JS Day 6 - TTV

For Lesson 6, Jessica Sprague talks about a technique called "Through the Viewfinder" or TTV. Basically, photographers will take a picture through the viewfinder of an old camera in order to achieve a worn, faded look. Interesting that we have sharp new technology, and people want to make their pictures look old, isn't it? Anyway, the look can also be achieved through photoshop, and here is my go at it. I really like the way this one turned out.

Shooting Downtown - FTCC Class

These pictures are from this past Tuesday night, when we met downtown to shoot. We were working primarily on shutter speed and I think I got some good results!

I'm not liking how blogger uploads photos. They post in the opposite order of what I upload them in, and I can only do 5 at a time. I guess I'm going to have to start using flickr, but when I tried that before it took forever. I need an easier way to resize, upload, and post!

FTCC Class Shoots

Just wanted to share some pics I snapped while out with my class. These were at the rose garden at FTCC during the second class. Just a few of my favorites.

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FTCC Class - "Digital Photography Fundamentals"

Tonight I took a very big step, one that I have been planning to take for quite some time but just never got around to doing. Always the Mommy, I'm used to putting everyone else's needs first. But tonight I did it! I am now enrolled in "Digital Photography Fundamentals" at Fayetteville Tech.

I almost missed the opportunity because I didn't get my registration mailed in on time. When I realized I had missed the walk-in and mail-in deadlines, I called the Continuing Ed office and asked what I could do. The lady told me there were only a couple spots available but that I could actually register in the class on the first day. I am usually Queen Tardy, but I got to class more than 30 minutes early and waited on the instructor to arrive. Two more people came in that needed to register and I started to get nervous. When we approached the instructor he informed us that the class was full, and that he cut it off at 12 because it's so hands-on. I wanted to cry! He asked us a few questions and asked the others in the class a few questions, and then... he decided to let us all register! I could have kissed the man right there!

I have had my Canon Rebel XT for 3 years now and only started learning how to shoot Manual in the past month and a half. I have been reading everything I can get my eyeballs on and learning a lot from ILP and Clickin' Moms, but there's nothing like hands-on instruction to really make that lightbulb go off in my head. I haven't been this excited about something for a long time, especially something that's just for ME, not for my kids.