Taken along the trail at Haverford College- so good to be home.

Thanksgiving in 5D

 For this assignment, I borrowed my friend's 5D camera and wide angle and macro lenses. So much fun shooting with such an awesome camera!

apple pie in the making 

the "before" shot.

one of the birds

what is thanksgiving without gravy?

23 people at one table, our new record!

Liquify Lesson

Tonight we learned how to use the 'liquify' tool in photoshop, so  I decided to turn my classmate into the Queen of Hearts.

Assignment: The Unseen

HP7

Finally! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Our nation's capitol

Assignment: ONE

time: magic hour
place: graveyard
idea: ground up

Champions!

I now present for the first time in history, the Catholic University Field Hockey team, ECAC champions!

Bicycle Race

Here's a fun video of my dad racing my cousin, Nils, on bike..

pizza box assignment

sunroof

Great quote i heard over the weekend from a friend's dad after we lost in the conference championship: "To compete is fun; the results go in a book but the team stays in your heart forever."

cotton candy clouds

Light and Shadow Assignment

la luz primera

la luz segunda

la sombra de la bicicleta

luz o sombra? no puedo decidir.

view from the library

Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Sadly, I didn't have any trick-or-treaters. Maybe that's because they would have needed a fob to get in my building.  Anyways, I hope everyone had a nice weekend and ate lots of candy!

Senior Day

Love my birds! 

Friday night lights!

http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/2010-11/releases/night_game_preview

Rules of Composition

Ten photographs to represent each of the ten rules of composition in photography:

rule #1: impact

rule # 2 : cropping (above is uncropped, below is cropped)

                                       

rule # 3: KISS (keep it simple, stupid)

rule #4: biggest, boldest, brightest!

rule # 6: leading lines

rule# 7: symmetry

rule #8: use of internal framing

rule #9: avoid mergers 

(I avoided having the Washington Monument emerge from Mom's head)

rule #10: room for logical movement

Mupload!

Mupload: short hand for 'mobile upload'

GO BIRDS!!

Halloween costume brainstorming... the winner goes to: 3 blind mice!

Here is some serious photoshop work- my dad sent me an e-mail with a bunch of these in them.

Rules of Composition

Soft leading lines make this picture a standout. Props to the pros.

                                                      Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita, National Geographic

POV edit

P.O.V

P.O.V

Attempting to upload pictures from the P.O.V. terrace Saturday night but I have poor internet connection at the library...will have to wait until later.

pumpkin season

found a little pumpkin patch in silver spring

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/jim-richardson-photography/

Great pictures on the national geographic website and an awesome section on tips from the National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson.

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/staffa-positioning-richardson/

Black and White Project

Here are a few shots that have been desaturated, dodged, and burned.

avocado.

squash.

wellies.

October

Fall has officially arrived- kicked it off with my first pumpkin spice latte of the season!

Beginning Black and White

harsh light + amateur burning and dodging

This is a photo I took over the summer of the Philadelphia skyline from across the Schuylkill River in Camden.   I adjusted the levels to make the sky less blue so that the sunset would be more dramatic.  My next project is figuring out how to remove the lamp posts from the parking lot I was standing in!

Desaturated Stones

In this picture I was practicing working with layers.  I created a layer using just the space outside of the water and then desaturated it, that is, took all of the color out of it so that the only color in the photo is in the water and the light reflecting in the water.

light work

Our assignment in class tonight was to take pictures of light.  I found a spider web along the fence outside the Basilica and played around with the image a little bit in photoshop. 

Takes on Cupcakes

Today is my roommate's birthday and when a special delivery from Georgetown Cupcake arrived I thought the delicious treats would make a great subject for the first assignment.

Clearly I need some more work.  It's a start, I suppose.