Haven't got a good "texture" picture yet, but...

I kind of liked this one. I have this crazy idea about dolls and wooden clocks running through my head for the texture assignment coming up next week, but I just can't find the right type of clock. So I went with the doll idea. I'm actually not the girlest of girls so it's kind of out of my range of interest I suppose... but it works! I love the ruby red in the necklace and how her blue eyes pop.

.x.Addicted.x.

So I'm sitting here picture surfing on flickr instead of taking my own... and I stumbled across a users profile. The photographer's name is Kevin Sanchez and I think I just spent over a half an hour look at his work. He mostly photographs people and usually women and they're taken at a lot of crazy angles, he seems very creative. Check it out!!

http://threefourmedia.com/


**UPDATE** Found another awesome site!! I just can't get enough web browsing today, it's like candy for some reason...

http://www.ibarraphoto.com/

Here's hoping you don't get sucked in too! =P and if you do.. plz share your links with me. I'm picture hungry.

IS3 - Underwater Photography

I would love to learn more about underwater photography. When I was in Hawaii with my family a couple years ago I took a bunch of pictures at Molokini island, turtle bay and Hanuama Bay while snorkeling. I loved diving down deep and trying to get the brightest ones - it was a real challenge since we were only snorkeling and not scuba diving, meaning we had a very limited air supply. The pictures didn't turn out the greatest however because I was only using underwater disposable cameras with very little flash. I'm really interested in learning all challenges to underwater photography. It seems like an art in itself!

Here are a few websites that caught my eye:

www.frazierproductions.com (really neat - takes underwater fashion too)
http://seethesea.free.fr/index.php
www.flickr.com/photos/26996819@NO8/sets/72157606178745688/


A few photos from the sites I found:

http://www.frazierproductions.com/portfolios/8-/images/55
I really like this photo because it was unlike any other fashion photographs I have ever seen. The photographer takes pictures of models, fully clothed and with makeup... underwater. I really like the composition in the pictures as well. There's a lot of reflection of the water's surface and it makes for some pretty cool effects.


http://www.earthshots.org/2007/08/tompot-blenny-by-thomas-vignaud/
This is an excellent picture of a Parablennius gattorugine, commonly called a "tompot blenny". I'm not actually sure what that means exactly but it looks like a fish that camoflauges into corral at times. I love the detail of the picture and how vivid the colors are. Great compostion and the photographer really told the story by isolating the fish and having it blend into it's surroundings.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/26996819@N08/2520792234/in/set-72157606178745688/
This last photograph is by a man named Macro Waagmeester. Out of all the underwater and ocean photography I found, his was the most interesting. This picture is of a pink anemonefish and I love how bright and colorful it is. The lighting is great and he did a great job catching the picture.

Light Refraction Photography

Here's a cool flickr account to check out. The photographer's name is Alan Jaras and he specializes mostly in light photography. Possibly different than anything you've seen... Alan photographs light patterns passing through transparent objects on film, using glass and plastic as mediums. The results are extremely impressive, with each picture completely unique from the next.

Enjoy!

www.flickr.com/photos/alanjaras

Industry Studies - "Lines"

Our second Assignment in Industry Studies was the study of lines. I really enjoyed it because I'm a big fan of geometric patterns in pictures and thought I could probably get a couple with this assignment. Most of the pictures on the slideshow are taken in a tire yard (spent a little tooo much time there haha) and overall I think they turned out well despite not really knowing what to shoot initially. I just took a simple enough idea and ran with it!

Exchange District (1st assignment)

If I could go back in time to meet anyone...

...It would definitely be my Grandpa Bud. He was my mom's dad and from what I've heard, a really great guy. I've heard stories of how he was a real jokester - pulling pranks and cracking jokes at all of the family dinners and get togethers. Unfortunately I never got to know the man that lit up the room and kept people laughing all night long because of a terrible tragedy. He was killed in a car accident when I was just a few months old. I was my mother's first child and thinking about how hard that must have been for her at that time and how she pulled through makes me so sad and also makes me feel so much respect for the strongest woman I know. I'm not sure what it's like to have a Grandpa but I know that I would have loved every moment if I had.