day 40: seniors!

well, technically only one senior. that's right, i did my very first senior portrait session (unless, of course, you count my own senior pictures. hello, fake tripod made of three books and an old tissue box)! cody was awesome! he was up for anything, and he even laughed at my cheesy jokes! gotta' love it.

Spotlight

I don't normally do the spotlight on pictures because it cuts out too much for my liking. But this picture was different. I wanted to focus the viewer's attention on the subject of the lighthouse, without all of the landscape in between the lens and the lighthouse distracting them. I hope you like it.

adventure, part 2

another shot from fort Williams park today. i thought this one was interesting, and originally, it was all color, but i wanted to highlight the beauty in ruins. a midst the crumbling graffiti-ified walls, shoots of budding leaves spring. nature eventually takes over. i don't know if i captured it exactly the way you would, but i'm happy with this shot.

Let's Talk About...

old times. Whenever I go to Portland Head Light, in Cape Elizabeth, ME, I think back to a time a long time ago. I think I was about six or seven. I don't remember, and that's not important. I remember visiting the famous light house with my family, right at sundown, in summer, when the golden light hits, just so. Maybe it's my memory that has turned it golden, maybe it was actually that color, who knows. I remember the green grass and Frisbee. I remember envying the kid in front of me, with light up sneakers (you remember those? When you stepped a bunch of red lights flickered. I never got a pair, but I was so jealous of the kids that got them. But then again, my pink Velcro sneakers were pretty awesome). Ahhh....the things you remember. Anyhow. I thought I would pay a visit there soon. Until then, here's a photo I snapped the time before last that I was there, in December 2010. I was going through some old pictures and was struck with nostalgia for the place.

I Really Couldn't Help Posting Twice!

Remember that post where I said I don't post as much as I want to? (Anyone, anyone?....)

TODAY I DISCOVERED THE HISTORY BRUSH TOOL ON PHOTOSHOP AND I CAN'T STOP. Don't laugh at me for just realizing it was there. I'm an amateur and I'll be the first to admit it. Anywho. Like I said, I can't stop. I've been thumbing through a bunch of oldies but goodies and history brushing them. TO PERFECTION :) okay, maybe not perfection, but I'm going to sound super conceited when I say this, but this picture kinda took my breath away when I sat back and looked at it.

It's Portland Head Light, and I'm pretty sure I've posted it here before...