Valentines Day Weekend

For my first "Pet Peeve" photo, I took a picture of Tony brushing

his teeth. Many people have put my tooth brush in their mouth and

I can't stand it! The worst part is that they know I don;t like it and do

it anyway. I told Tony to just brush his teeth and so he did. In Photoshop,

I enhanced his eyes so the viewer is drawn to them. I really enjoy this photo.

My second "Pet Peeve" photo is also of Tony. We both dislike snow

and cold weather so it was rather a challenge for us both to stand outside,

when it was snowing and cold, to take photos. I also enhanced his eyes

in this photo which actually helped with the overall photo.

This photo of Tony is my number one for "Portraits". This photo

was also taken outside and I stood rather close to him to have just

his face in the photo. I also enhanced his eyes and lightened the photo

up because it was a little dark when I took it. This is another photo

that I greatly enjoy.

This is Abby and she is my number two for "Portraits". This photo

was taken indoors and I am actually very happy how the color turned

out.

For my third "Portrait" photo, I used Rachelle. This photo

was also taken indoors and I, once again, enhanced her eyes. I love the

texture that you see in her hair and in her face. The shirt is really yellow

which I kind of don't like, but her eyes capture the viewer almost more.

For my fourth "Portrait" photo, I used Alaura. This photo was also

taken indoors next to a window. In Photoshop, I enhanced her eyes

and darkened the background to help focus the viewer on her face.

This is my first "Texture" photo. My friend was eating a giant, chocolate

muffin at a table and I just sat down and took several photos of her

eating it. I got a lot of really good shots that I am proud of, but I

thought this one would be the best. I really like the warm, red tones

in this photo against the muffin. It separates the

subject from the rest of the photo.

This is my second "Texture" photo. I was having a clumsy day and

had spilled a whole bag of frozen strawberries all over the floor. I saw

it as an opportunity to get some different shots using my small, digital

camera. I was very proud in the photos that I had taken because it

was very unexpected. The viewer can really see the texture in

the strawberries really well.

This is the first of my two "Landscape" photos. They are building

a new home down a few lots from my house so I decided to pull

over and take some photos to see if I could get a cool pictures.

The sun was setting in the west which gave the sky

an orange-ish glow.

This is the second of my two "Landscape" photos. This

photo is a little more blue then I had originally had wanted. This

spot is where an old railroad track goes off into the woods

and the trees and bushes have overgrown the tracks.

This is the first of my two "Selective Focus" photos. I had

taken a few photos with the hands outside the frame but I

really like how much the hands add to the photo. The depth of

field is very strong in this photo also.

This is the second of my two "Selective Focus" photos. Originally,

there was a younger girl standing where my friend is standing in

the photo, but the girl moved away too quickly before I decided

that it would make a good photo. Having my friend instead in

the photo gave the photo more of an outcast kind of feel because

other teens are playing ninja as she just stands and stars.