Firefighters

Haha, I'm having fun with plastic, paper and fire tonight. Firefighters are plastic toys. Trees are a photoshopped printout of some trees in the Uintah mountains. The fire is real, but on a MUCH smaller scale. This is a composite of the 4 images shown, and lots of layers in photoshop :)

Specs don't really exist, because it's a composite of so many images, but here are some facts:

-4 years to create (1st image taken with a point and shoot Canon 2mp in August 2004)
-2 hours+ shooting firemen and flames
-2 hours of photoshop messing with adjustment layers
-1 bored husband asking when we can do something fun. :)

Army Dudes

Haha, so I was searching for some photo ideas, and ran across these photos on flickr. I got all crazy and ran to the dollar store to buy some army dudes. Every dollar store has them, right? Wrong. Had to check a few. Then I spent a couple hours shooting, and this is one of my favs.

Specs:
10sec
f/8
ISO 200
41mm focal length
18-55 kit lens
430 EZ Flash with green post it
Lighter

My drawing

I've been thinking lately I really don't consider myself an artist, but I tell everyone I'm a designer. But a designer should be artsy and understand light, and lines and perception, right? Well, I was always taught if I want to do something, I can. I just have to try. So a week or two ago in church, I decided to draw what I saw. This is what I came up with...maybe I'll take some art classes after I graduate. I love school :)

PS...I got accepted as a contributor to 3 stock sites - istock, dreamstime, and bigstock photo. Only 1 image has been accepted for sale so far, but I'm gonna keep trying!

Desolation

Yellowstone National Park

So I log into my email a few days ago, and there is an email from istock. What they call 'hot-shots.' Their fav's for the week. And I see a shot very similar to my shots at Mammoth hot springs.

Then I get thinking maybe I can sell my pics for something. So here I go being all crazy and trying again. I'll let you know when I'm rejected (again :)

F5.6
1/2000
ISO 200
34mm
No Flash

Abstract

Yellowstone National Park

Underexposed but very cool formations :)

1/50
f10
55mm
ISO 200
No Flash

Self Portrait

It's me!

f8
1/160
ISO 200
Focal Length
24mm
Rebel XTI
No Flash

Clouds

So there I was, walking out the door to work. As soon as I saw the sky, I stopped, walked back in the house, grabbed my camera and shot a couple rounds. Ever since Matt Turley came to my photography class and showed us what he can do with clouds in photos, I've been intrigued by them. I think they are SO beautiful, though hard to capture (at least for me), and can enhance almost any photo with an uninteresting sky.

F5.6
1/500
ISO 200
Focal Length 50mm
Rebel XTI
No Flash