Week 4: Raindrops keep falling on my head...

So, technically it is not week 4 anymore. Oh well, is what it is. Better late than never right?! I took pictures of water coming from the shower head and then I Photoshoped them up. Tre cool, no?

ISO: 400 Exposure: 1/60 sec Aperture: 6.3 Focal Length: 53mm Flash Used: Yes

Week 3: Flower Power

Hello there : ) It's been a pretty rough week for me, but I managed to pull out another photo just in time. I decided to work on my Photoshop editing. I have a lot to learn on editing. I know how to use basic photoshop tools for design and manipulation, but I'm not too versed in hue, contrast, or tone. I played around with taking photos of my wedding bouquet and my husbands boutonniere. I worked on blending the background together, it came out grayish when I was look for white though. I wanted more contrast from the flowers, but I like the soft look. I hope next time I can cut down on the graininess in my photo. Here's to the next one!

ISO: 800 Exposure: 1/50 sec Shutter Speed: 2.5 Focal Length: 50mm Flash Used: No

Week 2: Wonder Wall

So... I said I was fashionably late, but this might be a little ridiculous! I have a little under two hours to spare in week 2. I will keep this up though! I had taken this photo much earlier in the week, but I was hoping for something better to come along. Instead I was watching The Secret Life of an American Teenager on Netflix all week... I know that is a pretty bad excuse. Any who, I was trying to think out side of the box and ended up playing with the sun set again. Only this time it caste a gorgeous red upon my dining room wall. I tried to take the picture without getting in the way, but I could not get my silhouette out of the frame. So I just went on full force! In the end I like the contrast of things, but I just look fat and my head is blurry, ha ha! Here's to next week and a much more interesting photo.

ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec Aperture: 4.0 Focal Length: 50mm Flash Used: No

Week 1: Patriotic Profile

I'm a sucker for stark photos and leafless trees; so this photo isn't out of the realm of ordinary for me. Surprisingly the tree is not what drew my attention. I have to thank my daughter for planting herself against the sliding glass doors last night. Otherwise I probably would not have noticed this gorgeous sunset. The colors were so vivid; and you can be certain that my photo does not serve them justice. I even took the time to drag my husband away from his video game to take it all in. I can confidently say he was neither mad nor disappointed. It is nice to be reminded that we live in a country where anything can happen. Even a red, white, and blue sunset.

I am proud to say that I have been working on shooting without flash. It was killing the colors in all my photos. It seems like an elementary step in photography, but for me it is a big one. I have been consciously adjusting my ISO and shutter speed for a few months now on most of my photos. I hope to improve significantly, getting the right color plus clarity!

ISO: 3200 Shutter Speed: 1/25 sec Aperture: 5.6 Focal Length: 40mm Flash Used: No

A New Year's Resolution: 2011

2010 was all about broken promises and failed attempts at having a hobby. I am always talking about how I want to be a photographer and that it is my hobby. Yet I only have a handful of pictures that I am proud to say are mine. So inspired by a brilliant photographer and fellow Mommy, I am making 2011 all about my composition and technique. I have the task of a photo a week for the next 52 weeks. As always I am fashionably late! I hope that you will follow along with me and that we both make the most of 2011!

*Please feel free to also follow along with RyannePhotograpy and her 52 weeks of photos blog. I got the idea from her, she got the idea from others, etc.*