(and good golly molly, do I feel the time change this morning.....just sayin')
As I mentioned last evening, my sister-in-law and I went for a two person field trip around our local downtown last evening. It was SO fun - definitely something to have a partner for. I've thought many times of doing this myself but never quite get out the door. For some odd reason, it feels really awkward to go around alone like a photography geek but feels decidely more comfortable if there's another photography geek at my side.
I love that I learned this last evening, and I love that I have a photography geek that I adore living so close. Feel free to honk and call us geeks if you see us, we don't even care.
Here's more - and since I put so many this time all framed and all, I actually shrunk them before I posted them - I often just go full size cuz I'm lazy. Lazy, geeky, odd...you name it.
I used the hard light trick on these pictures that the Pioneer Woman so nicely demonstrated a few days ago. (there's something wrong with that sentence but I'm too tired to figure it out) It was so simple, I was able to do it late last night in my exhausted from the weekend state. FUN!
Also - my Scott Kelby CS3 book came on Saturday - Wow. The book weighs as much as my 3rd child - it's that full of information. I'm anxious to browse thru it a bit.
When I wake up.
Tomorrow.
Frequent lurker but lazy commenter-- HAD to stop this morning and say these shots are amazing-- favorite might be the bottom of the blue door with the peeling doorstep. Love the vivid texture of these.
And the time change is putting the hurt on me in SC too.
Posted by: Missy K | March 10, 2008 at 06:18 AM
Your sentence problem is a dangling participle, I think. The Pioneer Woman was not the one who demonstrated your photos. Better, perhaps, to say, "On these photos, I used the hard light technique that the Pioneer Woman so nicely demonstrated."
Aren't you just thrilled to have a grammar lesson at 7:40 a.m. on Monday morning? Perhaps as thrilled as I am to be heading to the dentist in 5 min. to get a crown installed! But I knew you'd spend every minute of your Monday fretting about what might be wrong with that sentence, lol.
Posted by: Jan C. | March 10, 2008 at 06:41 AM
Love your photos, I think my favorite is the one shot down the alley. What lens were you using for these? I really need to practice more in manual... Oh and the time change is just not nice.
Posted by: Cammy | March 10, 2008 at 07:06 AM
Jan - THAT'S what it was. I changed that sentence 4x, and just couldn't make heads or tails of it anymore.
Cammy - great question - had I been awake I think I might have remembered to include that. The lens I used was my 17-50 1:2.8 It's got such a nice range and is a great wide angle. It's actually the only lens I used at the wedding Saturday too.
Posted by: Sharyn (Torm) | March 10, 2008 at 07:11 AM
woweee! LOVE all the textures and angles and colors in these photos Torm!
Posted by: tania | March 10, 2008 at 07:36 AM
Ohhh- these are cool! I love the arch and the red circle thing... I didn't even see that there.. but it looks so bright and happy.
Posted by: Julie | March 10, 2008 at 07:37 AM
I love the one in the alley with the stair on the right side and the red buildings in the middle!!!!!!!!! Now I want to go wander around a nearby old town with my camera!
Posted by: Amy @ Hope Is the Word | March 10, 2008 at 07:42 AM
Pays to be virtual friends with a former editorial person. "Pays" being a relative term. bwahaha!
Posted by: Jan C. | March 10, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Love the photos!! Nice compositions, like the colors. I am inspired to go out and take some pics.
Posted by: Jan | March 10, 2008 at 09:10 AM
awesome phots Sharyn!
Posted by: Kelley Popp | March 10, 2008 at 09:42 AM
Absolutely GORGEOUS pics Sharyn! Loving the color and feel - almost as if I was there too! ;)
I am taking a class beginning tomorrow with Monte Nagler who studied with Ansel Adams - let's hope that this finally pushes me out of my fear zone for going all manual! ;) I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, LOL!
Posted by: AnnaMarie | March 10, 2008 at 10:03 AM
These are incredible! I love the idea of going with another photography nut (note to self: find a fellow nut). The blue door is really appealing.
Posted by: *Cammy* | March 10, 2008 at 11:04 AM
these are cool! They are all so full of textures and interestingness!
Posted by: sue Treiber | March 10, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Love every last one of them! Next to food, architecture would be next. Thank you for an EYE full. Photo Field Trips are a must; practice makes perfect.
Posted by: Yvonne | March 10, 2008 at 05:19 PM
dang torm!! nice job on these. :)
Posted by: jessie | March 10, 2008 at 05:49 PM
Leave it to Jan to smack you down on your grammar! LOLOL!
Posted by: Barb | March 10, 2008 at 05:53 PM
Oh, and GREAT photos! Love them!
Posted by: Barb | March 10, 2008 at 05:54 PM
or you could end the sentence with "on these photos"
LOVELY photos - all of them ! loving the colors. and that first photo reminded me of Europe ..
Posted by: eliz | March 10, 2008 at 07:11 PM
Dang Girl you are ROCKIN the camera!!! love what you've posted. you could do some fab senior shots in that colorful alley
Posted by: deB perry | March 10, 2008 at 07:44 PM
Marvelous pictures, Sharyn!!!!!
Posted by: cyndi | March 11, 2008 at 11:45 PM
These are really great shots. The alley is my favorite, because of all the color. How fun to get out there together to take pictures! Way more fun, I'm sure.
Posted by: ~ Junkyard Jennifer | March 12, 2008 at 07:47 PM