June 19, 2011

Photography...Or Attempt Thereof

I admit that I wish I was a professional photographer and that I had an amazing program to edit photos, but I am ametuer at best.  For Christmas, Zach got me an AMAZING Nikon camera, and you'd think with the right stuff I could take some pretty cool pictures.  But, I can't seem to make my camera do what I want.  I have this great mental image in my brain, but it never seems to translate to the photo.  That darn aperature and ISO are kicking my trash.  I think I know how to get what I want, but apparently I don't.  Sad...

Anyways, the reason for my post is finally coming.  My brother-in-law recently got engaged and asked if I would be willing to do their engagement photos.  I was pleasantly surprised they asked, but at the same time a little freaked out.  They really didn't have any ideas what they wanted before hand, so I scrimmadged through my own engagement photos and others online.  The night before, I made Zach model some poses and locations for me to put me at ease.  He always tells me I worry too much...and maybe I do.

The day of, I was grateful the two of them were easy to work with and had some ideas of their own!  It made my life as "photographer" much easier.  Two hours and a couple hundred photos later, I finished and started editing. 

Here are a few of my favorite photos.









4 comments:

  1. how do you get the black and white with color? i can't seem to figure it out.

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  2. You did an awesome job! Would you be interested in taking some family pictures of us? When will you be coming into town again? How are you feeling?

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  3. Audrey, I don't know if you have an editing program, but I downloaded a free version of GIMP. On there you select part of the image you want to remain colored, invert the selection, and then desaturate the photo.

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  4. Kristy...Thanks!! I could definately take some pics of your family. Zach and I should be down for Grandma Joy's birthday party, so if you have time then, I could do it :).

    I'm feeling amazing too, thanks!

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