much ado about nothing

i went to the windfarm this week that is about 10 miles outside Abilene to take a few pictures for the Optimist. it was, however, extremely disconcerting as i took horrible pictures and it was miserably cold the day we went. for some reason, i had difficulty taking pictures that were worth anything to look at and was so depressed on the way back to school i could have cried. here is my best shot from those pictures.



my art photography is getting much better. i think i have chosen a theme so my portraits are more cohesive visually. what i'm going to do is take all of my portraits of people upside down but when you view them they will be right side up. this way i can get cool pictures of people with cooky hair or a funny expression. now if i could just figure out how to have extremely amazing lighting...
here are some portraits.




here is the address for the photojournalist Douglas Tesner. he has gotten some really neat pictures of snowy weather. i really like the way he uses angles to his advantage. nice.

black, white and red all over

we're doing portraits in art photography right now. i don't really have a lot of experience doing this type of work. but i've found i enjoy shooting in black and white rather than color when it comes to art because i can separate it my mind more easily. i can disappear behind my lens and become my camera, existing only to take a picture of my subject. black and white also shows more emotion seemingly.