Fall is...er, Falling!

 Finally, the weather is starting to cool down and the trees are starting to change into their fiery autumn clothes. Fall is my favorite time of the year. And not just because of my birthday.

  I love how the air is just cool enough for a light jacket. How the leaves can be so many colors at once on the tress. How the breeze seems to have a certain autumn scent that brings a sort of melancholy feel to everything. To me, fall is the perfect type of weather. It's sad that it lasts for such a short time.

  Also, fall is the perfect time for...PHOTO SHOOTS! The scenery is just spectacular if you're wanting to do an on-location shoot, and that's exactly what I'm wanting. I've finally found this neat little farm house not too far from where I live that might be a great place for the shoot I have in mind. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be introducing my "models" within a week or two!

 

An Upside Down Day

  This past weekend, I went to an amusement park with 7 of my friends, along with my parents and aunt. We had a blast, and I thought I'd share some of the photos from that day.

  First off, let me go ahead and tell you that we went on all of the rides. ALL of them.

The scary ones that about made me pee my pants...

This thing went ridiculously high, and it was simply held down by bungee cords. Probably not the safest thing ever.

And this one went upside down way too many times.

The  ones that weren't scary at all...

This one actually had no buckles or restraints even though it spun around in the air. But it was rather boring. Go figure.

We even rode the Carosel. Don't judge.

I think we had way too much fun on this ride. :D

  All in all, we all had fun. We spent nearly the whole day in the park, and by the time we left I had screamed so much that my  throat hurt (I think most of my friends were surprised by how loud I can scream since I'm usually such a quiet person).

  I think we may even try to go again before the park closes down, since we all had such great fun and we have 5 tickets left over. If we do, I'll make sure to get more pictures...as proof for how truly crazy we all are. Seriously.

Lady in Red

  I've been quite busy this summer, what with work and writing. About a month ago, I actually got my wisdom teeth out, so that gave me a little reprieve from work--

  It also made me think everything was hilarious and I was incapable of intelligible speech for about three days, but let's not dwell on that, yeah?

  After regaining my will to do anything besides passing out and wondering why I couldn't feel my face, I went back to my life, which consists of work, reading, writing, and...work. And photography, of course! I finally got some time to walk around outside and snap some more photos, harassing the local wildlife and such.

I love that posterized effect.

  Now that the weather's gotten nicer (today was actually COLD!), I think I'll be having that photo shoot pretty soon. I received my reflector in the mail the other day, so I'm all set. Now I just need to set the day and time.

  But before I have that much-anticipated photo shoot, I'll probably--maybe--post some photos of me and my friends. I'll be going to a theme park--wait. Is that what it's called? A theme park? Or is it...an amusement park? Yeah, I think that's it. So I'll be going to an amusement park next weekend, and I hope to get some pictures of my family and closest friends having fun. So I might just post some of the photos on here.

  And I suppose that's all for now, my followers.

  Oooh, my followers. Sounds rather...evil, in a way, doesn't it? Muahahaha.

  Uh, yeah.

 

It's Official: I Have Models!

Alright. So the past few weeks, I've been despairing over the fact that I really don't have anyone that I can take pictures of whenever I need to and that I don't have any siblings around the house that I can force to pose. But now that problem has been fixed, and I am very relieved that I actually found somebody--actually, TWO people to be my models.

Since the weather has been so unbearably hot lately, I've decided to put off the first photo shoot at least until sometime next month in the hopes that it will have cooled down enough for everyone involved in the shoot to not be melting in the sun. Because melting subjects are not pretty subjects. I would assume.

So...

Coming Soon:
Two New Models!!
(Isn't that exciting?!)

Have I made it apparent yet just how happy I am to finally have some solid subjects for my photos? I mean, like, subjects that aren't animals?! Another good thing is that they're actually some friends of mine, so at least it won't be weird during the first shoot. Hopefully. Or maybe it will be, since I'll probably come off as a little bossy by telling them how to stand and to NOT LOOK AT THE CAMERA when I need them not to, and to turn their heads just so...

Hm.

Well, they'll just have to get over it. At least I'll be bossy in a nice way.

Noticed how I've not mentioned these "models'" names? Well, that's because I want to reveal their names with their photos, just to add a little more suspense for you. HA.

Now, I just need to learn how to drive my dad's '66 Dodge pick-up without wrecking in a ditch*, and I'll be set!

(*Just to make it clear, I have not wrecked said pick-up into a ditch. Yet. But I'll likely need it for the first photo shoot, so it'd probably be good if I could continue to avoid that.)

Couple Portraits

  Just the other day, I had the opportunity to photograph my cousin Mark and his new wife Toni. They're such a sweet couple, and I really liked the way their photos turned out.

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Also, here lately I've been trying to find some full-time models that I can take out to on-location photo shoots whenever I need to. Here's to hoping the search is successful! *crosses fingers*