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my son and daughter wishing they could go out side.

Last Few Days of Class

Hi Everyone,

We are in the last days of class... although class officially ends on the 10th, I'll extend it until the 12th, Friday.  Please check the :Week by Week Checklist" linked in the upper right.  Remember I am looking for 6-8 final, edited images for each assignment.  These are distilled from shooting a good 50 shots for each one.

As always, careful observation of light, focal point and design are the key elements that make your work strong.

-Jerry

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Week 5 - Macros

Again, I had a little trouble with the focus of my camera being blurry, especially getting in so close. 

These I thought came out the sharpest.  I did enjoy doing these shots.  I just wish that my camera was not so blurry because I think I could have gotten some really cool pictures.

Week 4 - Shadows

My camera is not the best, so I had a little trouble getting some good shadow pics.  Here are a couple that I thought came out the best.

Week 2

This was an interesting door and archway that I thought was really appealing to the eye.  I think the way the red door pops out give it a really interesting look.



This is just a simple picture of a set of marble stairs that I found to be interesting.  It shows the contrast of colors and shapes.

Week 1 - Intro

Hi all,

I am sorry that I am posting so late, but I had some difficulties with my log in and just figured it out.

My name is Stephanie Charboneau.  I have been married for 7 years and have two boys; Logan who is 6 and Blake who is 4. 

I work full-time at the Milford Courthouse as a Court Reporter. 

I am a Senior this year at Albertus and my major is Sociology.

I am looking forward to being an active part of this blog, finally!

Week 6

I used my beautiful daughters for this weeks project.

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Week 6

 

As you can see, I really enjoyed my locations this week.  I took a lot of pictures that I love and I couldn't pick which ones to post as favorites! Here are a few!



Week 5 - Digital Photography II

Ok, I know I've been working with macros, but I had to share these two pictures for week 5.  The sun never fails to provide interesting pictures, especially through trees, clouds, fog, and things like that.  When I was out shooting for the week, I couldn't resist...so, I hope you enjoy my selections!  Check out my fotothing for my macros for the week!

Week 6 Digital Portrait

It was hard for me to find a model for this week's project :-) So I did my own self portraits. This was so fun because I used ortonish, vignette, drop shadows, soft focus, graduated tint with custom colors, warmify and cross-process in these photos.

This was the hardest assignment, I could not seem to really capture small things or smaller aspects of small things but I managed to get a couple of shots.

This week I was thinking about “Big Things”. I was thinking about things that would be in juxtaposition to him as a little baby. I laid him down with his Daddy’s tie and dress shoes, there is another of him with the addition to our house being built in the background, and then there are a couple of these with his Daddy’s boxing gloves. I have to say the boxing gloves were the best; there were a few that worked out pretty well. This one is my favorite of the week – I call it “Gloved Up”. He just looks like he is concentrating on the fit and the weight of the gloves like a little boxer – although I know he is just working on how to get them into his mouth.

week 5

I took both photos in macro mode on my digital camera.  I was not sure of the distance I needed to be from the objects in macro mode.  I tried to take pictures of flowers and I did not see the spider web in the bottom photo until I uploaded the photos. 

Week 6 Macro Mode shots

I shot these 2 photos using the Macro Mode setting on my camera. I really liked the boost option on the editing software and didn't want to convert either photos because I didn't want to lose any of the details in either plant.

Week 5

These are the two best from my group this week. The top picture is the only one out of my group that I did any type of editing to this week. I played around with Picasa but I felt that the pictures were better natural.