Nature Photography Class

As most of you know, i'm an upper division student at Brooks Institute of photography. The past few sessions I've been taking portrait classes which have been wonderful, but pile on a few portrait assignments a week plus all the family sessions etc.. i've been doing the past few months and you are one busy person. Brooks is year-round and goes by 7-week courses. During those 7 weeks you take one photo class and one General education class. Last session I took a portrait photo class and two general education classes in anticipation for this nature photo class. This session the only class I am taking is the Nature class taught by Ralph Clevenger(awesome teacher and photographer... http://www.ralphclevenger.com/). This class has been a complete change of pace, and it has called for a little bit of adjustment. It is wonderful, I am forced to slow down and enjoy nature on an even deeper level than hiking and rock climbing. This class is allowing me to look at things in nature as photographs again, (not as scenes to take photos of people in). My passion of photography started by taking macro shots of flowers... yet throughout the past two years at Brooks i've been distracted and I've lacked the motivation/time to slow down and enjoy the little things in life again. So long story short, I'm completely loving this nature photo class. Here are some of the recent stuff I've been taking.
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This is a little leaf of some sort with a few beads of dew dangling on it

Little Lena

The fifth wedding that I ever shot was of this cutie's parents. This is Lena, one of the happiest babies you will meet. These photos were taken for an assignment at Brooks. I needed to take three different photos using the same type of style. The photo was also suppose to be made with a wall portrait in mind... meaning it had to show more of the scene than just the person and show it in an artistic way. Since I love fields and yellows and cute little babies, I decided to make these photos. Here are my favorites I ended up deciding on the first for the big print I turned in.Thanks Christine and Terry for letting me take photos of your adorable little girl!
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Renshaw Family

I had the pleasure of photographing the Renshaw family with their new baby boy Logan at their home last week. Logan was 7 weeks old, not typically the time you do baby photos, but it ended up working wonderfully.Logan has the most beautiful blue eyes! Mommy and Daddy went to the same high school only a grade apart, but didn't meet eachother till a mutual friend's wedding! What are the odds! This is an adorable family and I had a lot of fun working with them. They have a little dog named ella who was extremely excited to hangout with us, but everytime I aimed my camera at her she barked like there was no tomorrow.. poor thing probably thought it was going to get her. haha Here are some of my favorites :)