need to complete

 

I have two takes on Black and White

 

     

I also have one from the last challenge too.  I was really trying too hard with this one and should have it done were I not too busy finding those "perfect" pictures.  I'll get it done though.

Pumpkins

Concert Shooting

We were treated to a free concert last night and boy was it fun!  DH and I took it as an opportunity to experiement a bit and see what we could come up with.  I shot with my 100mm f/2.8, needed the length and the speed.  Some of the pictures came out a lot better than I thought they would.  We took over 500, but threw more than half of those away right away.  We could probably do with trashing some more too.  It sure stinks to be short though; so many of my photos--pretty much all of them--have heads in the bottom of the frame and people kept walking in front.  Oh well.  I can't wait for the next one to come through, I think we'll be better prepared.

Smash Mouth

 

  

   

Detail

Here's the detail of my self portrait.  Sorry you all couldn't see it.  It's not completely clear, but I still like how it came out.

Self Portrait

Ok, so I'm a bit behind here.  Still trying to process the 2000+ photos from our trip!  What a great time that was.  I hate photos of me, but saw an opportunity with this one:

My first photo shoot!

Oh wow! I did my first maternity photo shoot today, I guess my first formal shoot ever. Although it was really hot and humid, at least it didn't rain, we were supposed to have done this Sunday, but you've seen the photos from that. This is my neighbor who is 33 weeks. We shot these all outside with a blanket draped on the clothes line. I'm really happy with how they came out, but my exposure was off in a few spots, particularly her shirt. Shooting with such contrasts is not easy and something I really need to work on. All advice and CC would be GREATLY appreciated. These are a few of my favorites.

The little guy was really active and you can just make out a bulge where she's pointing.

There are a few other pregnant ladies here, so I'm hoping this can be the start of something good.  Guess my next one will be a newborn shoot.

Playing with Photoblast!

I just discovered John's actions and WOW!  I've been hearing people talk about them for sometime, but they were a bit pricey and didn't think they'd be any different from what I have.  Nope!  Rather than just running through the steps, it stops and allows you to make adjustments.  Here are three that I played with tonight.  DH took these photos of DS who was sitting up on his shoulders.  DH is VERY good at taking blind photos, just holds the camera out there and snaps away.  Didn't quite get the right focus, but not bad for not seeing what you're doing.

Here's the original:

With a soft pop:

Black and white, but not fully saturated: