Camping trip : summer 2013

      This August I got to go on a short trip with a couple of fellow photography students. I don't get to go on many photo trips to the woods like this, so I was pretty excited. I began to try and think of the type of photos that I would be looking for. The above photo is an example of "flowing water". I wanted to try and take some long shutter speed to make the water look, I don't know how to say it, but, "misty"? I succeeded a little, but I feel I needed a filter to cut some of the light to get the shutter speed I want. In short, it was to bright out. I wanted to try these water shoots to try and visably make time slow down. It seems our lives are moving so quickly that we forget to stop and see the beauty around us and how beautiful thing are when you slow down.


   







 Well, I know what your saying, "This isn't nature!" Maybe not in
the typical sense, but, This is an old water turbine, placed out in front
of a dam we stopped at. This is one of man's ways of controlling
nature (for a time) for his own purpose. That's sort of nature like...
besides, their pretty cool

     "Out of Place" We all feel like that in our own life's sometimes. I know I do. Sometime I feel like this little dried out leave. But sometimes I forget that like this leave, I have a lot of other leaves supporting me. And I am lucky, very lucky to have my support group. My family, and the people I work with, all who I think of as my friends.





    "Light from Above"  Biblical refrance, maybe. Teacher refrance, maybe. work refrance, maybe. Just remember, light coming from above, for the most part, lights your way. Try not to block it.

JULIA

 
    If you've been following my blog, you'll recognize Julia. Here are some more from our latest shoot. I would like to congratulate her on her recent promotion at work. It is well deserved and she will do great! Thanks Julia! (once again)

Ehea and Theresa. Love = Love

     So a few weeks ago, I had the chance to photograph Ehea, who is a girl that I worked with at the Olive Garden. She is a beautiful girl, with a unique look Short, spikey hair, awesome tattoos and pretty buff. But she also has a very pretty face and a great smile. She also just has a graceful attitude and is just fun to be around...I can see why her girlfriend fell in love with her.

      Yes, Ehea is a lesbian and she is my friend. When she agreed to a photo shoot, I said bring Theresa and we'll take some couple photos. And I got some great photos of them. And now, as I edit these photos, I don't see a lesbian couple, I just see two people that love each other and really enjoy each other's company...and I'm proud to have had the chance to capture that.

       

Bump, Set, Spike

     Work is tough. Restaurant work is brutal. So, every Saturday or Sunday during the summer, (almost every Saturday or Sunday) the employees and their friends,  of Churchill's get together and play volleyball.  There is no front of the house or back of the house. Just team 1 and team 2. Some people just play one game, some play in every game and some don't play at all, they just visit. Some bring their dogs. It's kind of like a dog circus on some days.

       Sometimes, The play is really good and sometimes it's questionable, but everyone has a good time. It is a good time to relax and remember that everyone is just trying to survive in this crazy life, and business, and although sometimes at work, it seems as though we just hate one another, we really don't, because after all, it's just steak. ( A really, really great steak!!)