NEW YORK!!

 ISO: 400   28mm   f/4.0   1/400sec

ISO: 2500   43mm   f/2.8   1/20sec

The top picture is of Central Park. I liked the lines that the tress made. It was overexposed in the background so I changed it to black and white to tone it down and to make it more detailed. 

The bottom picture is from the top of the Rockefeller Center. I enjoy it because you can see the reflection of the city in the water. I also like the how I got the city surrounding it. It is a little blurry; however. Which I obviously don't like.  

Wind-Up

I was assigned to shoot the softball game against Pleasant Grove. When I got to game Erin Woods came up to me and asked if I could do a favor for her. After saying yes, I kinda wished I hadn't. She wanted me to get take as many pictures as I could during the pitchers wind up from the side by third base. They are doing a story on the softball spread and are putting the wind up across the bottom of the page. Definitely not the easiest thing to do. Either her foot, hand, or the ball was blurry. But I did this for about two innings and got tons of pictures. I was only able to keep about half but I'm pretty sure she had enough..or atleast I hope.

I liked this one the best becuase most of her was in focus and I like the position she was in when I took it.

Dinner Theater

One of the hardest assignments ever. I never would have thought the lighting could be that bad. Yellow lights half the time, and rainbow or green the rest. Not fun. But I made the best of it, and kept on going. I like this picture becuase 1) she is in focus and 2) she is somewhat properly exposed. I don't like that I cut off her feet. --I'm really bad at that. -- Anyway, even though the lighting wasn't the greatest, I didn't completely bomb the assignment.

Yellow Camero!

Well I was in class one day and, I believe it was Ruth, said that there was a yellow camero outside and someone should do an HDR. Me being the yellow, loving girl I am was pretty excited. So when I finished all the processing and stuff I had to do, I got gear and went outside. It took me all of about 5 minutes to take it, but I think it turned out pretty cool. I like the effect I chose because it brings out the yellow and the lines of the car. I don't really like the placement of the car. I should have roated the camera a little to the left so the car would have been a little bit more centered. But oh well. I can always go back and crop the final picture next time.

Miss THS!

URVI!! So I've offically decided I LOVE to take pictures of Indian dances. I especially love Urvi because she really gets into her dances and make for good pictures. During her dance, she faced the back a lot and even though you couldn't see her face I still liked it. I like how I was able to place her on the right side of the picture and do rule of thirds and I also like the shadow of her hands and head on the stage. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about the judges head in the bottom left corner. Part of me hates the distraction, but part of me think that it helps tell the story.

"The crowning shot." When I volunteered to shoot Miss THS, all Smith could say is make sure and get the crowning moment. Yeah, no pressure there. But I made sure I had plenty of room on my card even though it was almost full. I wanted to get Mr. Bailey placing the crown on her head, and here it is. I don't like how I cut off her feet, but I was in the moment and was more focused on getting the actual crown and not chopping off Bailey's head. Lesson learned though.