Photography
Inspired by the Dolce & Gabanna (D&G) annual Fashion Show in Como, Italy, my local photo meet up group hosted its very own masquerade fashion show at the Mayslake Peabody Estate.
We spend an afternoon at the estate photographing models in extravagant costumes designed and created by two of the members.
It was a bit quiet on my website this summer, mainly because I had a fun filled time… filled with great experiences, amazing vacations, exciting camps, city and museum trips, a leadership summit, and visitors from Germany and Connecticut… and while busy it sure was awesome.
This months I want to share some of the pictures I took while we were on our family vacation in California.
There is this saying,
“Leave nothing but footprints, and take nothing but pictures.”
of course that speaks to my photographer’s heart, and so that’s what I did, a lot. Over 1,000 🙂
We spent the first part of our time in San Francisco marveling at the ocean, the other part in the Sierra Nevada Mountains enjoying Lake Tahoe.
Here are some of my favorite shots from my latest photo shoot
– The Vintage Fashion Photo Shoot at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, IL
with the Naperville Photo Group.
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Illinois is known to be pretty flat.
In the years we have lived here we got kind of used to it. Prairies, rivers, and sometimes forests are mostly the landscape around here. No mountains or even hills. In fact, the only hill in the area is a garbage hill, a huge landfill full of old trash, overgrown with grass. I mean, you wouldn’t guess it if you wouldn’t know, you can even go up there and have a nice view but it is still just filled with trash.
But, if you think that all of Illinois is flat you would be mistaken…
Winter is a great opportunity to investigate, explore, or to visit a place you always wanted to see. One of those places for me was the Tribune Tower in Chicago.
Back when we still lived in Germany, my friend told me about it and highly recommended that I visit it. Now, that I had time to investigate it, I found it to be one of the most fascinating buildings I have ever seen. There is so much meaning in every single detail.
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. -Hal Borland
Last year I participated in several year-long challenges to – yes, you guessed it – challenge myself.
One of the challenges was a 52-week photography challenge held by a Facebook group for Photographers.
There were no cash prices. Instead, your picture could be picked to be the header of our Facebook page for a week, and then you would select the next week’s winner.
I was never selected as the winner, but I submitted all 52 pictures.
Some weeks it was easy to submit a picture, other weeks I had to work hard to get a decent shot – and some weeks I almost ripped out my hair because I could not come up with one decent picture.
So, why would I do such a thing?
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Do you know who you are? That’s one of the big questions in life.
I recently stumbled over this question in an inspiring blog post by Jeff Goins (if you interested you can read it here, Goins, Writer)
In his article Jeff states, that ‘when we know who we are, we know what to do.‘
I like that, and I think there is a lot of truth hidden in this statement.
When I take pictures I often ask “who are you?” because I want to capture the personalities, not only of humans but also of the animals I portrait.
While in Colorado to look at some college opportunities for my daughter, I got the chance to visit the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. Can you imagine my delight 🙂 Animals are my favorite photo models, no matter if big or small. I just love their diversity, their different shapes, behaviors and skills.
Experimenting with HDR Photography- my first trial
During my Polo Game and Barn Photography Workshop I learned about HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography.