Mom: "Ana, don't you want to play with your umbrella?"
Ana: "No thanks, Mom. I don't need it, it's not raining."
Hah!
Friday, March 13, 2009
3.10.09 Ana!
Here is Ana ... she is such a kick in the pants. I can't start to explain how fun it is to hold a full conversation with a two-year-old - especially when taking her pictures! My favorite interaction of the day:
Mom: "Ana, don't you want to play with your umbrella?"
Ana: "No thanks, Mom. I don't need it, it's not raining."
Hah!
Mom: "Ana, don't you want to play with your umbrella?"
Ana: "No thanks, Mom. I don't need it, it's not raining."
Hah!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Reminiscing ...
I discovered my missing back-up CDs! AH!
For those of you who didn't know me in college, here's a little background on the j-school at the University of Montana: we were required to shoot film. We started with b&w, then after getting into the program as juniors, we were required to shoot slide film. Even in the studio. For each assignment, we basically had 24-36 frames to get it right. Exposure, composition, framing - everything had to be done correctly in the original image otherwise you had to re-shoot the assignment, took a docked grade and ate $16 ($8 for the film, $8 for developing). We scanned our negatives and were allowed some post-processing (such as cleaning up dust), but we turned in our RAW files as well as our edited files and were graded on both. None of the wonderful editing capabilites of photoshop we now have as digital photographers that can save our butts if we didn't get it right (even cropping!). Don't get me wrong, I love digital, but mainly for the financial breaks - not it's many technological abilities. It probably explains a lot if you have ever had a conversation with me about digital photography and my end seemed anything but knowledgeable!
Now I rely on my digital for the majority of my work, but still shoot film at every session. Bottom line? I can't afford to shoot film! On top of that, I haven't found a decent place in PDX that I trust for development (I had a bad run-in with a developer in Missoula and am now uber-cautious). But I love the look of film, and I'm more comfortable with it as a medium. I think I take better photos when shooting with it and I am grateful that I was taught the essentials of photography basics with film (the U has now moved to an all-digital format). Don't get me started. I wrote my entire senior thesis on the transition from film to digital, and it's many cons ... enough of this tirade.
Anyway, here are a few images I found in my long-lost backups. They were all shot with film and I just thought I'd share since I need to blog more anyway. Enjoy!
My beautiful aunt ...
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For those of you who didn't know me in college, here's a little background on the j-school at the University of Montana: we were required to shoot film. We started with b&w, then after getting into the program as juniors, we were required to shoot slide film. Even in the studio. For each assignment, we basically had 24-36 frames to get it right. Exposure, composition, framing - everything had to be done correctly in the original image otherwise you had to re-shoot the assignment, took a docked grade and ate $16 ($8 for the film, $8 for developing). We scanned our negatives and were allowed some post-processing (such as cleaning up dust), but we turned in our RAW files as well as our edited files and were graded on both. None of the wonderful editing capabilites of photoshop we now have as digital photographers that can save our butts if we didn't get it right (even cropping!). Don't get me wrong, I love digital, but mainly for the financial breaks - not it's many technological abilities. It probably explains a lot if you have ever had a conversation with me about digital photography and my end seemed anything but knowledgeable!
Now I rely on my digital for the majority of my work, but still shoot film at every session. Bottom line? I can't afford to shoot film! On top of that, I haven't found a decent place in PDX that I trust for development (I had a bad run-in with a developer in Missoula and am now uber-cautious). But I love the look of film, and I'm more comfortable with it as a medium. I think I take better photos when shooting with it and I am grateful that I was taught the essentials of photography basics with film (the U has now moved to an all-digital format). Don't get me started. I wrote my entire senior thesis on the transition from film to digital, and it's many cons ... enough of this tirade.
Anyway, here are a few images I found in my long-lost backups. They were all shot with film and I just thought I'd share since I need to blog more anyway. Enjoy!
My beautiful aunt ...
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
3.7.09 Timothy Arlen One Year!
Finally! Sandra and I rescheduled this portrait session about four times before we finally lucked out on weather and/or lack of sickness (on both of our parts). Timothy is technically 14 months now, and he is running and talking! It's been amazing to watch this little man grow up. What a ham. Enjoy!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
2.21.09 Photoshoot with Missy Cochran
I apologize for taking so long to get these up, but here they are! Last month, my friend Missy Cochran and I decided to go play on one of those beautiful Saturdays that Portland randomly seems to get mid-winter. She took pics of me, I took pics of her. My new banner on the blog are all done by Missy herself! We had a great time, and it was a great practice shoot! Let me know what you think ...
3.2.09 Overhaul
After doing some research, I discovered that the name "dbphoto" is already taken! Therefore, on this wonderful day off of mine, I overhauled the blog. The link is still the same, but the name hath changed! Enjoy!
-dianne
-dianne
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