The Fine Details

One of the greatest gifts my macro lens has given me, is the ability to capture the fine details out of things. Personally, I would say the difference between a photographer and someone who takes photos is that a photographers job is to capture details and different angles of everyday things that nobody else would see. Last week I had bought some flowers from Heinens and at the time I thought I was crazy for how expensive they were, but thinking about it now, they are a week old and still look amazing....now I can never get flowers anywhere else! One of the things that persuaded me to buy these particular flowers was the colors. These flowers have the brightest and most vibrate colors that I had ever seen before, so of course I had to buy them. Yesterday early afternoon I was looking for something to do and grabbed my camera to see if I could maybe get some photos in the spare time I had in. My initial thought was to take pictures of the flowers that have been sitting on the counter basically asking for it. So I grabbed the flowers and placed them on the floor where the lighting was much better and started snapping away. I got about 10 photos in before Hannah realized what I was doing and then she started to steal the spotlight. Of course I changed my focus from the flowers right over the Hannah. Sadly Hannah had chosen to lay where the lighting was no good, so the majority of the photos I took are not really worth it. Half way into the photos of Hannah, Denise shows me this photo from online of this German Shepard where the photo was just the top portion of the dogs face containing it's eyes. That photos sparked something in me to try and duplicate it. Sadly, Hannah was getting sleepy and still laying in the crappy light, so I knew I wasn't going to get the photo this time....(I am still very determined!!!) but the photo made me want to get some of Hannah's fine details, so I got the best ones I could. Take a look below at my fine details:

Natural Lighting

Wow! It's been awhile since I last blogged! I'm excited to announce that I have been working on a website for my photography which will show case my work as well as give a place for future clients. Since I have been working on the website, I have kind of neglected to blog a little! Whoops! That also means I have been slacking on my picture taking as well! The other day Cleveland (and lots of other places in the US) got hit with this random gigantic snow storm! It snowed all day and made a huge mess! Lucky for me I got sent home from work early because of the conditions so I had some extra time to go and play with the puppies all day. Hannah (our 15 weeks old German Shepard) LOVES the snow! If we would let her play in the snow all day, she would! I used the opportunity to take some photos of Hannah. I'm really pleased with the couple I got of her playing outside. After playing outside, Hannah came back into the house and we were getting ready to feed both Zoey and Hannah. While Denise was getting their food ready, I was just playing around and taking a couple pictures of Hannah. The lighting coming in from our patio doors was probably some of the best lighting indoors that I have ever been able to capture. Take a look below at some of the newest Hannah photos.

Stay tuned for information on my upcoming website. I am still in the designing phases, so it has a while to go still!

*Please notice that there is not a logo on these photos! I forgot to add it and didn't feel like going back! One day I will get to it!!*