I got my camera back!!

My Nikon D5100 has been fixed!  The mirror inside the body cracked somehow right after I started this class.  I have had to use my daughter's... Which was fine except there's a bunch of debris inside her camera.  Now that I have mine back I can send her's off for a good cleaning.  I have had many shots ruined because of the fuzz/strings/hair/dust or whatever it is in her camera.  Oh well, it got me over the hump. Now I need to re-acclimate to my camera ;)

Sherrie

Blog posts moved after titles added

POSITIVE:  I just realized that there is a way to title my blog posts.  That is exciting and will make it easier to find artists that I have discovered.  This also drives home how all the metadata will help us with our organization in Light Room.  I have over 1000 photos in two months, so I can see how if we don't include specifics, this can get out of hand in a big hurry!  When this class is over and I have more time I will be going back in to label the photos with more specifics.

NEGATIVE:  After going back in and updating all of my blog posts with titles, I noticed that a couple of them moved around, out of the order I posted them.  For example... I posted pictures from James Nachtwey one day, then posted a comment about the similarity of one of his photos to W. Eugene Smith's "Tomoko Uemura In Her Bath." Now that follow-up comment is posted out of order on today's date, as opposed to the day I originally posted it.  Strange how blogging works.  One of these days maybe I will figure it out ;)

Nachtwey and Smith

I was wondering why the top picture I posted yesterday by James Nachtwey looked so familiar.  It's very similar to the one discussed in class March 11th:  W.  Eugene Smith "Tomoko Uemura in her bath."  VERY similar!

SMITH

NACHTWEY

Not sure I got it right, yet

This past weekend I was able to get quite a few pictures depicting light at night.  A couple of them might even be pretty good, I hope.  But after listening to Kate re-explain the Light and Form assignment again yesterday, I think I may still need to get a couple more shots.  I know I got some interesting shots, I just need to take another good hard look at what I have (and print a few of them) before I will know for sure if I need to take a few more or not.

What I love about Blogging

When this class first started I had never blogged a day in my life, so I didn't know how to post photos and links for the artists I was finding.  I didn't want to fall behind, so I have been keeping a running list in my class binder/journal.  Once I figured out how to post them a couple of weeks ago, I put a few on at one time, so I could get them caught up.  I was doing research in lab yesterday and it's possible I still need one or two more artists to bring myself current.  I still have several more in my binder, so I have plenty of material.  You know, the cool thing about this blogging assignment to find one artist per week is that the bread crumb trails from one artist that I find usually leads me to so many more.  I really, really love that. 

Sherrie

MakeUp Art

Just another image of an unconventional portrait...  I'd love to learn how to do make up like this.  Perhaps as I begin to photograph more, I'll find souls willing to let me "alter" their appearance ;)

How to Achieve Great Sel-Portraits

I ran across this blog, again while researching portraits.  

http://www.photopoly.net/how-to-achieve-great-self-portraits/

There are some really cool ideas in here.  This point that resonated with me the most:

Shoot yourself doing what you love: That’s why most photographers shoot themselves with a camera in front of a mirror. Try to capture your self during an activity you enjoy doing will help you tell a story through your self portrait. It can be knitting, reading, playing football, or just chilling and watching television; if you enjoy something shoot yourself doing it. 

This blog has several ideas that will come in handy when we delve into the "multiples" self-portrait project.