Epiphanie Camera Bags

ROCK!  They are cute and stylish and huge!  I can fit all my gear in my 'ginger' bag.  Well the lovely ladies at epiphanie are holding a contest and the prize is a bag!  I really really want a Lyric in Yellow.  So here is my entry...  I entered the @Epiphanie Picture It photo contest! http://bit.ly/xN3Pqc 

My Ginger in Slate Blue- she's loaded here.

Nerves. I got 'em.

Brassit Unknown

I have a huge shooting opportunity tomorrow.  The yearly Columbus/Central Ohio Orchid Society Show is tomorrow and I am the official ( at least I think I am ;) ) photographer.  This is part of the American Orchid Society, which means I may get national exposure.  Wow!  I am nervous, which I think is good.  I am not petrified, yet, and I will be too groggy tomorrow morning to feel any nerves, so it's nerve time now.  I feel a bit of nerve is good because it means I am going to try my best and hopefully succeed.  So far the COOS has been pleased with my work.  I have to alter how I shoot, but it's worth it.  The experience and access is so worth the nerves.

 The picture to the right I took at my first meeting and it was the last shot taken.  I love it.  I love the stacking appearance of the blooms, the way the depth of field gradually blurs the farther blooms, yet the crisp clean bloom on the end.  I love the variety of plants the COOS allows me to photograph.  I want to do a great job for them tomorrow.  I want to walk away with some amazing images to share and hopefully sell. 

I am also receiving quite an education thanks to the COOS.  They graciously impart all their knowledge to a beginner like myself.  Hence I am beginning to know my latin names for the orchids, and not just calling them yellow and brown orchid but a Brassit Unknown.  They make me sound more intelligent :).  Well my nerves and I are going to rest and get my energy levels up for tomorrow!

~MJ

Some new work...

 I am working with my flash, still, and also trying to work with adding ambient light.  More natural light or even my husband's latest invention to hold a light.  Gotta love the dumpster diving when it yields photo equipment :)


Pink Callas.  One of my most favorite flowers- ever.  I LOVE the simplicity of the blooms.

 The lovely color and shape make me giddy each time I see them.

The slight ripple to the bloom, for me the imperfection adds so much interest.

  Ah, the tulip.  My other favorite bloom.  And again for it's simplicity.  Clean lines will get me every time.

 These particular ones caught my eye as they weren't pink or peach but a lovely combination.

Has it been a year?

Almost since I have come here and blogged.  That's like a criminal offense in blog world.  I guess I need to get back in my groove.  Who am I kidding, I never had a groove here.  Find a groove- that would be good.

I am still shooting- quite a bit actually.  I have a massive Orchid Show this weekend and a wedding in 2.5 weeks.  Any one reading have good wedding photography tips to share?  I am all ears.  I have had tons of fun and very few sales this past year.  I have a nice portfolio of floral and nature based images- people not so much.  But that's changing.  Slowly, but changing none the less.  I promise to come back soon and maybe impart anything new I have learned.  Which isn't much to talk about, more just doing.  You learn photography by doing not blogging.

~MJ