Busy Busy Photo Bee

So another week has flown by. I feel extraordinarily busy right now. I am up at 7 or 730 am, 4 days a weeks for classes and observations/tutoring for my grad classes and then I am staying up way too late for my own good so this has resulted in a huge increase in my napping schedule. But all in all it is really good. I am doing things that I love. However, it has been a bit of a bummer because I have been having a hard time getting my self to photograph. It's just that when I get caught up in other things that I love (like crafting- which is my current obsession) I forget how much I LOVE photographing. Bah, I will have to work on remembering.

But I did get to photograph at stART and going through all those photos has been a real reminder of how much I love making images I am proud of.

So here is what you are really here for:










Just on a side note- I was having issues with an uncalibrated monitor so the colors on these are off a bit but I will hopefully have that resolved asap.

stART

So here is my favorite stART photo....

and here are some others:

Photo Time

I am realizing now more than ever that I get this crazy sorta photo-amnesia when I am photographing. I just get into this zone where everything that is going on is broken into these single images in my mind so when I think back on them I don't remember the events in whole but rather little bits an pieces. Also, I get so hyper-focused that I miss what is going on around what I am shooting. Like today a bunch of people told me they had waved to me while I was shooting at stART but I honestly don't remember seeing any of them. I kinda love the zone I get into because it makes time FLY by. I was at stART today for at least 5 hours and it felt like it just whizzed past.

But it was a blast today. I just love being outside and the weather was amazing and there were so many kids there to photograph. All in all, nice work stART team!!! So, I am in the lab now working on those photos and I will have them posted by the end of the night, fingers crossed.

Wedding and Ireland Photos

Well hello strangers! Who knew summer would limit my posting so much! It has been a great break from school but I am ready to head back up to worcester and get life back on some sort of schedule.

This summer brought one really amazing excitement and that was being hired to photograph my cousin's wedding. It was such a whirlwind experience and the day itself was a total mix of excitement and exhaustion, but the finished product has been completely gratifying. You can tell from the images that I am at the beginning of my wedding photography journey but I am more than excited to get more experience (and better equipment!). I have all the images up on my new pbase (pbase.com/anniecohn) but the wedding gallery has a password so let me know if you are interested in looking at the whole set. Otherwise here are some of my favorites:

(This one is really worth enlarging just to see my little cousin on the left side's face)

Other than that I have begun editing my photos from Ireland. That has been a really interesting experience because when I first got back from Ireland I pretty much hated all the pictures I took. None of them lived up to my very current memory of what an amazing place it was. But now that some time has passed I am actually enjoying going through them and reliving the experience. I have about half of them on the pbase too (the rest will be uploaded soon). But again I will put some of my faves here:









ps- new layout :)

"untooned" jasmine

So summer is here....finally! I am doing a lot of babysitting right now so I haven't had lots of photo time. But yesterday I had the whole day off and no images to work on so I did some photoshop challenge....

Frank sent me a link to this blog a few months ago. And I thought it was a pretty cool exercise. So this is how i spent my free wednesday:

this is the original image

here is the "untooned" version

It is by no means as good as the pixeloo guy's images but it was a fun project and good photoshop practice.

final

Here is my photo final from this semester. A lot of these images have been posted here before but I think they really work as a series also. I would love comments, advice, favorites, ones you hate, anything. I personally am really pleased with this group of ten images but they are by no means the end of the line or perfect. This is the start of a journey of my exploration of my family and loved ones and the world I share with them. It was awesome to see them all up on the wall printed 17 X 22.

Dinner Time
Tragumna, Ireland

Deal or No Deal,
Glastonbury, Ct

Easter Ham
East Hartford, Ct

After the Sprinkler
Grand Rapids, Mi

Happy Dance
South Windsor, Ct

The Geek
South Windsor, Ct

Popped Balloon
Worcester, Ma

Sneaking Cake
Worcester, Ma

Left Out
East Hartford, Ct

Overload
South Windsor, Ct

I went to the DeCordova and it was awesome. I am in love with Julie Blackmon. You should all check her stuff out :)