Week 11 - Shadows

Side-lighting and shadows are married, in my mind.  You can't have one without the other.   Down below, Grumpy Gannon, is demonstrating this for you.  Even his chin dimple has a shadow.

It makes my heart go pitter-pat when I come upon a scene like this.  I love it when my boys nicely play together.

I'm not sure where my Dad keeps finding all these skulls, but I like the contrast of light and dark and the lichen that seems to be covering the old bones.

Week 10 - Side Lighting

We've been working on side-lighting this week.  Here are a few of my attempts...

I can't decide if this picture with his one eye showing is kind of cool or kind of creepy. :)

And here is my Dad's beautiful horse, Knight.  Gorgeous side lighting!

Week 9 - Black and White

It's been awhile since I shot specifically with black and white in mind.  But this week, I was determined to try to get some pictures without faces.  This is definitely an area that I need to improve in and so I  took a whole slew of pictures of inanimate objects, most of which I deleted immediately after viewing because they were terrible.  I spared a few images from my deleting frenzy and I was grateful to find that my bland pictures became much more interesting when converted to black and white.

I posted this guitar picture a few weeks ago, but wanted to see what it looked like in black and white.  I think I like it better this way.

Here's my Dad's black and white.  Look at the texture of the fur and hay and I love the high contrast of the cow's face.

Week 8 - Red

In honor of Valentine's Day, this week's theme is red.  My Dad's first response was, "It doesn't have to be all lovey-dovey, does it?"  I told him not to panic, it could be whatever his little heart desired.

Here is my little Valentine...

 Pucker up, Valentine.

Here's my Dad's photo for the week.  I love the richness of  red on this chicken's comb.  You can even see the catchlights in her eye.  You get double points, Dad!

Week 7 - Catchlights

We are only at week 7 and my boys are already tired of me photographing their every move.  Being the giver that I am, I decided to give them a break this week and instead recruited a few of my friend's children as guinea pigs.  And what an adorable bunch of guinea pigs they are! These cute sisters sat so patiently while I turned them "a little bit this way and a little bit that way", to try and catch the light just right.

I was lucky to be able to babysit this angel baby last week.

And my sweet, dependable Finley.  When all else fails, I know I can snap a few pictures of him and he won't mind.

My Dad was able to capture incredible detail reflected in his horse's eye. Awesome catchlight!  

Week 6 - Perspective

Perspective...seeing things in a different way.  Here are my attempts for this week.

 

 

 The happy party goer...

 And the party pooper.  (What?! He poops at parties?!) Heidi will get this reference. ;)

 

Little toes.

 

 Nothing beats a good book!

All the blood is rushing to his head.  He's a few seconds away from passing out, the dare devil.

Week 5 - Leading Lines

The inversion that has settled over the Salt Lake Valley has reminded me why I hate January in Utah.  A dirty gray blanket of smog has been hanging overhead for the past week, making taking a pretty picture a challenge.  So I tried a few inside with my guitar.

 

On a relatively clear day, I shot this bridge.   The shadows from the bridge add to the leading lines.

 I went back in the evening to try shooting in a softer light.

 

Not only was the air dirty, but Bridger himself had been playing in dirt, which added to the authentic earthy feel I was going for. ;)

My Dad had some great shots this week.  I think my favorite is this image from the inside of his barn.  The winter scene outside the window looks surreal.

This is one of my favorite views of Ontario.

I love the green pop of color from the barn in the otherwise white surroundings.

I like how the tree's reflection leads your eye up to the actual tree and back again.  Nice job, Dad!