My Photography

As some of you know I'm currently a full time student studying photography and I will be graduating in May of this year.  I know a few of my fellow bloggers are photographers and I thought I would post some of my current work and just get your opinions on it. 

I'm still not sure what I want to do when I graduate yet.  I started out thinking I was going to be a wedding photographer, even bought a Canon 70-200mm 2.8 lens which set me back quite a bit and then after buying it I got cold feet and decided I didn't want to do wedding photography anymore because of the risk of ruining someones wedding.  Taking on the job of being a wedding photographer is a big responsibility and I'm not sure its something I want to do.  Then I thought I wanted to do newborn and maternity photography and I would still like to try.  I'm shooting my niece when she's born in May and I can't wait to see how the pictures turn out.  Now I really want to do retouching of photos and I'm learning everything I can about photoshop cs5 and lightroom 3 but I'm not sure if I can find a job just doing that.  I guess everyone goes through this when they are starting a new career and I have time to figure out what I'm going to do at least. 

Anyways, I'm going to post some of my pics and anyone is free to comment on them.  I always appreciate being critqued because it helps me learn what I need to change.

Update Pics

Last time I posted my weight loss pics was when I had lost 20 lbs.  As of this morning I'm down 32.4 lbs so I thought it was time to post some new pics.  First pic is when I started my weight loss journey at 247 lbs and second pic was just taken just a few minutes ago and I weigh 214.6 lbs now.

I know there are some differences but I'm still disappointed in my progress, I'm just ready to not be fat anymore.



My Day

I hate days like this, gloomy and rainy and just down right depressing.  I did manage to get alot around the house done and run all my errands.  My eating was ok today and honestly I wasn't even that hungry.  Ever since I started taking my vitamin my stomach hasn't felt right and I haven't really been hungry which is a good thing I guess.  I didn't feel like eating dinner but I did eat alittle.  Here is what I had today.

Food and Exercise Journal

Breakfast- 1 1/2 cups bran cereal
                 1/4 cup chopped mixed nuts
                 1 banana
                 1 cup skim milk
                 water (16.9 oz)

Lunch- 1 bowl of black bean chili mac w/ mexican
            cheese and lite sour cream
            water (16.9 oz)

Snack- 1 fiber one bar

Dinner- 1 riblet
             1/2 cup baked beans
             1/2 cup macaroni and cheese
             1 cup broccoli
             water (16.9 oz)

I walked/jogged 1.8 miles in 24 minutes around my neighborhood.  I also did my strength training.  I did 3 sets of 15 bench presses at 40 lbs, 3 sets of 15 arm curls at 40 lbs and 3 sets of 15 leg curls at 48 lbs.
Photo Challenge, Day 11
Here are my photos of the day.

A Change in Plans

I've decided to change how I post and see how it works out.  Usually I post three or even four posts a day but I'm going to try combining all these into one daily post.  This will save not only me time but also my fellow bloggers who read my posts time.  I will start off today by telling you that this day was so much better than yesterday.  My eating was on track and I also feel alot better.  I've been very busy today going to school, running errands, taking pictures, cleaning and cooking.  I'm just glad that I don't have that same sense of hopelessness about my weight loss like I did yesterday.  Now on to what I had to eat today.

Food and Exercise Journal

Breakfast- 1 1/2 cups bran cereal
                 1/4 cup chopped mixed nuts
                 1 cup skim milk
                 water (16.9 oz)

Snack- 1 banana

Lunch- 2 slices turkey, 1 slice of cheese and honey
           mustard on 2 slices white bread
           water (16.9 oz)

Dinner- 1 bowl of black bean chili mac w/ mexican
             cheese and lite sour cream
             1 garlic cheddar biscuit
             water (16.9 oz)

I kept track of my nutritional info so I could see where I stand on my eating.  The first lists shows what I'm suppose to be eating a day and the second list is what I actually ate.

Calories      1760          1605
Fat              64 g            68 g
Fiber           25 g            41 g
Carbs          300 g         186 g
Sugar           40 g           36 g      
Protein         50 g           73 g
Sodium       2400 mg     1984 mg

I did have alittle to much fat and protein and I really ate alot of fiber so I better get on the ball drinking my water.  Other than that there are a few minor changes I need to make but it doesn't look to bad.

I haven't exercised yet and I'm not sure if I'm going to get to since I have noone to watch my kids tonight but I may try to get them to walk with me even if we can't walk as fast as I normally do.

Update:  I walked 1 mile with the kids before it started raining on us.  I guess thats better than nothing.

Now on to my photo challenge.  Today is day 10 of my challenge in which I take a picture everyday for a year.  Its getting harder and harder to find things that are interesting to take pictures of.  I hate living in such a small town, I guess I'm going to have to get more creative but anyway here is my picture for today.  I saw these right up the road from where I live so I pulled over and snapped a quick shot of them.  I promise I'll have something more interesting tomorrow.

In case you don't know what these are they are called guineas and they were just running around in the road.

Lastly I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone that reads my blog.  Lately I haven't been feeling the blogging mojo and my posts have gotten pretty boring and still I keep getting support and that means so much to me.  I have no doubt that I will succeed at my weight loss this time thanks to all of my wonderful fellow bloggers.  Thanks and I hope I can be as much support to all of you as you have been for me.

Photo Challenge Day 9

Here are the pictures of the day.  They aren't very good because I had to find something quickly to take a picture of because it was getting dark but here is what I got.

Photo Challenge Day 8

I decided to take a trip to the mountains all by myself today to see what I could take pictures of.  I don't know how I managed to miss the turning of the leaves but I did because most of the trees were bare which was really disappointing.  I did find a few interesting things to take pictures of though.  Here are my pictures of the day.  You can click on any picture to make it larger.

Photo Challenge Day 7

Here are the pictures of the day.  My kids went trick or treating with their dad last night and when they got home today I took pictures of them in their costumes.

Photo Challenge Day 6

Here is todays pictures.  This is my backyard with a creek running through it.

Photo Challenge Day 5

Today is only the fifth day of my challenge to take one picture a day for 365 days and already its so hard to find things around here that are even worth taking pictures of.  I need to make a trip to the mountains or the beach and really get some beautiful pictures but until then here is a picture of my neighbors goats....lol.

So you see my halloween costume wasn't very far off from the truth, sometimes I feel like a hillbilly where I live.

My hillbilly costume

Halloween Party

I went to a Halloween party that my photography class was having at school Wednesday. I wasn't able to get any pictures of the actually event but we did have alittle photo session after the party was over and here are the pictures.  Just click to enlarge the pictures.

In this picture I'm the one peeking out from behind Mr. Potato Head.

 This picture is all the first year photography students with our teacher (Mr. Potato Head).

 This is all the second year photography students and the teacher (Mr. Potato Head).

 Here we have an Athena Goddess and Mary Poppins.

 Here we have Mr. Potato Head and Gumby boxing it out.

Here we have a hippy with a bumblebee after her flower.

 I guess we went together because we both have overalls on.  The hillbilly and the train conductor.

And of course who could forget the college student and gumby getting drunk together. 

 Superman saving the damsel in distress.

 

Ms. Kitty

This guy was dressed as the Brawny Man but they photoshopped Gumby into his hand instead of a roll of papertowels

Photo Challenge Day 4

Today is day 4 of my personal challenge to take a photo everyday for a year.  I took quite a few photos and I couldn't make a choice about which ones I liked the best so I asked each one of my family members and these were there choices.  You can click on any of these pictures to look at them larger.

My husband chose this one.  I asked him why he liked this one and he said because its all alone.

My son Dylan liked this one.

My son Brandon liked this one.

My son Joshua liked this one.

And noone liked my sky shots but me.  I just liked the way the trees make a silhouette frame around the sky.

Photo Challenge Day 3

I have been really busy today and haven't had much time to take pictures and when I finally did get some time it was raining so I took a picture of a part of our downtown.  I waited until there were no cars on the street just because I thought it was cool to see no cars or people, like the town was empty.