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Week 4 | 52 in 2012

christina — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:31:21 +0000

This week: Texture

Detail shot taken with the 100 mm f/2 macro lens (non L series version)

PS … I’m still working on writing up the how-to post on the motion image from week 1 … hopefully I’ll finish that sometime in the next week or two in between editing images and reading for my grad class!

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Week 3 | 52 in 2012

christina — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:30:32 +0000

This week: Imagine

Because of the shallow depth of field, most of the image is out of focus … including the end of a pine needle that looks a little bit like a person standing next to another pine needle … here’s a close up with it marked (just use your imagination to *see* it)

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Week 2 | 52 in 2012

christina — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:45:45 +0000

This week: Perspective

I tried a number of ideas to capture “perspective” … this bug eye’s view looking up from the ground in a wintering flower bed was the one that kept pulling me back. In all honesty, I wasn’t looking through the viewfinder when I shot this image … was instead crouched on the ground next to the camera so I wasn’t in the shot as well.

Week 1 | 52 in 2012

christina — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:45:44 +0000

Here goes year 3 of an image a week … this time around I’ve even sat down ahead of time and decided what theme I’ll shoot each week rather than coming up with something spur of the moment each week like I did the last two years!

This week: Motion

The idea on what type of motion to capture this week came from the Understanding Shutter Speed book by Bryan Peterson … I was trying to think up something outside the *norm* for a motion shot and this was it. For those wondering what the actual scene is of, it is a hillside of oak trees taken just before sunset on New Year’s Day.

Want to know what I did to create this shot? Check back later this month for the January edition of How To Wednesday where I’ll explain how I got this shot and a few others that didn’t make the final cut for this week’s image.

2011 in Review | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:34:57 +0000

Quick PSA: CMP & Sit.Stay.Snap. are closed for a holiday break from Wednesday, December 21, 2011 through Tuesday, January 3, 2012. All business related emails and voice mails will be returned beginning January 4th. Don’t forget to stop back by on January 1st for the debut of CMP’s new look!

With the end of 2011, my annual wrap-up and a quick look back at this year’s weekly images posted each Monday:

Biz wise, I began cutting back on the session options/types I shot earlier this year so I could focus on other areas of photography that I wanted to pursue/improve. I also attended Imaging USA last January when PPA held their annual conference in San Antonio; I learned a lot and discovered some new products while at the expo. The weather this year impacted a lot of what I was able to shoot landscape, wildlife, and plant-wise, so I’m enjoying the rainy season we’re having now that’s allowing me to photograph something green again — even if it is winter! With year’s end, I made an announcement on Christmas Eve that alters the course of what CMP will be focused on for the foreseeable future.

Personally, its been a year of ups and downs — travel plans altered several times, lost one beloved canine to a tick illness, Pokie — the Queen of the farm — was attacked by a coyote & has recovered, though she’ll have a limp for the rest of her days, some unexpected changes at my day job, and so much more I’ve chosen not to go into publicly out of respect for the privacy of others involved – so I’m quite ready for 2012 to be here.

In a few weeks I’ll temporarily re-enter grad school to pick up an extra class that wasn’t offered at the time I graduated back in 2006 … and hopefully next fall I’ll begin teaching part time at the juco level in addition to my day job and weekend pet photography sessions. I have a few long weekend trips in mind for 2012 and perhaps a semi-decent roadtrip that weather and illness won’t thwart this time around. There’s already quite a few pet sessions booked for early 2012, so some of those will pop up here on the blog in the coming months along with images from 2011 trips I still haven’t finished processing!

Happy New Year 2012 to all of you!

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Week 52 | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:21:08 +0000

This week’s image was a tough one to decide on, narrowed it down to four and ultimately went with this one taken Christmas morning because I realized when zoomed to 100% at full size, it was an unintentional self portrait of sorts since you can see my reflection in some of the water droplets.

… and yes, that’s a new watermark, the one I’ll be using on my travel, landscape, fine art, and personal images. The one for pet images is pretty similar too …

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Week 51 | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:27:38 +0000

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Week 50 | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:18:10 +0000

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Week 49 | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:26:42 +0000

Macro closeups of one of the many Christmas tree decorations I have scattered around the house …

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Week 48 | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:26:03 +0000

I’d say I’m procrastinating, but I’m really not. Just haven’t had time to clean muchless decorate. This is one of the few semi-Christmasy things I have around zee home right now. Maybe I’ll get around to decorating sometime soon …

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Week 47 | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:24:26 +0000

Apparently I wasn’t supposed to disturb her while she supervised the preparation of Thanksgiving dinner …

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Week 46 | Athens Texas Photographer

christina — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:23:21 +0000

Spotted on a gusty day along US Hwy 287 west of Vernon, Texas … had a little post processing fun with the images that resulted from some very patient waiting as well as rattlesnake watching!

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