Assignment: thematic
Photography class assignment was thematic. I decided to use spring as my theme, but also chose to make a depth of field contrast. We were learning about Aperture, so some of the photos make a comparison of a change in depth of field, others have the same depth of field, but change what’s in focus. Enjoy!
Photography Class
I’ve been to my photography class twice, and thought I’d share the pics that I have submitted for my assignments. The first week, we were supposed to take a creative self-portrait and submit it unedited.
This week, our assignment was to submit 6 unedited photos. I decided to do a rainy day study of my cute little Ada Jane. Luckily, she’s always a willing model.
These photos are as submitted for my assignments, but scaled down so they wouldn’t be so huge on the blog. Would love feedback, if anyone cares to share.
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So I made this super cute apron as a giveaway for my sister, Emily’s blog Clever Housewife.
Ada can be quite the diva. lol
Feel free to head on over and check out her blog, and enter this super cool giveaway.
Spring Break 2010
While I am focusing for a bit, and Justin already helped me edit pics, here’s a rundown of last week’s busy (National Parks) Spring Break.
Tuesday – I took the kids (along with a friend and her kids) to Bandelier National Monument. Tyghe has decided he hates the wind and freaks out, crying and screaming, when he has to be in it. Not fun. Luckily, he does eventually calm down and really is quite a good little hiker. After our standard hike of the main loop, the kids spent a couple of hours playing in the small river that runs near the picnic area.
Thank goodness it was a beautiful, warm day!
Wednesday, I let each of the kids have a friend over in the morning for a pajama party. They came in PJs, ate breakfast burritos for breakfast, played a multitude of games and made homemade donuts, yum!
Friday, we headed off to Albuquerque. It was quite cold and windy, so we mostly just did some (much needed) shopping. At least Justin and I had a chance to go to the temple as well.
Saturday, we left Abq and drove down to the Trinity Site (Ground Zero). This historic site is only open 2 days out of the year, the first Saturday in April and the first Saturday in October. Funny how it coincides with the LDS General Conference. Not much to see, but we were amazed at how many people were there to experience a little piece of history!
The kids in front of a “Fat Man” replica. Coincidentally, we have one of these (much cleaner) in the local museum.
The back side of the obelisk that marks the site. The other side has a large plaque telling what was done there.
A piece of trinitite the kids found – that we left there. (It’s illegal to take any of these pretty rocks that were made from the sand during the explosion.)
The only other thing to really see is a small mound of dirt with a bit of cement that is all the remains of the 100 foot tower the bomb sat on top of at detonation.
After our brief stop, we were headed on to White Sands (the park is at the opposite end of the missile range from where the Trinity Site is). We stopped for a picnic lunch at the Valley of Fires. A huge area of lava rock, with a nice little path for exploring a bit of the area. It really was pretty cool.
On to White Sands. It was late and we were all pretty tired, so we didn’t do any hiking, just played in the sand. The kids had so much fun. Any ideas on how to get all of the pretty white sand out of my car?
I think Ada was the best at scrambling up the huge dunes.
This was Tyghe’s first visit to White Sands, and as you can tell from the pics, well worth it. He loved it.
Sunday, we visited Carlsbad Caverns. The kids were great little hikers, and as you can tell from my simple pics, the views are amazing.
At the entrance of the Cavern.
Looking back up at the entrance from inside.
Dolls’ Theater
Remains of a National Geographic expedition.
750 feet below ground, at the end of our hike.
That was a LOT of pictures! If you were unimpressed with my photography skills, you’ll be pleased to know I begin my photography class tomorrow night. I’m very much looking forward to learning more and improving my meager photography skills.
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As usual, life has been kinda crazy here. At least enough to keep me from concentrating on a task long enough to actually blog about it. lol Alas, Justin has told me I must, so here I go.
I haven’t had as much focus to create as much as I usually do, but have managed a few projects over the last few months that are worthy of sharing.
First, one of the biggest projects I’ve tackled – a roman shade for the family room. I’m pleased with how it turned out.
Ada got to go to a friend’s princess birthday party, and we just had to make something suitable for the birthday girl. We found a variety of fabrics/lace/ribbon from my stash and made a cute little purse (that held a My Little Pony and lip gloss).
While Justin and Zephram spent all sorts of time building a pinewood derby car, I spent relatively little creating awards for the race. I made ribbons for all of the boys, most of which ended up with a label stating what they “won” for (ie. most creative, best of show, etc). I also made “trophies” for the top 3 race finishers. I cut the blocks of wood, sanded them, glued on hotwheels cars and spray painted them gold, silver and bronze. I forgot to take a picture of all of them together, but luckily Zeph won the silver so I can show you how cool they were, along with his car and ribbon.
Caemlyn made a cute little monster pouch for her cousin Sara’s birthday – with very little help from me.
At last, I made a new bag for myself. A yummy shade of red, with the cutest Alexander Henry birdie fabric lining and accents. This only shows the outside, but the top has a zipper closure and there are 2 pockets inside. Still not what I was going for, but it turned out cute enough.
Any suggestions for what I should work on next…should I find the ability to focus?
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