Shadows

Even if you know nothing about photography or photo taking in general, you know that shadows can ruin a photo if they are not intentional. On Easter weekend, Colleen and her boyfriend Matt were in town and I of course took the opportunity to take some portraits of them. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans for us. Saturday afternoon was so sunny that it was creating horrible shadows on both Colleen and Matt. Luckily I was able to get two photos that were semi decent to share below. The first photo is actually one of my favorites just because of the lighting. The second photo is actually a replica of a photo I took of Matt and Colleen when I was still working with film photography. I still think the film photo looks better (I wish I had it on my computer to compare the two!), but I am pleased with the lighting. Enjoy the selection below:

Things Just Got a Little Crazier

Well, another year older officially and I still haven't been taking as many photos as I would have liked to have been taking. I am finding it so hard some days to pull out my camera and capture life around me. These past weeks have been a little more crazier than usual. . . to start, Dee and I got another puppy. . . yes, you read that correctly, another puppy. Below you will get to meet Lumen (yes, another character from Dexter) who is a 10 (she's probably 11 by now) week old white German Shepard. She is the sweetest dog I have ever met, but certainly not the brightest . . . we are working on her training! I took Lumen and Hannah over to my parents house to play with their new puppy and burn some energy, since they have a much bigger yard than we do at the condo. The girls had a great time together and I was able to get a few photos of them all too.

If you haven't heard, yes in the middle of April, Ohio got a really unexpected snow shower which blanketed the ground with just enough snow to turn everything white. Since Lumen is a white dog I thought I would have a hard time with her and the snow contrast wise, but it appears against a "true" white, Lumen is far from white. . . annoyingly, she looks very tan in the photos against the snow! However, one of the reasons I love the snow so much is because I love the lighting that comes with it. Rarely is it super sunny and snowing. Luckily, today the lighting was amazing and the photos barely needed any lighting help!

With the weather getting a bit nicer (hopefully!!) I hope I can start to bring my camera out a bit more and get some great nature photos as well as photos of the pups growing up. I have included below a photo of a bleeding heart plant that we got. I was just messing around with the camera the other day and happened to get some great shots of this cute little plant. Enjoy the selection below:

A Quick Note

Just wanted to share these photos real quick, next post shall be a longer one! Enjoy: