So during our little "vacation" last week I had a chance to finish up my CBC assignments... I am still learning about how to work with different lighting and settings on my camera, and it is a lot of fun! Since starting this project at the beginning of June I haven't used the automatic settings at all, yay! I hope I can keep learning more and more as time goes on. Here are the assignments and photos!
Ornament: something that lends grace or beauty
from our front yard, our "fireworks" flowers
I thought the hat fit into the "ornament" category, lending a little grace to my wild boy.
Fly
Ryan captured this shot, so I can't take full credit. I just set up the camera for him... and did the editing. :)
Hush
I knew I needed a "Nukie" shot for this assignment. Captured this one with Hipstamatic on my iphone.
Drizzle
It was a drizzly and dark afternoon, and it took me MANY tries to get the settings right for this one.
Full Bodied
This one just explains itself, doesn't it!?
The round baby belly is mostly gone, but he is still a cute full bodied little boy!
Not much time for writing tonight, so here are my photos from today's CBC assignment. The theme was "fluid". I just have to add that I was shooting at the worst time of day, as far as lighting goes... it was about 12:30. But I'm still happy with the results. Day six and I'm still shooting in MANUAL!
A couple nights ago I was watching Glee with my husband. It is one of my (our) favorite shows to watch together. The music is so engaging, and the plot is addicting. We just can't get enough of it. For me, it is about the music - seeing and feeling the emotional connection the characters have to the songs, and remembering my own high school and college years, and my own collection of meaningful music from that time.
On the season finale a couple nights ago, they performed a collection of Journey songs. The first one - Faithfully. Goosebumps covered my arms as I listened to the opening verse. I love this song! It takes me back to my far far past. I remember sitting in the back seat of my parents car, driving home from Santa Monica along PCH, staring at the beautiful ocean, the sunset, the people down on the beach, and listening to that song. Thinking about how someday, I would meet the love of my life, and walk along that beach with him. Thinking that someday, the words to that song would mean something to me, and I would be able to relate to the emotions I heard in their voices. Now, I didn't marry a musician, but I can still relate to that song. The love. The "Forever Yours". It is classic in my book.
I'm thinking I'm going to go back and make my own "mixed tape" playlist of all those songs that I remember having a connection to when I was young. I don't listen to those songs enough anymore. But when one pops up, like it did on Glee this week, I love the goosebumps!
Day Four: Heavy Metal
This one was easy for me. The first thing I thought of was my wedding rings. Well, other than the idea of dressing Lucas up in some white face paint and a black wig.... didn't think he'd go for that though!
Day Five: Grow
This one was so much fun! Honestly, I had to stop myself. Having two little ones in the house, I feel like everything around me symbolizes the word "Grow". My favorite shot though, is the one of the stick figures on our sliding glass door.
If you're still here..... here's a video of "Faithfully" from 1983.
Today's theme is "Mulitlayered". I found some inspiration outside early this morning, mostly looking at the natural layers of tree bark, fruit, and flowers. I'm having so much fun with this course! I would never have thought to photograph our little brick wall.
So today's boot camp theme is Picnic. I was excited to take the boys outside and have a little picnic snack, snap some cute photos, and play for awhile. That didn't happen. The closest I got was pulling the picnic basket down from the shelf in the garage. Life sort of got in the way today. But, I did have a few minutes in the afternoon, light was perfectly shining in the living room windows, and again on our front patio around dinner time. I brought out the blanket, and got a few shots. Again, all shot in manual.... and I'm wondering why my pictures are so grainy? Oh well, trying again tomorrow!
Here are my photos, with a little less literal meaning of the word "picnic". I think I'll go with "Life's a Picnic". Enjoy!
Today's boot camp theme was "Ivory". The first thing that came to my mind was Ivory Soap, and I envisioned a messy adventure in the back yard with Lucas. But, it turns out no one sells Ivory Snow around here. So, plan B. Looked around the house, couldn't find anything other than the flowers in the yard. So I stopped trying, and then things started popping up. The butterfly in the garden, and a magical game of peek a boo with Lucas. I love how these photos turned out. And... it's my first time ever shooting in manual mode on my camera (which is why the pictures are a little funky). I have a lot to learn, but I think that considering, I did pretty well!
Yeah, this is a little cheesey with the light around his head, but I was having a little fun in Lightroom. Learning, it's a process!
And a bit annoying. And the week is just getting started.
I'm trying to see the humor in the tantrums, mis-recorded doctor appointments, out of stock pharmacies, and two different rashes that have popped up on each of the boys. Tomorrow I'll call the pediatrician, cancel my own appointment, go to the pharmacy again, and make a sticker reward chart for my terrific two year old. And do laundry. And clean up today's dishes and toys that I'm currently ignoring. But where was I. Oh yes. Humor. Ha!
Amidst the craziness I have been playing with my new iphone camera app - Hipstamatic. It is SO addicting. Here is a little bit of the fun we've had in the last couple days. (FYI, there are thirty something photos... to see all of them, click the link at the bottom of this post)
I got the crafty bug awhile ago and have been itching to do some projects. Step one was my first attempt at fabric dyeing. I have to say the results weren't quite what I was hoping for, but I had fun in the process!
I started with some old shirts and some plain white onsies...
Mixed up the dye (I used the powdered RIT dye) in two separate containers. I chose blue and brown. Then I submerged the fabric.
The instructions said to soak for a half hour, but who am I to listen, plus I wanted a very dark color... so I soaked them for FIVE hours, outside.... because the smell was giving me a headache. It didn't help that it started to rain.
When I finally pulled them out I realized my first mistake - too small of a container. They looked tie-dyed! But, that was actually kind of cool. Hippie shirts, right? The blue looked great, a light/dark combo. The brown on the other hand, was a little bit purple. Not going to work on my stylish little boy. So... my soon to be second cousin (Baby Girl Danger) is probably going to get a cute brown and purple hand dyed onsie.
