Random Photo Catch-up Post 1

I had a plan for how I wanted to give these photos to you, but now that it's been well over a month, I don't even care anymore. So these are some of the challenge photos I haven't posted yet. Sorry for the odd array. lol

204/365; Aug 3, 2011; Crystal in Columbus

206/365; Aug 5, 2011; Child playing on a cloudy day in Columbus

209/365; Aug 8, 2011; People-friendly deer in my front yard

210/365; Aug 9, 2011; Photo-crasher in my back yard

211/365; Aug 10, 2011; Child not playing on a sunny day in Columbus

212/365; Aug 11, 2011; Jesus in my basement

213/365; Aug 12, 2011; Interesting plant on a photo drive

214/365; Aug 13, 2011; Power washing the back porch

215/265; Aug 14, 2011; Knick-knack in Grandma's craft room

216/365; Aug 15, 2011; Statuette in my basement

217/365; Aug 16, 2011 (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIL BRO!); Statue found while out and about

218/365; Aug 17, 2011; Vintage weeds and bee during photo drive.

As you can probably tell, I'm starting to enjoy being able to drive around now. :-) More soon! These were all edited in the past 24 hours, so we'll see how it goes. <3

Needs Advice by Sunday

There is a girl from Indiana who really likes my work and is looking for a photographer for her sister's wedding. I'm definitely interested in shooting this wedding (which will be Sept. 8 of 2012), but because I know by then I will still have little or no wedding experience, I told her I wasn't comfortable doing it alone. Of course, I recommended Sandra right off the bat. I also told her I don't know what I would charge, so I would research during the week and let her know by Sunday. She's such a sweet girl, and besides, I am supposed to shoot a cousin's wedding around the same time anyway, so why not?

Well, I've searched my behind off for answers, and as you can imagine, I've gotten nowhere. Thus far, all I can think of as a compromise is to find her a photographer that wouldn't mind having me as a second-shooter or whose work would be similar enough to mine to satisfy her. Do you have any ideas/advice? Should I just throw out something like a $75-per-hour price and find my own second-shooter to give some of the money to?


Anyhow, yesterday I was supposed to post pics from orientation and, since august 5th's photos are to be lumped with a different day's photos, I would skip to the 6th's. So here are those, barely and carelessly edited because I need to get to bed. Sorry!

Waiting patiently for our first advising session at Ohio State.

Pride.

Evidently it rained a little on the 6th. I had to giggle when I saw this because I'm pretty sure I've already taken a photo very similar... Guess I just really like that, um, porch ornament?

Today, I give you the 7th's photo and two almost completely untouched photos from this evening's photo "adventure". (vignetted and shrunken. oh, the editing. lol)

It may have rained on the 6th, but the 7th was sunny and warm!

Speaking of sunny and warm.

I'm still trying to figure out how he got out there. And how he's dry.

Lastly, I wanted to post that one unedited dandelion pic. This is what happens when you crank up the saturation and contrast settings on your Shooting Mode (in my case, Landscape mode is my chosen "default").

Are your eyes shriveling yet?

Time to hit the hay! I have less than 6 hours to sleep before I head out with my friend Katie to see the Ohio State Reformatory (site of the Shawshank Redemption and numerous other famous films). They don't allow "professional" cameras, so my pics will be lower quality than usual. Still, I CAN'T WAIT! AAAAAAH!!!!!

Goodnight. :)

P.S. Happy birthday, Aunty Julie! I love you more than the sun, the moon, and the chicken wings I always beg you to make.

The Latest Addition

Meet Suzie, the latest addition to our bathroom's "Some Like it Haute" theme. I found her at Hobby Lobby and my grandma and I couldn't leave her.

Anyhow, I spent the day editing what is now over 100 photos, so I'm worn. See you tomorrow! And don't forget to suggest a tutorial. If there's anything you want, I'll give it a go! For Sandra, there will be a Template tutorial within the next few days. :D

Homeward Bound

Well, for Renee, anyway.

It's been a long day on the road, but I'm glad to be in a nice house with great people and two of the cutest (and most active) bearded dragons I've ever seen. I'm in for a crazy week! Tomorrow's plan, visit an aunt and uncle, head to the City Methodist church with my besties, and then go out with my aunt, mom, and some friends. There had better be some good photo ops tomorrow!

A Taste of Elegance

Still unhappy with my photos. Tomorrow, perhaps? Definitely going to have to take my photos during the daytime if i want anything even remotely decent. :( Anyhow, have a good night (or day, depending on where you are)!

Feeling Outdoorsy

Since I'm feeling outdoorsy (hence the title ;D), I thought I would share with you my favorite photo of the thousands (possibly millions!) that I've taken in the past year. Technically, it's sub-par, but I am still very proud of it. It's my number one portfolio piece thus far. I'd really appreciate any feedback -- positive or negative, of course! I love learning and improving -- you all would give me about it.

As for today, I took a few more photos on my back porch, but this time I gave them the attention they deserved. Hopefully you'll like them, but if not, you can tell me that too. :-) I just wanted to go outside. It was so nice and bright.

Playing Ostrich

Ye of Little Faith

Did you really think I'd forget you guys?! :) I just spent a long 7 hours trying to uncover the items I've been hoarding for most of my life, dragging them from house to house in innumerable containers as if losing just one thing would mean death.

Or something slightly less dramatic.

Thought I'd just confuse the mess out of you all before I finally hit the hay. Today, I felt like trying some more abstraction, so here it is. Hope you get a kick out of it! It kind of looks like a bunch of floating boxes to me. Or maybe that's what they are. HMMmmm.

Meh, goodnight!

Too Tired to be Inspired

:( I'm not very good at this daily challenge thing. Hopefully, things will get better once I'm no longer running around all day like a madwoman. Until then, here is the horrid, uninspired photo for the day's challenge of "circular or round objects." Processed with this action.

Warm It Up!

Today's challenge was to illustrate one of the meanings of warmth.

Battery-operated candles make ME feel all warm n fuzzy inside. I don't know about you! :)

No Nanners Today

Today's challenge was to shoot something yellow, but as it turns out, the only yellow items in and around my house are a wooden duck that I'd like to save for later, a bunch of bananas (ew), and a yellow FiestaWare pot with some little glass balls in it, so guess which one I picked.

Whoops, didn't mean to frame this so tightly. I'll add it to the list of things to pay attention to!

Personal fave for the day.

To go along with the theme (and yet somehow not matching at all), I'll toss in one more.