Tag: Nikon

Raspberry Hot Dog Relish

I finally got to take some images of food yesterday! My friends the Ragsdales came over to grill hot dogs and try a few new recipes for hot dog relish. I chose a raspberry relish that I found from the Taste of Home magazine I subscribe to. It was fantastic!

Late night Lightening

Last night we had a small storm roll through which was producing some wicked lightening all throughout the sky. You would have thought it was the 4th of July with the display of lights in the sky. My husband had a friend from work over for casual drinks, so we

Early Summer Update!

Hello all- Its been quite some time since I’ve posted. I’ve been working hard trying to find a summer job which takes up  a good deal of my time. Chet and I are experiencing some financial issues which doesn’t allow for me to go out and buy all the ingredients

Advanced Color Portrait Assignment #5–Alien Bee (On Location)

Yesterday one of my former co-workers, Jamie Pickett was very generous with her time and posed for my newest Advanced Color Imaging assignment. This assignment’s goal was to use the photographic lighting equipment called Alien Bees. It was rather open ended aside from the lighting requirement. Spring is bursting into

Portrait Adventures with Tyler Dean King

Yesterday I went on a little photo excursion/lesson in the style of Tyler Dean King, a fellow photographer friend of mine. He is incredibly talented with portraits particularly with more editorial and fashion feel. I’ve been having quite a bit of issues with my own portraits so he offered to

Advanced Color Portrait Assignment #4–Couples Shoot

Over my spring break I drove 9.5 hours to my hometown Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin to spend time with my mom and grandparents. I drove all by my lonesome but the weather was beautiful so it was easy sailing. I wanted to make sure that I still was productive over break

A day with blueberries

I went shopping for prop supplies this weekend and picked up some really nice porcelain measuring cups with blue floral details along with some new linens. I thought they would look nice in a set about blueberry muffins and blueberries. Here are a few images from the shoot. I used

Advanced Color Portrait Assignment #1–Hollywood Lighting

Today I completed my Hollywood lighting assignment and boy does it feel good. My friend Lindsey Barnes was kind enough to take time out of her busy schedule to be my model, and my other friend Mary Williams also made time to be my hair and makeup stylist! We shot

More Hershey’s Bliss

I experimented more with some satins and the candy Hershey’s Bliss today and came up with a nice shot. The white chocolate flavor of the Hershey’s Bliss candies has a really elegant white wrapper so I wanted try photographing it against some ivory satin. I tried arranging the satin so

Winter Blues and Antique Blues

Hello all- I’ve been trying to practice using color to bring out small objects particularly in jewelry.  January has always been a month that reminded me of blues and whites so I decided to find some of my favorite unique jewelry that showcased blues and photograph them in a way

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