If I Just Say Hello

So this year for spring break I went to Disneyland twice! And of course I brought my camera along! My family got pretty irritated because I kept stopping randomly…but it was worth it! I was actually really looking forward to this trip because I hadn’t had my camera last year when I went to Disneyland and although I love the iPhone camera, it does not do Disneyland justice. I needed a more serious camera for my trip and this time I had it! I can’t wait to edit all of my photos because last year I got to play around with them a lot and did some pretty cool stuff so we’ll see what I come up with this year!

*None of these photos are edited…yet! ;)

maytheodds:

Alright, so we’re back. I’ve decided to do another Hunger Games giveaway (click here to view my first THG giveaway), because it honestly brought so much joy to my heart. For one, and most importantly, to show you all how much I appreciate you. Second of all, to interact with you all, to feel like we’re a part of something. Last but not least, to witness the pure happiness when the lucky person wins. 

So what have I purchased for one of you lucky people?

• A size medium mockingjay pin shirt.
• The THG tribute guide book.
• The limited edition THG soundtrack (songs from D12 and beyond)
• A mockingjay pin.
• And a little handwritten note from yours truly (me) (I know how much this aspect of the prize excites you, right?!)

Of course there are rules, and if they’re not met then I will find another winner:

• I am not trying to be greedy, I do not want you to follow me if you don’t want to, but in order to win this you must be following me, because this giveaway is for my followers, to show them how much I appreciate them.
• You can only reblog and/or like up 3 three times, I will be checking.
• I will be shipping to anywhere in the world, doesn’t matter where you are. But you must be comfortable giving me your address.
• I will announce the winner on April 23rd 2012 and if they don’t respond within 24 hours I will be giving the prizes to a different lucky follower.

That is pretty much it. I’ve spent a lot of money/time on this so please be respectful and what not. And may the odds be ever in your favour!

This post is about my final four photos that I got from the large format camera. I had a lot of fun with the camera because I could choose where to focus the image and it was a lot of fun to play around with. I also really enjoyed my first attempt at portraiture! I had always been wary of it but it’s actually a lot of fun.

Claudia with her angel wings.

Ilana and her fish. Color was a good option for this picture because without it, the fish would have completely faded from the image.

First sheet of film! I decided I’d try out the camera at first on objects so that I wasn’t overwhelming myself with two new projects at once.

Taylor with her umbrella. What a model!

Some polaroids from last week. I also took film of these pictures, a little modified. As you can tell I was doing portraiture, using props. It was fun to compose an image with a random person and a random object. I was hoping my models would choose their props and body positioning but for the most part I was the one doing this. I don’t mind, it’s fun to compose a shot. However, I really want to get them more involved in the photo. I don’t want to photograph faces, I want to photograph personalities.

So here’s mah first two pictures from this rotation:

this camera’s so much fun! I’m going to tilt and shift the living daylight out of it!!!!!!! (and not forget to focus it…)

I ruv her.

For the past two weeks, I’ve been working on making an origami firework out of my photos. It was very labor-intensive because I made the 24-page model. It was one of the more complicated origami projects that I’ve done, but it came out really cool and is fun to play with. You can change its shape and it folds different ways, so it’s very entertaining!

I discovered that using brightly colored pictures is really where it’s at with these because you don’t get to see the image that much. This coming week I’m going to do one all out of a red/pink color for more focus on color than picture quality.

And it makes a great hat, too!!

Ever since I did the iPhone rotation, I’ve taken many pictures of old, classic cars. This was started because I have a 1968 red convertible Chevelle and I found that it makes a very good subject. Since then, I’ve developed the habit of photographing any classic car that I see.

I really enjoy capturing the mood of the car by focusing on the hood ornaments and other metal details on the car, including the name script. I’m going to continue this photography project forEVERRRR.

Cuboctahedron

Butterfly! Highlighted folded stage! (Taken with instagram)