Won 2nd Place

in today's Daily Challenge. I love this one.

Waterfall

I got these real quick while waiting for my family portrait/grad session today. I should be getting to some bigger falls soon. I can't wait to get some more water shots.

Wickham Family Portrait

Congrats Jordan!

Good Omen

After Alex's graduation, there was a rainbow. I guess thats a sign of good luck for her future. :)

Congratulations Alex and Ally!

Class of '09!

Happy 54th Anniversary!

Anniversary Cake

A friend of mine helped me make this cake for my grandparents 54th wedding anniversary. It was pumpkin spice with cream cheese filling/icing with white chocolate fondant. It was a big hit. Thanks Debbi for all your help!

Lupine

One of my teachers retired a few days ago, and this was given to her from a student. We didn't know what kind of flower it was. I posted it on my photography network and got an ID right away. It is called a Lupine. I think this shot turned out nicely. Good Luck on your retirement Mrs. Nicholson!

Lightning Edits

I did a few edits from the lightning pix the other night.

Chewy Chicken {Animals}

Today was a busy day for me. Going through things for a yard sale. Packing for my trip to Michigan. Had a photo shoot this evening. And now getting ready to go fix supper. I just do not get why this Chicken is so chewy. Think I should use him for supper or find a better one?

Beef ... it's what's for dinner {Animals}

Three days ago I posted a photo of some cows. Although they were skinny as they are not ready for the butcher yet. I thought it would be interesting to post the after math of the butcher. It's a sad reality but alas this is how the world works.

ISO 100
SS 1/320
Fstop 1.4
Sigma 30mm 1.4

Lightning Storm

There was an awesome lightning storm last night. No rain, just lightning. It was amazing. I got a ton more pictures, but I'm only going to post a few for now. I've got a busy day ahead of me.

Mister Turkey {Animals}

Surrounding the pond that is closest to the house is a fence to keep kids from falling in. This is one of the animals that is hanging on the fence. When I got home from my shoot today and actually had a brief moment it was not raining. I went and snapped this real quick. I wanted to get a shot of a real Turkey but not in this rain am I tramping through wet grass.

ISO 100
SS 1/640
Fstop 1.4
Sigma 30mm 1.4

Gallery Snapshots

I realized I haven't posted any pictures of my gallery yet. I still have to hang the trim and touch up a few paint spots, and of course hang some more pictures..lol. But I think its coming along nicely. Hopefully I'll be moving it to a studio soon. *Fingers crossed* I have some more pictures of the other walls, but the uploader isn't cooperating with me tonight, I'll have to post them later.

Tigers & Bears ... Oh My it's Eliana {Animals}

This week's theme is animals. Of course I had to throw a photo of Eliana in there as well. My mom got her this outfit 2 years ago I believe. It's a size 18 months and the shorts are STILL too big around her waist. So, this is a Detroit Tigers outfit and she has her baby girl polar bear "Cake". It definitely fits this week's theme.

ISO 100
SS 1/2000
Fstop 1.4
Sigma 30mm 1.4

Cows {Animals}

Living in Rural Southern Indiana I come across allot of barns and farm animals. These cows are about 1/4 mile down and across the road from me. The cows in the back pasture in my backyard were too far into the field to get photos of today. I'll have to come up with some interesting animals and photos this week. And I'll have to switch to my 85mm 1.8 to get some up close ones as well.

ISO 100
SS 1/500
Fstop 1.4
Sigma 30mm 1.4

Won 3rd Place

in today's challenge with this photo.

Rural Southern Indiana {Around Town ... as Seen by a Tourist}

I was driving home a bit ago and have always liked this barn. And finally decided to stop and take a photo. This is one of many of thousands of barns in Rural Southern Indiana. I will be doing a photo series of barns this summer. Among a few other series.

ISO 100
SS 1/1250
Fstop 1.4
Sigma 30mm 1.4
Pioneer Woman's Boost @ 70% Opacity
Pioneer Woman's Vintage @ 75% Opacity

Highland Hearts Concert @ Hot Topic

My friend Brad is in a band called Highland Hearts. They were in town the other night, so I went to go see them and of course brought my camera. Here are some shots I got. I used my fisheye lens on some of them, thought it'd be a cool effect.

Check out Highland Hearts on myspace! www.myspace.com/highlandhearts

Crosses & Monastery {Around Town ... as Seen by a Tourist}

Yesterday Eliana and I went to the Louisville Zoo. I still need to upload those photos. I'll post a few soon. I just took Eliana's P&S with us and left the big camera at home. I had a great day just being a "mom" and spending time with Eliana. So, since we were at the Zoo I had not taken a photo for POTD. I took 2 today to make up for it. First photo is an up close view of the Monastery from earlier this week on my blog. And the 2nd is crosses from the Cemetery from the Monastery.

ISO 100
SS 1/2500
Fstop 1.4
Pioneer Women's B&W @ 66% Opacity



ISO 100
SS 1/3200
Fstop
Sigma 30mm 1.4
My B&W

Jasper Court House {Around Town ... as Seen by a Tourist}

It was a busy long and tiring day for me today. And just couldn't think too well about photos. Went into jasper tonight and thought I'd get a night shot. I don't get too many of those. Anyway, I actually just stuck it on P Mode and snapped real quick. Only thing I don't like is how the clock at the top blurred out. What type of settings might you use to get that better?

P Mode Settings
ISO 1600
SS 1/60
Fstop 2.0
Sigma 30mm 1.4
Pioneer Women's B&W @ 66% Opacity

Class of 2010: Models Wanted!

Photochyck Photography is currently looking for models from Indiana high schools to be used for advertisement for our 2010 Senior Portrait Portfolio. We need a guy and girl from each school to be Photochyck Photography representatives. Our models receive a free on-location photo session, free referral cards, 10 electronic files for sharing via Facebook, Myspace, etc., and 10% off of prints.

If you are interested in being one of our Senior Representatives, please fill out the application today!

Model Application

Schnellville Church {Around Town ... as Seen by a Tourist}

This church is a few minutes down the road from me. It had a fire a few years ago and they have rebuilt it nicely. In fact the house I'm renting now was bricked with left over bricks from this church. As well as the house across and down the road from me. It definitely has some history to it that's for sure.

ISO 100
SS 1/6400
Fstop 2.2
Sigma 30mm 1.4

Just A Few More..

From last week's wedding.