portrait

The final assignment for my photojournalism class was an environmental portrait. Robin was lovely enough to don her ballerina gear and head over to my place. I made my first makeshift studio with a roll of black paper rigged on the patio. My idea of lighting fell through when I realized I did not have the right adapters for my extension cords and going to get them would take time away from the existing natural light. We plugged ahead with natural light and I think it worked perfectly. There were some size limitations for sure, in the future I know to have a wider and taller background as well as more room to shoot, for that reason all of the shots had to be done close up. I was sad we did not have the room to get some actual ballerina moves…but there is always next time! But overall I am really happy with how they turned out and hope to do more portrait work in the future.

hwy 92

now that fall has officially started I am really behind on catching up on photos. but we chug along. as you  (may) know, I took a photojournalism class at SFSU and loved and hated it. But mostly loved it. The final was to tell a “story”, I chose to photograph the vendors and stops on highway 92 on the road to Half Moon Bay. Below are a sample of my favorites that made the story cut, but not the entire story or all of my favorites.

…you take my hand

working backwards on summer still. this summer my photo journalism course taught me oodles. seriously, i learned SO much. but at the same time i decided that photojournalism was not for me. i am still trying to figure out what is…but working backwards these are from water/motion assignments. we joke that i had to pay out of pocket and drive to San Francisco to really understand the use of my shutter….

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huddart in the summer

i want to live

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in guerneville

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do you feel like swimming?

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more proof

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a day in my life

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counting before they hatch

its hard to ever believe

lets nap

all the little piggies

put on your boots

sometimes i think if i could listen to one musican for the rest of my life it would be her.

nevada live

cuteness overload

rock and roll fun

the sleepover disaster

all the pretty girls

i think i would like shooting models if they were all like jenn: beautiful, fun and up for anything.

los gatos is beatutiful as well

because i can’t believe there is a cuter dog out there

I am actually really happy with these pictures technically. And the fact that I think she is cuteness overload helps too.

cane got a blue eyed mule from the auction

2005

still testing some tests.