Macro

This week in a word? Lightroom. My workflow will forever be grateful for my friends at Adobe, because this program is a game changer. It helped me focus more time on taking the images and cut down significantly on editing. It gave me more time to be creative and conceptual. That’s why I decided to take on the eye photos. I’ve seen this photography before but I didn’t think I’d ever be able to do it myself. This week was so much fun because it forced me to look at the world in a new way. The perspective to focus on the ordinary and recognize the beauty in it is one that will bleed into every aspect of my life. I can’t wait.

My beautiful twin sister’s eyelashes with her blue eyes out of focus in the background.

An interesting shot of my eye. They help me see the world and now I’m seeing them in ways I never have before.

My friend Dax has beautiful eyes. Naturally I had get some shots of them. 

My sister’s finger and idea turned out really well. Especially in black and white. I thought it told a more interesting narrative in black and white than in color.

A water droplet on my grandma’s succulent. I just liked the stark background with the textured bright green foreground

These photos were taken in order to play with interesting refraction and focus. I had a great time learning this new skill as well!  On to the next one!

 

Motion: Freeze and Blur

This week was challenging. In the short time between semesters I seemed to forget that the norm in visual communications- for me, at least- is to feel as though I am constantly drowning. Don’t get me wrong, this fast learning curve and incredible room for growth is exhilarating and one of the many reasons I love it, but it’s challenging nonetheless.

With a new, highly anticipated and long sought after camera in hand I trekked around Rexburg that somehow the photography gods would smile upon me. They didn’t. They laughed. But when the going gets tough, the tough get going, and going and going. So did I.

Here are some of the images I captured:

Motion Blur

Fire Sparks- 11PM April 29th, 2015 in Rexburg, Idaho- 18mm- f/3.5- 1/4 second- Nikon D5100

Fire Up Close- 11PM April 29th, 2015 in Rexburg, Idaho- 52mm- f/5.6- 1/4 second- Nikon D5100

Town Blur- 10PM May 5th, 2015 in Rexburg, Idaho- 18mm- f/7.1- 4 seconds- Nikon D5100, Tripod

Motion Freeze

Duck Walk- 6PM May 6th, 2015 in Rexburg, Idaho at the Nature Park- 55mm- f/5.6- 1/500 second- ISO 500- Nikon D5100

Pipe Splash- 7PM May 6th, 2015 in Rexburg, Idaho at the Nature Park- 38mm- f/4.8- 1/1000 second- ISO 500- Nikon D5100

While this week was full of challenges and surprises, I had a lot of fun become more familiar and comfortable with my camera. On to the next one!