school assembly

I had to take pictures of the events at work where we took some presents from this school and handed them to some shelters around the area so that less fortunate people could have presents for Christmas.  When we went to the school to get the presents, we also had to sit through their Christmas assembly.  Being the astute photographer that I am, I took pictures of this assembly as well.  This is what this picture is of-- the assembly.  I like this because in the picture, you can see everything-- the sign with the school name, the kids watching the assembly, and the people on stage.

plain clothes

I was helping my friend take some pictures for a school photography project, so I had to take some pictures of him holding of signs for the lyrics of a song.  It was just a simple project that I wasn't expecting too much out of, but this one picture stood out to me as a really cool portrait of him.  I think it's mainly because I like the faded colors and the dramatic shadow around his face area.

icicles

This was the first icicle of the season that I saw hanging off of the bush in the front yard.  

christmas tree farm

Like I said before, I guess I am drawn to lines of perspective, because this is what this one is.  I took this at the Christmas tree farm when we were looking for our tree.  I love the perspective!

candles

This one actually turned out kind of cool.  I took a real quick picture of the candles lit up in the dark room and I like the aura that came out from the light of the flames.

tree ornaments

I absolutely love how this one turned out!  It was such a simple picture, but I'm in love with it for many reasons.  I love the composition, the detail, the shallow focus, and my self-portrait that comes up on two of the ornaments.  I'm sure there will be plenty more of these pictures this holiday season!

alleyway

I took this randomly on my way out to the parking garage from work one day while thinking about my thesis.  My thesis is all about perspective and different views of how to look at things.  The way my thesis is going to hang, I realized I needed some eye-height views, so I took this.  I don't know if I'll actually use it, but I love the perspective of the alleyway going off into the distance and I love how it demonstrates how even eye- height views can have a different perspective of looking at things.

mosaic fish wall

We had to go to Longworth Hall one day at work to take a picture of some people for the magazine.  Longworth Hall is this huge office complex that caters to mainly artsy places.  All of the offices are so cool and usually creative looking.   Even the outside of the building is creative-- it has a bunch of sculptures hanging out and there were some concrete walls that had mosaic designs on them.  This particular wall had mosaic fish on the outside of it and sculptures of birds picking at the fish on top of it... 

 

flame

I was going to get the candles all lit up, but in the midst of lighting the candles, I decided to get the actual lighter lit up in the dark room.  It's kind of interesting how the picture is just a mere flame with a complete black background.

thumb tacks

I was looking online for some stock photos at work and I saw this picture of a bunch of thumb tacks lined up, with one a different color and in focus.  I thought it was something simple that I could try, so I did and I LOVE how it turned out!!  I'm amazed that I even got the pink one in focus and all the other ones out of focus, just like I wanted to.

pile of firewood

There's not really an explanation for this one.  Just a pile of firewood from my backyard.

plug

Again, close- up shallow depth of field.  I need to expand my horizons!

box of matches

I think this ones pretty cool.  I guess I'm just really drawn to close- up shallow depth of field photos because I tend to take a lot of them!

game controller

This is a pretty boring picture.  I tried to make it more interesting by turning it black and white and leaving the buttons colored but there were so few colors in the picture to begin with that it didn't really do much. 

lizard

Kevin's brother is really into reptiles and amphibians and has a bunch of them in his room.  He recently got this new one from a friend and decided to bring it up to show me.  I thought he was the cutest thing!!!

night time building

Kevin locked his keys in his car the night before Thanksgiving, so I was stuck having to find something to take a picture of in the parking lot of my dad's work.  This is what I settled on.  It actually didn't turn out that bad.  I like the lights lit up on the building, the color of the sky, and the trees in the background and I like the shadowy lines that are in the foreground.

spoon

I always think that pictures showing objects lengthwise towards the camera are really cool.  I tried it with this picture.... but it sort of didn't really turn out as cool as I wanted it to, although Kevin likes it.  So I don't know.  It definitely won't hurt to practice this!

company christmas photo

I took this picture of the office for their company Christmas card.  Everyone was told to wear winter gear and bring presents for the picture because for the card, we put them in a snow globe that said "Happy Holidays."  The end result turned out really cute, but it wouldn't have been as cute without the picture to begin with!!

dead flowers

Once again, I find myself taking close up pictures of flowers.  I don't know why, but every time I see flowers, I have to get a close-up of them.  These particular flowers are way dead.  I'm not sure why they were even still displayed in a vase on the table, but whatever.

dinosaur chew toy

For some reason, I didn't take a picture at my family's Thanksgiving, so I ended up taking a picture of this thing because I needed a picture.  I kind of like it for some reason.  This was one of my dog's very first chew toys.

bricks

This is self- explanatory... not much to say about it.

fountain square

I love my city and I absolutely love taking pictures of it.  Whenever I get to hang out downtown, I definitely take the advantage of getting some cool shots of different things.  After dinner one night down there, I took some pictures of Fountain Square all lit up.  The fountain looked so gorgeous all lit up, so I'm glad I got some good photos of it.

crazy lights

I was trying to take a cool picture of the street lit up at night, but I was having some major problems.  One problem was that my camera was having trouble focusing on one thing at night, since it was so dark, and the other problem was that I had my dog with me.  I had to hold on to his leash in one hand and try to take a picture with the other one.  My dog does not sit still for more than five seconds, so for obvious reasons, I couldn't get a good photo due to all the movement.  Without a tripod it's nearly impossible to get a good night shot anyways, so imagine the impossibility of getting a shot when the dog is moving everywhere!  

Anyways, this is what turned out and I actually kind of liked it.

computer plugs

I haven't posted in quite a while... I have been so busy!!  I'll try to catch up with everything tonight.

This was taken in my office.  My charger, the internet cable, and my camera cord were all plugged into the side of my computer.  I have never seen that many plugs at once plugged into my computer, so I took a picture of it!