Chan & Deanne's Engagement Shoot

A few weekends ago, Danielle had an engagement shoot that I tagged along on. The couple won a free session at a past bridal fair. They were a bit nervous at first, but seemed to open up throughout the shoot. We started off at Walter B Williams Pond, and then went to another location. Here are some of the better shots I took!

The three ring photos were my favorite, and I could not figure out which edited one I liked better.

Sunflowers

So I have sunflowers in my yard, it was my first attempt at being a gardener. Instead of letting them go to waste, I opted to take a few photos of them. These were my first photos playing with my new flash. I purchased an SB2600 to with my camera. I am still learning how to make adjustments. Instead of leaving these pictures raw, I decided to edit them a little more dramatic. Enjoy! :-)

Portraits

I have been playing a bit, and practicing with portraits. I love taking pictures of babies, and find there is so much said through their eyes! I am still having so much fun practicing all sorts of different shoots!

Michael & Julie Carter

I went to the wedding of one of my best girlfriends from GC&SU, Julie, this past weekend. It took me about half of the wedding and reception to realize I had my settings wrong, but I guess that is all part of learning! Here are a few photos from Julie's big day!

Been A While!

It's been a while since my last post, but that does not mean I haven't been behind the camera. I helped Danielle with two engagement shoots in August, but do not have permission to publish the photos yet. I have been working on learning my functions, F-stops, and ISO ratings lately, and am really beginning to understand it (I think). Here are a few photos I have taken lately. Enjoy!

Engagement Shoot

Saturday I got to tag along with Danielle while she did an engagement shoot at the Riverwalk on the Oconee. I haven't ever been down there, and was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was. The couple is getting married two weeks before Kirk and I, and they were cute together. My pictures don't have them looking at me (what happens when you are not the main photographer), but I am proud of a few of them! I am still learning the editing techniques, and unfortunately don't have all the good software (free trials limit you a great deal). Regardless, I am having a BLAST learning from Danielle!!!

Diving Right In!!

Yesterday I met with Mrs. Fields and got to see how she does some editing of photos. She shot a wedding last weekend, and it was really cool to see how she would brighten, fix blemishes, whiten teeth, and so much more! It was amazing!!!! We went over her schedule, and I am going to tag along with her on an engagement shoot next weekend. Even better, she is actually in a wedding in September, and she asked me to be the photographer. She said the bride was going to hire some other girl, but Danielle told her to wait and see if I was available! I can't wait! What will be nice about that wedding is that Danielle will still be there to help and give me suggestions.

Last weekend, Kirk and I went to the beach with some of our friends. I got some good pictures there.