Texture Assignment

Just finished up an assignment dealing with texture in my Intro to Studio Lighting class this week. I grabbed a potted plant that the Elders Quorum gave to Kate for Mother's day and some potting soil for my shots. A fellow class mate had brought some wood for his shots and I asked if I could use it for mine. He said yes and the shots turned out better than I thought they would.


This photo and the one below are dealing with our artistic interpretation of shadow. So which should I turn in the one above with a soft shadow or the one below with a very sharp hard shadow.

Having some Fun!

One of my recent assignments at school was to use a Holga camera. They are a cheap plastic camera. They make some interesting looking photographs though. These photos weren't done with the Holga instead they were done with my digital SLR during the same shoot that I was using the Holga. (If possible I will try to scan some of the Holga prints I made) I liked using the Holga because there weren't too many technical things you could control while using it. That cleared things up to where I only really needed to think about composition. It wound being a really fun evening and I can't wait to go out and try some other ideas I still have for the Holga!