Today was awesome!

Today our photography class got to participate in an interview with the famous Gregory Heisler, and Melvin Scott which was shot by the photography network. The words of these two great men were truely inspiring to me. I have felt a little discouraged with my work and they both told our class exactly what I think a lot of us needed to hear. I was so thankful to be apart of Gwinnett Techs Photography program today. Thank you to Denis Reggie, the Photography network and Mrs. Harkins for making this possible for us.

Photojournalism Final Project.

My Final Project was on the on Animal Adoption. A big thank you to the Hall County Humane Society for letting me take so many pictures of their animals. Oh.... and by the way after I was done with this project we ended up adopting another dog!! Check back for pictures of him!

Website

I thought I would share my husbands website. He is a Musician,Videographer,Worship leader. Our business is Eyemotion Productions. He does anything from weddings, commercials, to college recruitment videos. We hope to add photography to the buisness soon!

How to create eyelashes

Video on how to create eyelashes in photoshop. Very helpful!

Fashion Photography Lighting

Great photography Website

Photo.net is Awesome! Check it out...you can find reviews on camera equipment,critique each others work, and most importantly LEARN!

My Sara Palin interview!

This was my video project for multimedia. I decided to have a little fun.

This will be posted to youtube as soon as their website is back up!

Wedding Photography

This is a wedding photographer that my instructor told us about. He graduated from Gwinnett Tech and an amazing photographer! Click here

Gwinnett Tech Video

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Here is a video we did in class the other week. Check back later tonight for my next video project.

Glamorous!

This is a picture from a Glamor photo shoot I did with my beautiful mom Vicki. She is a retired R.N. nurse and a writer of historical fiction novels.

Adopt Animals from the Human Society!!!

As some of you know, I am doing my final four project on animal adoptions. There are so many wonderful dogs and cats that need homes. I was really shocked at how many purebred dogs are dropped off at the shelter. So if anyone is wanting a dog or cat this Christmas Season you can get one at the Hall county Humane Society for 70.00 the animals are spayed/neutered and are up to date on their shots.

More Environmental shots

So this weekend I went to my mother in-laws beauty shop to get some more pictures for my environmental assignment. The little old ladies in her shop were so sweet! You can click here for more pictures.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! We did, my family and I went up to the Dillard house in the North GA mountains. We had a lot of fun eating, riding the horses, and feeding the animals. I of course took a ton of pictures!

CS4

Here are some of the new features of Photoshop CS4

The Digital Photography Book

The Digital Photography book...I got this wonderful book my second quarter at school. The book is by Scott Kelby, he does a great job at explaining and teaching how to get great photos. Here is a link to buy a copy of this book.

The chapters in his book:

1. Pro tips for getting really sharp photos.
2. Shooting flowers like a pro.
3. Shooting weddings like a pro.
4. Shooting landscapes like a pro.
5. Shooting sports like a pro.
6. Shooting people like a pro.
7. Avoid problems like a pro.
8. Taking advantage of digital like a pro.
9. Taking travel & city life shots like a pro.
10. How to print like a pro and other cool stuff.
11. Photo recipes to help you get "The Shot".

Executive Shots this week!

This week our instructor assigned us to shoot instructors or administrators at Gwinnett Tech. We had to quickly set up our lights and shoot the assignment with in 15 minutes. This was challenge for me. Thanks to my wonderful assistants Peggy and Denise I was able to get my shot. The pictures were not exactly what I was wanting...but thanks to a little photoshop, I am almost done with my picture. Here is my executive shot that is still a work in progress.

Just found this!

Though I would share part of James Nachtweys documentary.

Today in class our photojournalism instructor shared with us the documentary of James Nachtwey, a famous war photographer for over 25 years. His pictures and his documentary were very humbling. As Americans we take our freedom for granted. We are so spoiled, selfish, and materialistic. I think if we all cared more about humanity, things like world hunger would not be a problem. Thanks Ms. Finch for sharing this wonderful video! Check out his website here.

Denise Benson interviews me.

I really enjoyed reading about Wedding photographer Jeff Ascough, he was voted one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world. Check out this article about him here.

A shot from Helen Baptist Church this weekend.

Today was very busy. This morning I went and took pictures of Helen baptist church and then went to the Hall County Humane Society to work on my final four assignment. I am trying to capture the process of animal adoptions and hopefully be able to put together a photo montage for the humane society to get people involved.

I got spooked last night...

Last night Madalyn and I were driving home at 11:00 from Monroe GA, I have only been on this road maybe twice. Well, I thought I was lost. It was very foggy and I could only see about 5 feet in front of me. Madalyn starting crying and I was on the phone with Denise completely freaked out. I thought I had taken a wrong turn and was in the middle of some kind of KKK protest or something. I kept seeing all of these creepy looking things on the side of the road and then they were everywhere! I still could figure out what they were. Yeah....so I get home and googled HOSCHTON GA . I found out they had set a world record of 4,000 scarecrows... and boy oh boy did they scare me LOL! I went back today and took pictures of them.

New Camera Bag and Flash

I am SO exited my 580exII Flash came in today! I can't wait to start shooting with it. I also ordered a new bag!

Interview with photographer Denise Benson

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My flickr account!

Here is the link to my Flickr account where you can see more of my photographs check it out!

A favorite photographer...

Sara Anthony is one of my favorite photographers. Her work really inspires me and pushes me to become a better photographer. You can check out her website here.

It's DONE!

Well, after long hard work, we are finally done with the set for the Holiday Portraits. We spent most of the morning cleaning up, finishing the lighting and practicing poses. Here is a shot of our photography class on the set.

I just wanted to share this video. I thought it was a great explanation of how digital sensors work. All of Micheal the Mentors videos are great. They help explain a lot.

I am doing a photography shoot this weekend for Helen Baptist Church. Today, Denise & I went up there to get shots of the church before all the leaves fall off the trees. Let me just say that it was absolutely gorgeous up there!!! Ryan let me borrow his wide angle lens...all I can say is WOW I have got to get one of these lens! Thanks so much Ryan!

Always Learning!

Tonight Do, Lindsey, Darren and I practiced our portrait photography skills. We shot low key, with two lights, a main and a fill. Thanks Do for opening up your shop for us to use!

Attn: Canon Users!!!!

I found a sale on the 580exII Flash. The cheapest I have seen this flash for is 420.00 B&H has it on sale for 370.00. I have bought all of my photography equipment from them and have been very pleased. I did not have to pay taxes on my items and the shipping was fast! Check out this sale if you are in the market for a flash.

Busy Busy!!!

Life has been so busy lately... Today I shot pictures of the post election for a photojournalism assignment. I went to the Hall county Voters registration/election office. They were organizing the paper work from all the precincts in Hall county from yesterdays election.

Just a reminder

Holiday portraits are right around the corner! Be sure to tell your friends to come out next week and support our school.

This past week my friend Lindsey and I photographed two adorable children 3 &4. We took them to the park in Braselton. What little troopers they are! They did such a good job! Here is a picture of Alexis.

Enjoying Life!

This weekend was so nice just enjoying life with my family. For Halloween we went to fall festivals, Madalyn was a unicorn and had a blast collecting all of the candy, getting her face painted, as well as riding a horse!

If money was not an object...

I would buy one of these! MAC was on campus today and we got to play with their stuff! The Mamiya, medium format 645ZD, Leaf camera is awesome. To learn more about this camera click here. I love everything MAC makes . My next purchase from MAC will hopefully one of their new IMAC computers....love them!

Holiday portraits only $20 for photo CD!!!

Please help support Gwinnett Technical College's photography program by coming in for your 2008 holiday portrait. We be open to the public November 12th at the college in the photography department. The set is a winter outdoor scene that is beautiful. The money raised will go towards our portfolio show in the summer. Check it out!!!

A friend of mine sent me a link to this website called "The interview". I really enjoyed all the images and the inspirational messages. You can click here if you would like to see this uplifting slide show.

Well, there has not been much time for photography this weekend thanks to my poor dog. I have to go back tomorrow morning to the vet, but but thankfully I think he is getting better. I thought I would post a picture that I just got done editing for a friend. These kids are so cute!

My poor puppy. He has been so sick after being "fixed" I am praying that he is going to make it. Here is a picture I took of him at school the other week when we shot our pet assignment.

Yes, I know how to spell photography

Oops, I missed spelled photography (ha) it was late last night, I will change it this afternoon!

Well, I have been so busy with editing previous pictures from the past week, I did not have time to take pictures today. Here is a picture of my daughter from last weeks children's shoot. We all took pictures of kids between the ages of 1-6. I was very pleased with how the pictures turned out.

Pumpkins Pumpkins!

Today we went to Jamor Farms on 365, its a great place out in the country to photograph kids. I took fall pictures of my Neice Kristin there. She had so much fun picking up all the pumpkins and going on the hayride.

Today I shot High Key pictures for school. I decided to shoot my friend Lindsey in a Wedding Dress...she is so pretty. We had a lot of fun today during this shoot. Here is one of the pictures.

Lovin Fall

So the past couple of weeks I have really been enjoying the Fall weather. This weekend some friends and I went to shoot a wine vineyard up in North GA. It was beautiful!!! We also had a wine sampling and their wine was a amazing. If you ever get a chance you should check out the North GA vineyards.

My first Blog

Yay! So I have joined the world of blogging. My plans for this blog is to show everything that I am currently working on in photography. I have some fall pictures I will be posting tomorrow so check back!