Prairie Lady's Photography - Homeschool Blogger

My First Session Order

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:44:00 -0600

I had fun with it.

2nd Session with my first baby

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:00 -0600

Can she be any more gorgeous!

First Newborn Sneak Peak

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:36:00 -0600

Thank you Nichole for the honor of capturing your family.

You Capture/Your Choice

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:18:00 -0600

I decided to get some pictures of my youngest in her new sweater and hat (see craft section for patterns and more photos) and also got 2 of my girls together.

See more You Capture at Beths.

Happy 89th Birthday Granny!!!

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:17:00 -0600

It was wonderful to spend the day with you.

First non Family Photo Shoot with my new Backgrounds!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:06:00 -0500

A Friend allowed me to practice on her son.
And we did a shoot. Then I wasn't happy with the results and did it again today.
I am so very glad we re took the photos. I love the results from the second session!

Oops forgot to say...
These are NOT SOOC. I did a little bit of curves adjusting. And they are 100% natural light.

And just for comparison here are a couple from the first session...

Got in my Background Stand

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:54:00 -0500

But it was the darkest day possible...
Took a lot of editing to get it this good. But I still think the colors are still off.

Childhood...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:23:00 -0500

You Capture/Technology-Farmers Sunset

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:47:00 -0500

We have a farmer who is helping us maintain our field since we don't have the equipment. Had some fun capturing them. Isn't it amazing how quickly a farmer can prepare a field now. Just imagine how long it would have taken with a horse and plow.

To see more captures head over to Beth's.

My first Maternity Shoot (Practice)

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:09:00 -0500

It was to sunny but I think they came out ok for a quick 5 minute shoot.
This is one of my dearest and best friends who is expecting her 6th. Doesn't she look absolutely beautiful!!! Can you believe she is almost 40?

Also tried converting to black and white and sephia.

Watching the Rain

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:54:00 -0500

SOOC :)

You Capture/ Red

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:34:00 -0500

When I saw the assignment red I thought of tomatoes, sunset, poison ivy leaves, but then I remembered my babies new wardrobe with lots of red outfits! So it was time for a photo shoot!

And I realize this isn't red, but pink is just red with a little bit of white. :)

You Capture/Fall

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:29:00 -0500

The trees are barely changing color in Kansas yet. I have no fall decorations up. But then I remembered my little patch of Golden Rod near our field. So I decided to go during the twilight hour and see if I could get anything.

Getting covered from the waist down in 100's of stickers....
Definetely Worth it!

You Capture/Macro

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:36:00 -0500

This is a clock that my oldest son is making. It is very close to being done, but it doesn't stay running quite yet. But I love it's look and the shadows it casts. I tried to use my reversing ring but you basically have to have hign noon sun to get any kind of photos with it. And I had time to take the pictures at night.
I used my 50 mm and then cropped in in Photo Impact.

And here's a full view.
Go see what everyone else posted for their Captures at Beths.

Space Cameras

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:46:00 -0500

If I remember correctly this is the camera that took the photos on the moon.

And these were used for different missions in space.
Sorry for the bad pictures. My dd was trying to eat the camera when I took them. LOL

And the Winners are...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:22:00 -0500

2nd Place in 1st year Knitting for her Rhino. Plus she entered a knitted apron.

Here are better images

And Third Place for Black and White Portrait by my ds 13

And here are the Entries that didn't win. It was fun to enter.

DS 13

Ds10

Dd 8

DS 5

You Capture/ Something you have never captured

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:27:00 -0500

Well I am a bit embarrased to say I have not known how to use the light meter on my camera. I have been shooting in manuel for months but was totally doing exposure by eye. I would take a picture, check it on the screen and then change settings accordingly.
Well this week I am working on reading Bryan Peterson's book on Understanding Exposure and this is the challenge he had for us.
Taking the same picture at different apertures and setting the lighting with the meter.
I used a tripod for this experiment. (I will add my settings later after supper)

To see what everyone else comes up with go to Beth's site.

I just couldn't resist...

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:04:00 -0500

PP got her first pair of shoes. Plus a fluffy skirt.

FREE Photography class and Photoshop classes available

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:29:00 -0500

Creative Techs is offering a 6 month free Photoshop class. Check it out!

Here is a tentative schedule for the Photoshop class.

Course I - Photoshop Fundamentals
Sep 3 - Basics
Sep 10 - Layers
Sep 17 - Selections
Sep 24 - Masks
Oct 1 - Pen Tool

Course 2 - Color Correction
Oct 8 - Advanced Selections
Oct 15 - Color Correction pt1
Oct 22 - Color Correction pt2
Oct 24 - Cloning Basics
Nov 5 - Final Touches

Course 3 - Photoshop Fun
Nov 12 - Scrapbooking Techniques
Nov 19 - Brushes
Dec 3 - Layer Effects
Dec 10 - To Be Announced
Dec 17 - To Be Announced

Course 4 - Advanced Retouching
Jan 7 - Advanced Cloning Techniques
Jan 14 - Retouching Skin
Jan 21 - Retouching Hair
Feb 4 - Retouching Landscapes
Feb 11 - Repairing Digital Anomalies

Course 5 - To Be Announced!
Feb 25 - TBA
Mar 4 - TBA
Mar 11 - TBA
Mar 18 - TBA
Mar 25 - TBA

They are also offering a 10 week FREE Digital Photography class. Find it here.

Here is the tentative schedule for this class.

Week 1, Sep 2 - Introduction
Week 2, Sep 9 - Digital Cameras
Week 3, Sep 16 - Lenses
Week 4, Sep 23 - Exposure I
Week 5, Sep 30 - Exposure II
Week 6, Oct 7 - Focus
Week 7, Oct 14 - Aesthetics I
Week 8, Oct 21 - Aesthetics II
Week 9, Oct 28 - The Gadget Bag
Week 10, Nov 4 - Full Exposure

You Capture/Old Signs, Done by my ds 13

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:01:00 -0500

My ds who is 13, wanted in on the challenge also. So we took turns. All SOOC.

Not sure if this is really old or not, but it looked old.
Go see more You Capture Signs at Beth's.