Wednesday Workshop!

There is no theme this week. But, please try to use something shimmery or sparkly, or something related to it!

Please edit this picture and post it back on my blog! You can use

• www.picnik.com
• www.blingee.com
• www.glitter-fly.com

Any of those will work. Have fun!

Monday Madness!

Monday Madness for today?

A picture of you and a painted(or drawn, sketched, sculpted, etc.) animal!

Like always, paste it to my blog!

Have fun!

Frenzy Friday!

Do you remember when you were just a little kid? Do you remember how you looked? Do you remember when you had no cares in the world? I know I do.

This week's Frenzy Friday, see if you can find a picture of yourself when you were little, and post it to my blog! This isn't really being creative with your skills as a photographer, just to bring back memories of your carefree days.

If you don't have any pictures of you as a child, you can post one from your school days, or something like that. Just so you can remember the days.

Have fun, and stay young!

Nikon D7000: Impossible to Find?

So, I just found this article about a Nikon D7000 digital camera. It tells all about the camera, and how it's hard to find.

The camera, itself, is around $1,200. Now that's an expensive camera!

"A professional feel and features make the ultra-capable Nikon D7000 one of the hardest cameras to find on the market today, for good reason.", says the article.

I've posted the link to the article if you'd like to read about it.

http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/564/nikon-d7000-review/

(Please be aware: The pictures in this post were not taken by me, they're pictures from the article. Thank-you.)

SD Memory Cards made Easy

The 'SD' in 'SD Memory Card' stands for Storage Device. SD Cards can hold pictures and movies, depending on the available space and GB(gigabyte) size.

It stores your pictures and videos until you upload them to a PC or laptop. You can also use an SD Card to develop your pictures. All you do is go into any Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVSPharmacy, etc., and put the SD Card into a machine and choose the pictures you want printed out.

This, alone, shows how far our technology for photography has come. From film, to dark rooms, to simple, little cards.

How's that for technology?

Wednesday Workshop!

Yes, today is Wednesday. That can only mean one thing.. Wednesday Workshop!

This week's Wednesday Workshop has to do with a LOT of photoshop!

Use the software I referred to you yesterday for the PC. ( www.picnik.com ) Edit a picture of yourself dressed formally and post it on my blog!

<-- This picture was edited using picnik.com

If you aren't liable to use a PC, you can refer to the iPod Touch app I talked about yesterday, as well. (PhotoStudio) Edit the same general theme and post it to my blog!

This picture was made using the PhotoStudio app for iPod Touch -->

Have fun!

Try this Photoshop Software!

If you don't have an iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad to use the app in my last post, try this PC version of photoshop!

Go to http://www.picnik.com/ to try it free now! You can buy it to use other cool effects, but you don't have to.

It works great! You can add text, effects, crop, borders/frames, etc.!

Try this Photoshop App!

If you have an iPod Touch, try using this photoshop app and tell me what you think about it!

It's called PhotoStudio and it's free. Go ahead and download it and see if you like it!

Have fun!

Monday Madness!

Today, take a picture of your younger sibling(s) outside playing or posing!

(If you don't have a younger sibling, take a picture of a niece/nephew, etc.)

After you have done that, post it to my blog!

Have fun and be safe!

Frenzy Friday!

Today, go out and take a picture of something you think is cool!

It doesn't matter what it is, just as long as you keep it appropriate, or at least PG.

After you have taken your picture, post it to my blog post!

Hope you all have fun!

Online Schools

Say you don't want to go to a campus college. For personal reasons, or you don't want to leave home, or you have a child and the school you want doesn't have a child care program. Maybe you're an adult wanting to go back to school to earn a degree. Whatever the reason, you can always check out schools online.
Some online schools, as well as the links to their website, that you can look in to if you're interested are:

• Acamdemy of Art University, online.academyart.edu/schools/photography/
• The Art Institue Online, aionline.edu/Photography

You can also go to google and type in "online photography schools" and it will give you a website that you can search your general area and request information.

I, myself, am trying to take an online course through the College of Lake County(CLC, Illinois). So far, I've only been able to apply for on-campus education.

I hope you will be able to find a school, on-campus or online, that you like!

Wednesday Workshop!

Today's Wednesday Workshop theme is St. Patricks Day!

Take a picture and edit it to fit today's theme, then post it on my blog!

Have fun and be original!

Campus?

If you want to obtain a future career in photography, you do have to go to school for it. Whether it be on campus, or even online, you need to get the education you need. There are many different colleges for photography, but choosing can be challenging. There are several campus' you can attend, such as:

• SAA(School of Advertising Art, located in Columbus, OH)
• Academy of Art University(located in San Francisco, CA)
• The Arts Institute(multiple locations)

You can also take classes online, but I'll talk about that in the near future. Please, feel free to look up other On-Campus colleges that you find and post them on my blog!

Monday Madness!

Today's Monday Madness is a picture that you took, either at school or at work, and post it on my blog!

This one I took of my boyfriend during our 5th period class. He wasn't aware I was taking a picture, but I think it looks nice.

Have fun!

Frenzy Friday!

Today's Frenzy Friday is to go out and take a picture of your significant other, brother, etc., edit it, and post it to my blog!

I chose to edit a picture of my boyfriend.

Be creative! Have fun!

Cameras

With the many different types of cameras out there, how do you know which one to choose? What brand is best? Where can I find a camera? How much do they cost?

Questions most, or all, photographers ask at some point in time during their career. The answers aren't complicated, though they can be mind-dwelling at times.

There are MULTIPLE different types of cameras out there, and when you're choosing a camera, it can be kind of difficult sometimes. When you're choosing a digital camera, and you're wanting to know what to choose, choose the one that's most comfortable in your hands. That you know and understand how to use it.

What brand is best? Well, that's totally up to you! There is no good or bad brand. You may perfer Kodak when I would rather have Conan. You should always choose a brand where you can trust the company and trust that you'll always get the best outcome from your photos.

You can usually find a good digital camera in Wal-Mart, Kmart, Best Buy. Any place that sells electronics, you can usually find a nice digital camera. Costs of the cameras may vary depending on the brand, store, and the quality camera.

Wednesday Workshop!

Today's the first Wednesday Workshop! This means that it's time for you to edit the photo I have posted at the top!

This photo is still the same theme from Monday Madness, 'Teamwork'.

You may need to fix the brightness, contrast, hue, resolution. Maybe even crop the photo. You can add things to it such as icons, words, stickers, etc.

So, be creative, have fun, and enjoy!

Inspirational Quotes

Quotes by some great photographers help me keep my inspiration alive when taking pictures. Maybe they can help inspire you, too.

• "There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are." - Ernst Haas

"A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how will we ever recognize it?" - Ernst Haas

• "With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will." - Ernst Hass

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything." - Aaron Siskind

A quote that I came up with on my own, Anyone can take a picture, but it takes a true photographer to turn it into something magical.

Photoshop Software

Photoshop is when you edit a photos contrast, hue, saturation, or brightness. You may even add text, or maybe different color effects. You may move an object of the photo, straighten it, or crop.
There are many different ways to use photoshop. As are there different software's.

Adobe Photoshop is, in my opinion, the best desktop software when it comes to photoshop.

There are great software programs for iPod, iPad, and/or iPhone.

• PhotoStudio (Free)



• TypeDrawing (Free)



• iRetouch Free (Free)



• PS Express (Free)



• Picture Effect Magic (Free)

There are plenty more, but those are some of the ones I would recomend.

Monday Madness!

Today's Monday! That means it's time for the FIRST Monday Madness!

Remember the theme? Teamwork!

Take a photo of your friends, kids, or spouse/family doing something to help others!

Have fun, and be creative!

Next Week's Challenges

Next weeks Monday Madness challenge theme is "Team Work".
-Use your photography skills to capture your friends, family, kids, etc., doing something to help someone else. Then, post it on the Monday Madness post next week.

Next weeks Wednesday Workshop theme is "Team Work" as well.
-Use your editing skills to either:
>Fix the contrast
>Add effects
>Add words
>Flip, rotate, crop
Or anything else you can come up with!

Have fun and be creative!

First Frenzy Friday!

Today is Friday! And, it's the FIRST Frenzy Friday! As I posted yesterday, take a group picture with your friends, or just your best friend, and post it on my blog!

Be sure to be creatvie and have fun! Hope to see awesome photos from you all soon!

Frenzy Friday!

Tomorrow is Friday! So that only means it's time for Frenzy Friday!

Time to go out and take a picture with your best friend, or maybe with a group of friends!

Then post it on my blog. Be sure to be as creative with your friends as possible! Have fun and don't forget to laugh!

Things to Expect

I will be having a couple activity days during the week to have fun and help you express your creativity. The way you will be able to recognize these days by Monday Madness and Wednesday Workshop. They will be weekly occurrences.

Here's a brief description of the activities:

-Monday Madness: This is all about having fun. Each Monday I will have a theme for you. You will be able to take your own photo based on the theme of that day, and post it on my blog for others to see. This won't be a competition, just something for fun and express yourself. This will allow you to prepare a photo for that challenge.

-Wendesday Workshop: This is all for creativity. I will post a photo on Wednesday, and you will be able to take that specific photo and edit it according to that Wednesday Workshop theme. After you have edited the photo, you will then post it on my blog for others, and myself, to view it. Again, this is all about having fun and is not a challenge.

-Frenzy Friday: This is when I tell you the day before the challenge who or what to take a picture of, and you post it on my blog. It's really fun, and you should always be creative!

I will post the challenge themes together the Thursday prior to the next challenge days. This will allow you to prepare yourself for the challenge. Remember, have fun and be creative with them!

Photography Fields

With the multiple types of photography fields, choose the one that works for you. The one that fits your specific style of photography.

Some of the many fields are;
-Portrait
-Nature
-Studio
-Self-Portrait
-Wedding
-Yearbook

There are many different types of fields in photography. Some of the most common types are portrait and nature. You should pick the field that you're most confident in and enjoy doing. That's when you'll have the most success in your photos. I will talk more about each individual field in other postings.