Chelsea's Maternity Shoot

Well, I am posting these pictures with excitement mixed with confusion and frustration. The shoot it's self was a lot of fun! Chelsea was great and patient with me; and as you can see she is amazingly photogenic. She was sweet to offer for me to come back again before Jonah is born to practice some more; and after for a mother son shoot. Can't wait. Thanks Chels.

I tried to worked on my composition and poses. The frustration came with the editing. I still don't really know what I am doing in Photoshop Elements. So what you see is me just playing around and hoping I do something right. Although, through this trial and error, I think I am learning; bit by bit.

I did utilize the Elements Tutorial under the Help menu. There are several videos there that explain different features and tools. It was some help with navigating. I haven't made my way through them all yet. I hope to soon.

So here are the pictures. Any of you Pros and Amateurs out there please feel free to give me feedback. good bad and ugly...that's the only way I will learn and grow.

My Photography Journey Continues,
Kim

Maternity Shoot Postponed

Hi all,

Well, the Maternity shoot had to be postponed due to scheduling issues. So we are shooting for next Monday.

This gives me time to plan and research more. As a result of my last post, a photographer friend gave me a resource to check out that has been helpful to him. I am going to definitely check it out. Since I am concerned about the lighting and my lack of...he suggested I start with the Lighting 101 section and complete all the assignments. Thanks for the tips Brian!!

I also take "classes" from the Michael's Photography School online. He give brief classes via video and has assignments you can do to practice the different areas he covers.

One more resource I have used is FontanaKnowledge. He posts his videos to YouTube to help us newbies out there with the different areas of photography.

Looking forward to my maternity photo shoot...but if there is anyone out there that wants to let me take their picture or your kids picture let me know.

Thanks for reading,

Kim

First Maternity Shoot

Hi all,

Well tomorrow I'm attempting my first maternity shoot, thanks to a willing friend willing to be my guinea pig/model. I did some posted a question on www.thephotoforum.com asking tips. I received one reply and he said :

1. plan my shoot
2. good lighting

I planned it by getting composition and pose ideas from other photographers maternity pictures.

The lighting I am a little concerned about because right now I just have a camera with the built in flash. It doesn't always provide me with the right light I need.

A flash in definitely the next thing I would like to get; after that would be a zoom lens.

Nevertheless, I plan doing part of the shoot outside to take advantage of the natural light.

With my friends permission, there will be a sneak peek.

stay tuned,

Kim

Welcome

Welcome to My Expedition into Photography.

My God has given me such a heart and passion for photography. Therefore, I will be taking you all along on my journey of ups and downs; and joys and frustrations, to becoming a (Lord willing) professional photographer.

I have loved photography for as long as I can remember. There's something so precious about capturing those priceless moments in time that slip by so fast.

So far on my Expedition I have gone through several point and shoots until finally I saved up to purchase a "starter" D-SLR; a Nikon D70. I bought this last year and have been shooting my heart out. My youngest son knows it well. His name for my camera is "CHEESE".

Just recently I purchased Photoshop Elements 8.

To say the least I am still in the learning process with both my camera and the software. I have been asking a lot of questions of professional and have received great feed back and advice.

I have recently joined The Photo Forum...which right not is pretty confusing for me to navigate, but I will keep going back to it and try to figure it out. I am told that that is a great place to post my pictures to get other photographer's feedback and comments. Once I figure it out I will be grateful for any help and feedback.

If there are any Photographer that stumble upon this blog of mine...your comments, criticisms and complements are welcome.

stay tuned for my of my Expedition!

My boys and my friend!