Tuesday, January 29, 2008









































Last Friday, I dragged Deanna and Tony and their friend Glen along with me to listen to a band (Au Revoir Simone) at The Troubadour. Then Deanna and I abandoned Tony and Glen and I got absorbed in taking pictures in random spots in the club. Deanna was good enough to "stand here," "look at me," "look up," "chin down," etc. and be my model, since that was more interesting than taking repetitive pictures of the band and I'm too hesitant to snap pics of strangers. I didn't end up really listening to the band so I basically I paid $12 for the privelege of taking pictures. Hm. But, I learned some things when I took a look at my results, which is usually how it goes and what helps me do the research to find out how to get better. My shutter speeds were too slow for the most part for low light so some of these blown up show evidence of camera shake. I tinkered with the one with bright backlighting in Photoshop to make it look a little more cool. I tried to post a picture of the band but Blogger hates those pictures for some reason and it won't upload them.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

That happens sometime when Tony shoots (looks clear in LCD and when blown up is blurred...) We did a shoot the other day where he was tinkering with it so maybe you two can talk and he can give you some pointers...BTW...what happened to my wonderful photography? LOL!

Anonymous said...

oh yea...model vs photographer...I would have airbrushed the heck out of those...HAAAA HAAA! (Yes I know...I'm very vain...)

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh! Did I forget to post your pictures of me? Well that was completely inadvertent!

Emily said...

You two are funny, I like those picture, they're very non-candid and cool. The first one of Deanna looks a lot like you Winnow.

mccollaum fam said...

Hi Guys! When I first pulled up this blog, I as confused! "Wait a minute, this is Deanna, not Dawnae!" :) Really cool pitures Dawnae, and Deanna you are a beautiful model. Dawnae, it would be nice for you to post a few of yourself as well!!

Anonymous said...

I will generally be behind the camera instead of in front of it so you might see less pictures of me on here, but I'll try. Deanna's pictures of me didn't really turn out...I'll give her some photography lessons;) OH, BTW, use Winnow or stupidhead or whatever you want instead of my real name, please! i don't want my real name on here.

Amy Wilson said...

I left a comment here, but it disappeared. It said something to the effect of, I love these photos; Deanna is a hottie; let's see Dawnae!