Just a heads up

Im combining the last week and this week into one post and I will be turning it in by the end of the weekend. What Im doing is a series on ceilings and lights and lamps.

painting with light

This week I had fun combining the two things I like to do on my spare time: Draw and take photos. Just like the first time I did this project ,in the beginning of the year, it was hard and a pain in my rear. I guess it didn’t help that I didn’t have a working tripod and only one working flashlight in the whole freaking house.

The first photo I did when I was in the makeshift weights room in my house and thats my inspiration for that photo.

My favorite  is the the light bulb explosion because of the color that I put in it and how it looks like the light bulb is either exploding or shooting out lightning bolts. Before anyone comments again saying “Its to purple”

I WANTED IT TO BE PURPLE!

Anyways, I had fun learning more about how to properly adjust the aperture and shutter speed to further enforce my ever-growing learning experience with my camera.

“Im afraid of this darkness I surrender…” -Pineapple Express-

The photo above is probably one my favorite of the weeks batch of photography because of all the textures in the ice and how smooth it looks. I like how the photo’s focus is more in the middle then on the sides. I think it gives it a dynamic look.

This photo is actually two in one. The ice is one and the hole is a completely different picture that I took of a little stream. All I had to do is make a “rugged” circle with the selection brush, slap the stream photo in there and then blur and fix the levels. Presto!

I got annoyed with this photo or at least when I was taking it because I had to start heading back up the trail because it was getting dark and I didn’t get a chance to really change anything. So I blindly went with my “instincts”  and set it up to what I thought would be a good exposure… I was wrong. My instincts failed me =(

I like how the deep green of the trees sits next to the white of the ice. I like the contrast. I think it makes the image pop. Except it is over exposed… a little bit.

This was the trail that I was hiking with Erik. I took the photo low to the ground so that I could really get the light browns and deep dark greens next to each other.

I really like this one because of how green and fuzzy the moss is and how it goes with the cold looking rock next to it. It gives me mixed feelings of being cold and then when I look at the moss it seems to warm up the photo. Well thats what I think at least.