Here are a few from the show!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Fashion Show Shoot for Dillards Southpark
I was asked to take photos today at the Southern Women's Show for Dillard's Southpark. Dillard's sponsored a fashion show for fall styles. Their customers were the models and they really showed off their personal styles while walking the runway. We ever got to see a little breakdancing.
Here are a few from the show!
Here are a few from the show!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Hank is a pretty stubborn model...but he is so cute!
I'm taking a class on BetterPhoto.com on how to take better dog photographs. I have a lesson every week and assignments to complete afterwards about various things. Some more basic things like lighting, lenses and posing. Then some of the topics are a little more dog specific and cover things like dog psychology, shooting specific colors and coat types, even how different noses are shot with different length lenses with different effects.
During this class I have discovered that Hank is very stubborn when it comes to having his picture taken. As soon as I get out my camera he immediately refuses to look at me and gives me the turkey eye from the side. It looks like he consciously doesn't want to participate in my photoshoot. Like I am embarrassing him as I call his name, shake my keys and make crazy person noises trying to get his attention. Whatever Hank.
Today I went out to practice 2 things with him as my guinea piggy. Taking the photos at eye level and using a longer lense for a less distorted look. This is what I got:
Both of these were taken with a prime wide angle lense on a bright sunny day. The wide lense accentuates his big hippo nose and the bright sun adds a lot of highlights to his glossy coat.
During this class I have discovered that Hank is very stubborn when it comes to having his picture taken. As soon as I get out my camera he immediately refuses to look at me and gives me the turkey eye from the side. It looks like he consciously doesn't want to participate in my photoshoot. Like I am embarrassing him as I call his name, shake my keys and make crazy person noises trying to get his attention. Whatever Hank.
Today I went out to practice 2 things with him as my guinea piggy. Taking the photos at eye level and using a longer lense for a less distorted look. This is what I got:
Both of these were taken with a prime wide angle lense on a bright sunny day. The wide lense accentuates his big hippo nose and the bright sun adds a lot of highlights to his glossy coat.
Both of these were taken at around 180-200 zoom and on a cloudy day with soft hazy light. Much softer and more of a classic portrait look.
I'm not sure which I like best, they both have a different appeal and I could see using both for different purposes.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Second Harvest Food Bank ART Fundraiser
Today I took some of my first framed prints to Krankies Coffee for their Second Harvest Food Bank ART Fundraiser.
Some of you may know that recently the Food Research and Action Center reported that 34.8% of households with children in Winston-Salem do not have enough money to buy the food they need. Guys, that is the worst in the nation.
Krankies & Friends are throwing an art benefit featuring great local artists to help raise funds for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NWNC
Please come out between 6 and 8 pm on Friday September 16th to purchase a piece from your favorite local artist or discover someone new (maybe me!!) Average price will be 25 dollars.
I'm really excited and proud to have these three pieces for sale. They are 6 x 6 prints float mounted on textured paper and framed in 8 x 8 frames. I hope they get snatched up and someone takes them home and loves them.
Some of you may know that recently the Food Research and Action Center reported that 34.8% of households with children in Winston-Salem do not have enough money to buy the food they need. Guys, that is the worst in the nation.
Krankies & Friends are throwing an art benefit featuring great local artists to help raise funds for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NWNC
Please come out between 6 and 8 pm on Friday September 16th to purchase a piece from your favorite local artist or discover someone new (maybe me!!) Average price will be 25 dollars.
I'm really excited and proud to have these three pieces for sale. They are 6 x 6 prints float mounted on textured paper and framed in 8 x 8 frames. I hope they get snatched up and someone takes them home and loves them.
Welcome!
Welcome to my photography blog! Let's start with an introduction.
My name is Courtney Southern and I have loved taking photos since I was a little girl.
My earliest subjects tended to be stuffed animals, smurf figures, record collections, barbies....anything that I felt needed to be preserved with a snapshot. I think I documented everything I got for Christmas in 1982.
Later as a teenager my mother gave me my first Nikon and accompanying photography lessons. I spent hours walking around downtown Charlotte, NC trying to capture the nitty gritty city that it was in the 80s, I took photos for my high school yearbook and I got guest listed for my friend's punk shows as a photographer.
As my 2 kids were born and I moved to Winston-Salem, NC I got busy with life and motherhood my photography turned more towards documenting my family and our lives.
Now that my children are older I find myself in a renewed love affair with the art of photography. I get lost in looking at everything with a photographer's eye. I watch the way light paints a scene or object and look for emotion in different places. My photographic interests are wide ranging and I'm sometimes surprised at all the different places a powerful image can come from.
It brings me a lot of satisfaction to be able to create something that makes people smile. I hope you all enjoy.
My name is Courtney Southern and I have loved taking photos since I was a little girl.
My earliest subjects tended to be stuffed animals, smurf figures, record collections, barbies....anything that I felt needed to be preserved with a snapshot. I think I documented everything I got for Christmas in 1982.
Later as a teenager my mother gave me my first Nikon and accompanying photography lessons. I spent hours walking around downtown Charlotte, NC trying to capture the nitty gritty city that it was in the 80s, I took photos for my high school yearbook and I got guest listed for my friend's punk shows as a photographer.
As my 2 kids were born and I moved to Winston-Salem, NC I got busy with life and motherhood my photography turned more towards documenting my family and our lives.
Now that my children are older I find myself in a renewed love affair with the art of photography. I get lost in looking at everything with a photographer's eye. I watch the way light paints a scene or object and look for emotion in different places. My photographic interests are wide ranging and I'm sometimes surprised at all the different places a powerful image can come from.
It brings me a lot of satisfaction to be able to create something that makes people smile. I hope you all enjoy.
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