Some Photos

On Saturday I got to take pictures for my friend Sarah. I had never done family portraits before and I was nervous and short on ideas(to the extreme). Luckily, they were forgiving:) I think we got some pretty cute ones. Here are my favorites.

                     

Self Portrait

Here is my self portrait assignment. As I thought about his assignment I realized it wouldn't make sense for me to do a self portrait without my children. I go by the name, Mom, 99% of the time. Every hour of everyday is spent teaching, helping, thinking of, and caring for my kids. I think sometimes women with young children lose their identities in a sort of way and I think it's okay. They are not who they once were. Once you become a mother, you become a whole new person. But maybe its not so much losing an identity as it is gaining a new one.

I love this photo because it shows my life as it is. Half naked kids, toys all over the place, messy hair, and happiness. When I think about my life, this is the picture I see, and I love it.

Photo Assignment- Portrait

Kaylee

My brother, Andrew

Photo Assignment 4- LIGHT

This weeks assignment was Light as a Subject. The first one is Michael's shadow; he was holding a water bottle. The second is Lily's dress..... again. . I had not intended on using it for my assignment, but for some reason I stuck it up in the window while I was taking pictures for my other post, and I thought it looked cool with the light coming through and making it almost transparent. I took a picture and it turned into an assignment:)

A girl in class commented that she thought it would bee cooler if I had used an old wooden hanger to give the photo a more vintage feel. I think it would have been super cool if I could have done that. Too bad I don't have any. I don't even have wire hangers anymore because I used them all to unclog the drains at our old apartment!

Photography

These photos are the 2nd and 3rd assignments for my photo class. The first assignment was a film assignment and I never scanned my pictures. Eventually I will but for now I'll show you these:)

Assignment 2 was to show one example of shallow depth of field and one with a large depth of field

Shallow

 

Large:

I don't love this photo. But I think it demonstrates an adequate example of large depth of field.

The assignment for this week was to take one photo that captures motion (shows motion) and to take one that freezes motion. I am very happy with my photos this week!! I especially enjoyed the photo session with my brother:)

Capture:

 

Freeze: