For A Moment Photography

Week 7 of 52: wind

For a look at week 6 click here.

This week wind was our theme.  Presley is home from school so I had her be my assistant (she loved it).  I had tried the same photo with dandelions which I've done before but I wasn't getting the photo I wanted.  So we switched it up to flowers while on a walk.  I still would have liked to work on the photo a little more, but my assistant had other plans...  The photo isn't super dynamic but it was a fun time sitting with Presley in the grass picking flowers.  So I have to say the experience means more to me then the photo does!

 

 

 

Week 6 of 52: blue

To check out week 5 click here. 

So I've gotten a few weeks behind in my 52 week project.  I'm a little bummed but I'm planning on being caught up by this weekend!...  This photo is week 6, blue.  I guess the sky is an obvious choice for this project.  But when you live in Arizona this time of year the sunny blue skies really put a pep in your step.  This time of year is the time to enjoy the outdoors, a spring training game, meals morning noon and night on a patio and plenty of company.

On this day I was sitting on a patio on Mill Ave in Tempe.  As I looked at my surroundings all I that really stood out was the beautiful blue sky above.  I've in the past few weeks  taken several sky photos, it's just so beautiful.  

Week 5 of 52: lines

To check out week 4's photo click here.

To visit my photog friends blog click here.  This will take you to her page and then click on her blog.  She will link you to another photog until you come full circle back to me.  If the plan works!

This week I am in Vegas for WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Conference.  I'm walking a lot, learning a lot and today I snapped a few photos.  This week's project is "Lines".  I thought about photographing the long lines I stand in waiting to get into class- funny but not inspiring...  Along my long walk to the conference center I snapped the a few spots I found appealing the days before.  

 

 

Week 4 of 52: around the house

To other photos from this project of mine click here.

To visit my photog friends blog click here.  This will take you to her page and then click on her blog.  She will link you to another photog until you come full circle back to me.  If the plan works!

 

This week our assignment is: around the house.  Since I've known about the assignment (3 days or so) I've been walking around, "around the house...  around the house".  Doing whatever it is that I'm doing.  Earlier today I was making Presley's lunch and I put heart shaped apples in.  But I was so caught up in trying to "valentines" her food I didn't even think of taking a photo (yes, shocking).

This evening she asked me to cut her circle shaped apples.  As I'm cutting them it hit me...  I was almost too tired to pull out the camera.  Then I needed to set my white balance, "ugh where is my grey card?".  I decided to "be motivated" and here we are.  It's Monday and my project is done!  AND I love it.

Week 3 of 52: warmth

warmth~arizona~endless summer

To visit the 2nd weeks photo of mine click here.

To visit my photog friends blog click here.  This will take you to her page and then click on her blog.  She will link you to another photog until you come full circle back to me.  If the plan works!

 

This weeks photo project was, warmth.  I've been working on this project all week but I was not loving my photos.  I'm not sure I'm 100% in love with the photos for this project, but I love the photos.  It's in the high 70's in Arizona on the beautiful February day.

One of the photos I took this week involved Presley in her Halloween costume and me hiking a river bed!  I know it doesn't sound hard but carrying a toddler over river rock and and a bank with a camera bag- it is.  I envisioned warm yellows and the sunsetting with bug walking in tall grass.  The photos were a flop but I was proud of my motivation...  I was able to use the photo on her Valentine cards we made.  Since many of the kids can not read (yet) I thought I would put her photo on the back side.

 

Week 2 of 52

To visit the first weeks photo of mine click here.

To visit my photog friends blog click here.  This will take you to her page and then click on her blog.  She will link you to another photog until you come full circle back to me.  If the plan works!

 

I'm now on project #2 of 52 (click here to see week 1).  This week we had to illustrate a song.  I picked, Jar of Hearts by Christine Perri.  I heard a portion of this song the other day and used my iPhone app to find out the name and artist.  It was only doing this blog post that I heard the entire song and saw the video.  

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that, it (video and album cover) is in black in white- except for the heart!  Originally I was going to do it in color but it wasn't popping so I went black and white.  Then I was going to color in the pink and red hearts back in.  But I did one and stopped there...  It worked, the image popped and the focus was on the heart...  Wanting to add the video to my blog I got on YouTube to find it.  I see the video...  Oh well, I guess I'm not alone in thinking this was a good concept.

 

 

 

 

 

Project 01

Check out my friends photos here.  They will link to one another until you come full circle back to me...  It's week 1 so not everyone is finished with the first assignment. 

I love my photog friends!  As a group we are doing one photography assignment a week for 52 weeks.  Each week we will share our photos on our blog or flickr account.  With the goal that we will push ourselves and continue to master our craft.  This week we obviously had to do a self portrait.  

I really wish we would have started with another type of photo.  I'm incredibly uncomfortable in front of the camera...  I had planned on doing a photo focusing on my hands.  However, at the last minute my girlfriend Suzy (makeup artist) came over (to work on another project) and she ended up doing my makeup.  As she called it, a "sun kissed" look.

That idea had me envisioning a photo with lots of sun light and the rest- blown out.  And I liked the idea of having the back of my head lit by the sun and me in  field of over grown grass (or weeds).  But I didn't know if I could set up the photo and be in the photo and have it work in a reasonable amount of time.  So here is what I ended up with! 

The first photo I love the light but rushed the photo.  It's all natural and took my five minutes to take and the TCA.  I didn't want to get caught in public taking my own photo (can you say: narcissus).  Luckily I was able to get a two quick shots and I no one saw me.  

The second photo is taken on my stairs at home.  You know how sometimes you'll sit in the sun and close your eyes and "just take it in" like a breathe of fresh air.  That's what I wanted for this photo.  The mood was hard to get right, I had to work at it.  I didn't want to look sensual, it needed to look fun and alive!  I might need to work on that concept a little more still....  The sun light was in a great spot for this photo and I took my time with these.  However, I was out of focus for most of them.  But it was good practice and good for me to feel what it's like to do all things I ask my clients to do.