New Hat

New Hat, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Another from my self portrait project. Been on more or less of a hiatus the last 2 months, but have a fun shoot planned for this afternoon. Bought this hat as a potential prop for it.

Self portrait with hat

Self portrait with hat, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Another from my ongoing self portrait project.

Ava and her dolls

Ava and her dolls, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Proud to say that I’ve had two more photos (both of Ava) that were selected for thte All Day I Dream About Photography Blog. It’s nice to be chosen and really an honor to have two shots chosen in the same round as there are hundreds of photos submitted for each round.

Ava being shy

Ava being shy, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Proud to say that I’ve had two more photos (both of Ava) that were selected for thte All Day I Dream About Photography Blog. It’s nice to be chosen and really an honor to have two shots chosen in the same round as there are hundreds of photos submitted for each round.

Campout

20091107-20091107-_DSC6967, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Here’s another from Friday afternoon when we set up our tents for the campout. The campout was Saturday night and it was dark when we arrived at the field, so not much work posting up here to the blog…though a fun time was had by all.

Getting Ready for the Campout

Getting Ready for the Campout, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Tonight is the campout at Molly’s school. 30 families, sleeping in tents on the field behind the school. We set up the tents yesterday afternoon (as it will be dark by the time we get there this evening). This is Jordan, PE teacher at the school who, as you can see, is prepared to help stake down some tents.

Rosie Today (selected for ADIDAP blog)

Rosie Today, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

This is now the fourth time that I have made it on to the All Day I Dream About Photography blog. The blog owner has a Flickr pool for submissions and I put my best work in the pool. He then chooses his favorite images from the pool for a monthly post. The images he selects are great and it’s an honor to make the list from time to time.

Beautiful November Day in Durham, NC

Beautiful November Day in Durham, NC, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Still working on my self-portrait project. Learning (slowly) but the exercise makes me think about what I’m trying to accomplish much better than pointing the camera at someone else does. This way, I have to think about where I will be in relation to the background…and that is really helping me to visualize better than I typically do. Usually I just see if I like what I see in the viewfinder…this way, have to get the image in my head before I set the timer and move into the frame. That’s the goal and it seems to be working for me.

My second image to make Flickr Explore

20090616-DSC_0244, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

This is the second image of mine that has made it into Explore (interestingness).

Quick vivd portrait

20091101-20091101-_DSC6331-Edit-2, originally uploaded by BMCportraits.

Molly had just gotten out of the bath and had her purple hair turban wrapped aournd her wet hair…and her shirt has these bright flowers…set against the backdrop of leaves on the driveway…got lots of great poppy colors. And her skin tone and eyes are dead on. Not bad work (if I do say so myself) for what was honestly all of 3 minutes in front of the camera.