Some Lately Pictures. {a Thursday post by Rachel Nicole)

{If you haven't yet, go check out this post, and enter the photo challenge!}

  

Which was your favorite? And don't forget to enter the photo challenge here!

xoxo,
Rachel Nicole

Summer Breeze | My Flickr

Sunset Portrait

I've got about 30 minutes before I need to be seated in class, but I thought I would go ahead and do my post so that I'm not trying to write it late tonight :)

The first weekend in October was fall break at my school, so naturally I convinced a fellow student to traipse around the town with me to take some portraits. I'm fairly certain that I've shown Brandi on here before, but here she is again anyway :)

















Let me know what you think of them :)


~Karalee

(ps, I want to apologize for missing my last day, midterms...)

Lately {a Thursday post by Rachel Nicole}

{We're still getting everything set up and figured out, we'll have our need ideas up soon!}
{explanation of why this post is late at the end}

Lately...

...i've been figuring out the manual mode on my camera, and. goodness, guys, i'm in love with it. I can see the  difference! 

... been addicted to hot chocolate. my only excuse is that hot chocolate is great for fall weather.

...been dying to go outside with my little sister, weather to go to the park, or just outside to take pictures of late blooming flowers or leaves. (she loves cameras, too. I let her use one of my old ones)

...black and white pictures have been my favorite.

...been doing so.much.school. I literally just got done doing chemistry. it's the worst thing ever, and the problems are so picky, and i just get so confused by the organization  you have to remember everything in your head. lol, just a little advice. if you're trying to do chemistry, go somewhere quiet, don't listen to anything. with words. i learned that the hard way.

...ive been loving this fall weather, and the fashions... gah!

...ive been seriously loving black backgrounds (or white) with one main focal point.

...i've been trying to capture motion in pictures.

1) a girl at a church event
2) chalk
3) hot chocolate steam
4) Bible
5) lampshade
6) history
7) my little sister reading curious george
8) my math
9) my other younger sisters' math
10) an eraser shoe
11) flowers
12) leaf

Guess That Picture

the last picture:

if you guessed light bulb/lamp/light, you were correct!

next picture:

what IS that?

have fun!

you all be good, now, and tell me, which picture was your favorite?

xoxo,

Rachel Nicole

ps- I know I posted this on Friday, my apologies. I had this post all written up, and the pictures uploaded to Flickr, but then Flickr decided to act up (like it does every single time i'm using it. argh...) So, you get it a day late. 

How to Take Pictures in a New Dorm Room

How to Take Pictures in a New Dorm Room 

{A Step-by-Step Guide}

* indicates an optional step

Step 1: Convince your roommate to stand in the middle of the room.

Step 2: Make her stand there as you adjust camera settings, curtains and blinds until you are able to achieve the lighting you were aiming for.

Step 3: [Using two tacks] Pin up a super fancy backdrop (*cough cough* bed sheet bought at Target specifically for this purpose)

Step 4: Allow your roommate to tuck the bottom of the super fancy backdrop out of the way when not in use (because she did let you put it over her doorway, after all.)

Step 5: Bribe your roommate to stand in the middle of the room [in front of the sheet] for you again.

Step 6: Continue adjusting things to achieve desired "look".

*Step 7: Invite your friend with newly dyed pink hair to come pose for you.

*Step 8: Tell her to pose like she is Gwen Stefani and she knows how awesome she is.

*Step 9: Introduce a fun prop (such as this pretty blue chair that complements her hair color wonderfully)

Step 10: Load them to your computer and have lots of fun editing!!

And that's the end.

~Karalee