Capturing motion

This week's assignment for our Digital Photo 1 class was to capture motion and play around with various effects using aperture, shutter speed and ISO. For example, one may desire to blur motion or alternatively, crisply capture a pose, which is only held for a fraction of a second. I took some shots of Lynn doing yoga for my assignment. The shots are pretty mediocre, but Lynn is amazing!!

The proud owner of a new iMac

I got a new toy this weekend: a new iMac, 27-inch screen. I've used a PC all my life, but now that I'm starting to play around more with photography, I figured I might as well make the jump to Mac. The shopping and out-of-the-box experiences were pretty amazing. These are guys are good. Maybe it's time to trade in my Blackberry for an iPhone :-)

M

Who moved my cake?

One of our creative assignments was to take a common object and shoot it in unusual places. I chose a $5 Safeway cake, which I drove around the city to look for good locations. Here are a few of the shots. My favorite is the bench shot. What's yours? M

Sleepless in Seattle

A slow shutter exposure of I-5, with the Amazon building in the back. Took it on Sunday.

Back to school!

Well, that's it: I guess I couldn't stay away from the classroom for too long. Now that the more intellectually ambitious goals are accomplished (well, one can question how intellectually ambitious an MBA actually is), it's time to do something more fun & creative.

Thanks to Tatko, I'm now enrolled in photography classes! I had my first class tonight, 6-10pm. It's Black & White Photography I and tomorrow I have Digital Photography I. If I stick out with this program, in 5 years, I'll have a certificate degree from one of the premier photography centers in the country. It's a big commitment, so I'm taking it one class at the time for the moment, and I'm absolutely thrilled!

I love how hands-on the program is. In our first class, we were back in dark room messing around with exposure and developing prints. For next Monday, my assignment is to shoot a whole role of B&W film and produce 3 photograms.

While on the topic of photography, I can't help but call out a local photography genius: Chrissie White. I believe she's ~16, but I find her photographs simply mesmerizing! How can someone less than half my age produce such amazing shots?! Depressing. Inspiring. When I grow up, I want to be like Chrissie. Her stuff is here: http://chrissiewhite.com/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettypony/.

M

First day at work!

Misho, all the best for your first day in your new job. I'm sure you're super thrilled and this will be a great experience for you. I hope it's all that you wished for and more.

I was going to say "break a leg", but you already did ;-) (sorry, bad joke).

Love,
Miki

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The model

Here's a professional picture of Tiger, taken by his breeder. When we went to Mexico during the X'mas break, Tiger was sent to "camp" with his breeder, who has about 10 other whippets, including Tiger's mom, grandma and brother. The breeder is also a photographer and he found Tiger to be an excellent model ;-)