Week 1 - Portrait Assignment

Week 1 of photo assignments and my 365 Project are up.  This was a really, really fun assignment to complete and overall, I'm happy with how the shots turned out. 

Week 2's assignment is called "low down." Photos of the ground or from the ground will be the goal this week, so stay tuned.


Saturday

My sweet baby Jax.  The little guy loves nothing more than sports.  This was taken New Year's day in our basement.  The first thing he wanted to do to ring in the new year was play ball.  This shot captures how seriously Jax takes his sports. 



Sunday

I got a new remote and tripod for Christmas this year, so I thought I'd give them both a go.  This is my first attempt at a self portrait.  Definitely took a while to get this one right.

Monday

Ladies - hands off, he's taken!!  This is my super handsome husband and his beloved bourbon.  If he wasn't sleeping next to me each night, I'd have to tape this over my bed. 

Tuesday

Completely unplanned picture.  I was running late Tuesday morning and my little guy overslept on top of it.  This kid has the superpower to sense stress and turn it into laughter within seconds.  We watch SportsCenter or NFL Blitz every morning (his choosing, seriously).  He mimics the plays with his football.  As I was wrestling him to get his clothes on, he ran off with his football wearing nothing but a diaper and started doing tough-guy grunts and football plays while running full speed around the house.  For about 1 minute I actually tried to chase him, then grabbed the camera because this was just too cute to go undocumented.  A few shots in, Jax realized that he could see himself and his football in my camera lens, stopped and leaned in to see the mini version of himself.  This became today's shot.

Wednesday.

 This is my friend Jen...and my first shoot with a 50mm f/1.4 lens.  Can I just say how much I love, love, love this thing?  This wall was really cool to shoot against with its contrasting blue and red colors.  Unfortunately, I had only about 10 minutes to shoot because I was on lunch break at work.  More time for play this weekend. 

Thursday

My beautiful Lyndsie got to be the second subject for my 50mm lens.  Pretty girl!

Friday

This was a seriously fun day.  My friend, Lori, was gracious enough to subject herself to a photo shoot for an hour.  We chose an outdoor mall venue with an old town feel and I couldn't be happier with how these turned out.  Friday's picture was my favorite of the bunch.