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Saturday Adventure

1/15/2013

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Some days are made for laundry, some for movies and others for adventures and exploring. When I was a kid those days meant finding the nearest creek and playing in it for hours, building a fort in the woods and keeping the boys out while playing barbies in our “castle” made of sheets, tree limbs and filled with leaves, peanut butter sandwiches and juice boxes. Now that I am older these adventure days start with a full tank of gas, camera at hand, either an energy drink or large coffee at my side and super stylish sunglasses (of course).

On Saturday my mother and I took a trip out to White Plains, Ga. to visit an old friend of my mom’s, Diane and J.J., and take her a dog, Shadow, that found his way into mine and my roommates’ life but unfortunately we couldn’t keep. Diane and J.J. were thrilled to add a new member to their family as my mom and I thoroughly enjoyed the one hour drive out there into the middle of absolutely nowhere.

I get so caught up in the city life that sometimes I forget to enjoy the simpler joys of life, the land of no lights, fireflies at night, music as loud as you want (because no neighbors are around to hear it) and lots of lemonade to sip on.

As we embarked on this journey we thought we would not really enjoy the ride of nothingness until we stumbled upon a sign on the road that stated, “Historic Covered Bridge, Next Right,” this threw my mother and I into a hysterical frenzy because we absolutely love those kinds of things. As we pulled up to the bridge I became so giddy, like an eight year old school girl who has a crush on the cute boy in class. After being honked at by a car to move my butt out of the way these are some shots I came up with:

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As we passed through pastures, dairy farms, small towns and tiny churches I kept telling my mom I had to stop on the way home to take a picture of all this stuff. Unfortunately we never had that opportunity because we ended up staying at Diane and J.J.’s until it was dark out. I promised myself though that I am going to go back and get the amazing shots I have mapped out in my head.

While at Diane and J.J.’s we had a fabulous time catching up, laughing at my bad jokes, eating delicious BBQ and my all-time favorite activity of shooting guns! That’s right, I can shoot and pretty darn good at that. Here is a gallery of photos I took of my mother and ones she shot of me as well:

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Somewhere over the Railing

1/11/2013

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Cats are all over the internet, why you ask, because they are hilarious. Yes, I am going to be one of THOSE people that will write an entire blog post dedicated to the hilarity of my cat. I have had my furball for about 16 years. He is very old but the vet says very healthy, considering he is made up of twenty three pounds of cuddly, jiggly and fatty fluff. He used to be an outdoor cat, able to run about the yard (and neighborhood) terrorizing the birds, butterflies and grasshoppers that dared to enter his territory. He became an indoor car when I moved to college; he was packed up, memories and all and moved an hour away to “Dawg Country,” but this did not phase him one bit. It was about a year later that I noticed he started longingly staring at the back porch door while making his big green eyes look larger and more sad than they already were. I started letting Peanut, his name, outside onto my second floor balcony and would watch as he poked his head out as far as he could get it to fit (his body wouldn’t fit due to his large lard of a body) and stare at the birds, the grass, the people walking by. If he could talk I knew that he would be cursing my way for not letting him roam free.

Tonight, I caught him out by the railing of my new townhouse, second floor as well, looking just as sad as he had for years. He probably thinks he will never roll in grass again; he definitely plots his revenge on me while I am sleeping. As I laughed in his sympathy I started singing to myself (is out loud still considered to yourself?) a remixed version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and here it goes…

Somewhereeeeeeeee over the railing,
Way down there,
there’s a land that I dream of,
Once when they didn’t care.

Somewhereeeeeeeee over the railing,
Skies are blue.
And the dreams that I dare to dream,
Really won’t come true.

I always wish upon the stars,
To wake up where the clouds are far
Aboveeeeee meeeeeeee.
My troubles never leave me here
The birds are always chirping near
but I can’ttttttttttt catchhhhhhh themmmmm.

Somewhereeeeeeeee over the railing,
The grass is green.
You can roll allllllll in it,
Why, ohhhhh, why can’t me?

And there you have it, my remix made for my cat. All rights reserved to Peanut, the fat cat (as my roommate calls him).
Goodnight and sleep safe, a cat near you could be plotting their revenge as all.
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Dwarf House

1/9/2013

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The sun rises over the building tops on this crisp Wednesday morning – pause, sounds like a pretty good morning right? You’re wrong, at least I would have told you that you were wrong until my mother pulled me out of my warm, cuddly bed at the crack of dawn to start the hunt in this fierce world for a job.

She bribed me this morning with the sweet words of Chick-fil-a, as soon as she mentioned it I was up, out of bed and dressed. As we headed to the glorious land of chicken biscuits I pondered the thought of, “Wouldn’t it be nice if I could have an actual breakfast with my chicken biscuit?” Hallelujah the heavens opened up and she brought me to the Dwarf House!

Did you know that the Chick-fil-a Dwarf Houses have a sit down restaurant equipped with a full menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner? This was a major breakthrough for me- new favorite breakfast spot and did I mention they have FREE WIFI! My breakfast included a chicken biscuit, two eggs, grits, crisp and refreshing orange juice with a side of hunky man meat as our service. This made for a great morning!

This bring me to where I am now, writing this post while sipping on my vitamins (OJ) and announcing a new website design and an updated portfolio. Be sure to check out the new website and leave some feedback on what you think. I can’t wait for what the future holds!

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Sunset Lighting

1/8/2013

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Finding the right time of the day to shoot can be troublesome for beginner shooters. I for one love shooting on overcast days and at sunset (but who doesn't love sunset). When shooting it is always important to find the light in your photos and to make sure that the light you are using portrays the right kind of mind you are wanting your photos to have. Sunsets can also be tricky because the light is super golden and can make your subject look too yellow. The image to the left was taken in an open field near my house. I made sure to face the subject towards the light because I wanted dramatic, in your face (literally) framing her body.
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Other ways to work with sunset lighting is by using the light to fill the air around the subject. With this usage of light you can expose the camera to the subject and have a halo-like effect around your subject. If you at all good at photoshop you can darken the edges of the frame and lighten the subject to create a photo like the one to the right.
To finish off this post I will leave you with an image that was captured at the end of our shoot as the sun was actually setting. This image is one of my favorite because it completely caught the subject off guard as she had no idea it was being taken. Brittany, the subject, is full of energy and it showed throughout her pictures. Having a subject who enjoys life and loves to show it makes for wonderful photos. Seeing life through a lens and showing it to the world is my greatest accomplish and my greatest fear- I am learning everyday and love sharing my advice with you, isn't that what the older generations are for?

xoxo - KC
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