Resolution - water drops!

Friday, 20Jan2012

I'm posting these as part of a monthly photography challenge called MCP Project 12.

  These water drops show my resolutions of :  

what happens when the water drops (very appropriate during our non-stop heavy rains), 

trying new things with my photography this year,

taking more photos for me,

using my macro lens and 

learning more about off camera lighting

 (here I used a continuous source instead of my new flash, which will give me an excuse to try this again),

Check this tutorial which includes some awesome videos of water drops.  

Rule of Thirds

Wednesday, 18Jan2012

I was thinking I should use some great photo for the Rule of Thirds assignment, but I got tired of looking decided to use something recent and amusing.

Here is the before.  I wasn't really thinking about composition, but concentrating on focusing the "eyes" and how my new flash was working.  

Here is the after.  I put her "eyes" on the top horizontal third, the right eye on the right vertical third and the space on the left takes up about a third.  

OK, if anyone can guess what these the "eyes" are, I'll send you a free note card of  your choice.  

Hint: The two halves used to be one.