OH MY GOSH!!! + Photoshoot with my sister! :P

So I have been away for a while and so much has been happening!!!

I have hardly been able to pick up my camera for the past like 4 months because I have been in the Fire Academy at College of the Mainland. It has been an amazing experience but it's taking so much time! I can't really do anything else. Classes are Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm.
Luckily though, I will be done on May 10th!!!

Well here is one of my most recent shoots!
Also my first time to really use my new Paul C Buff Alien Bee external strobe that I got!!

All the images were takin with 50mm 1.8 in my makeshift studio in the garage!!! :)

Let me know what you think!! I love critiques!!!! xD

I know there are quite a few where the background is not consistent... :( I was working with the limitations of my equipment and just trying some new things out.

Please critique!!! :)

So I would love to get you honest opinion on this image. I take nothing personal, so please you can be as harsh as you want. :)

My Little Nephews

So my sister has been visiting for the past 2 months (I thing that's how long) from Alaska and she asked me to do my nephews 4 year old pictures.  

This first one was just taken one day when we went to the park. but the rest were taken on the day of the actual photo shoot.

I think this black and white photo is on of my favorites. :)

This last one is of my youngest nephew. He is 18 months. 

What do y'all think? I would love some critiques on these.

Oh My Goodness!!

I can't believe it has been over a month since I have posted anything!!!! (well actually I can believe it but that is beside the point)

I have been so busy with school, track, graduation, choir, family, and other things that I haven't even been able to thing about posting. But alas things are beginning to slow down so I might get to post more often...... Yippee!!! I know I have a pretty good stock pile of images that I need to post, which might take me a little while to get through because in the chaos of the last month my file naming has been so great. Making it hard to find images.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, it hasn't been because I don't have photos but because I just can't seem to find the time to post. Even now I should actually be doing something else.

So the above two images are the same just one is in color and one is in black and white. I generally don't like posting the same image more than once but I just couldn't decide which one I liked better. What do you think about them?

So please let me know what you think of the photos and what you may have done differently. 

I do have an abundant amount of photos to post just I need to find the time. I will try to post at least once a week. 

I don't want to leave!!!

Well I don't really have a lot to say..... I know.... I am being such a cop-out..

Thanks Josh for being my model!!! :) 

Track

So I am finding out that I need some faster glass to shoot track with, but I am doing what I can. :)

Anyway, these are some pics from the middle school track meet, and a few from the high school meet. I wish I could have done more at the high school meet but it's hard when you are also running.

These first 2 are from the high school meet.

Now the middle school meet.

These last three I had to raise my ISO way up. All the way up to 5000 and I still couldn't get a fast enough shutter speed. I was really wishing I had a 70-200mm f2.8 lens.... :/  Someday I shall.

It was my first time to photograph a track meet so I didn't know what to expect, but now that I have gotten my feet wet I know what to do. :) 

Hopefully the pictures will get better as the season progresses.

Tulips!

Alright so last my dad got some tulips for my mother and when they opened up the were REALLY nice. So I thought it would make a great photo-op. Let me know what y'all thing. 

Oh I just got my track shoes yesterday and the are like totally awesome. So there is definitely going to be a shoot with those. Also I have me first track meet this Thursday at St. Thomas high school in Houston so hopefully I can get some nice pictures. I also have a track meet this Saturday, again I hope to get some nice photos.