Posts tagged Photography
Gatlinburg,TN Day 1 and 2
Jul 22nd
I woke up to enjoy breakfast with this guy!
Ahhhhh Toast!
We woke up on day one and really didn’t know what we were going to do. All the girls wanted to go shopping. The guys wanted to play golf. Not being a big golfer myself, I decided to go for a hike. My good friend’s grandson asked if he could join me. We sat around trying to decide which trail that we wanted to hike and I finally found one that was not too challenging for an out of shape 34 year old and a 9 year full of energy. We choose to go to Laurel Falls which is about a 2.5 mile round trip hike. The trail was great but was crowded. The waterfall at the top was even more crowded.
My hiking partner.
The weather was great and we had a great hike.
On the second day all 13 of us woke up and went to Clingman’s Dome. It was about a half mile walk to the observatory. At 6643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It was really cloudy/hazy day and visibility was cut way short. It had to have been at least 15 degrees cooler at the top.
John and KK walking up to the top of Clingman's Dome
Just a little cool at the top!~
John and Beth Walking to the Top!
Not much of a view.
We didn’t stay at the top long. Visibility was poor and we weren’t dressed for the cooler weather. We got back down to the parking lot and took a few more photos and then headed to Cherokee.
JJ and Mr. Ray
Would have been a cool photo if I would have picked a better BG
I spent awhile trying to clone everything out of the background but it just looked too fake. This would show the importance of getting right in camera.
The next couple of days were filled with more adventures. I will post more once I have gone through all the photos.
Children Portraits
Apr 20th
I got asked to take some photos of some of our good friend’s children. They are preparing for a dance/gymnastics recital next month. The individual shots came out okay, but I was not too pleased with the group shot. See the last photo. I put them in the shade and you can see some distinct shadows on the faces. I had already ordered a light stand and umbrella and it should be here next week. I wish that I would have had it for this little impromptu shoot. I am still working on my color/tone correction. I just can’t get it exactly right. I am learning that it is more and more important to get it right in camera.
Busy with Life
Apr 14th
Cupidity........
The most part of each day is spent brushing up on my vocabulary for the GRE which I am scheduled to take on May the 11th. I am going through a Master Word List in Barron’s GRE Prep book. After every couple pages of words there is a simple test. I have been averaging 12 out 15 on these tests. I am spending most of my time going back through and reviewing the words that I am not familiar with. This week I have also start studying for the Quantitative section. My math skills are ……lacking so this section is going to be my biggest headache.
I am thinking of letting So-Hee take the test for me. She seems to always want to study with JJ.
I have also been applying for numerous jobs but have had trouble finding exactly what I am looking for. I am trying to find a part-time job that will not eat up most of my time but still has a large number of hours per week. I have applied for a couple and waiting to hear back from them. I also have a couple of photography projects that are coming up in the next couple of weeks and even one that I will probably profit from~! I did have a few photos that were used for the new church website. Check it out here!
I also have been slowly recruiting teachers to teach in Korea. I am about 60% finished with my website and still need to fix some bugs and write a few more pages before it goes live!
JJ and I have been trying to cook more and have really stopped going out to eat. Can you tell which meals she cooked?
So-Hee has learned where her food bowl is and has gotten bigger in the last month.
I have a few more posts planned for this week. Expect to see them sometime toward the end of the week.
Project 55
GRE Study Plans
Back to the USA
Wedding Photos
Mar 14th
Our wedding was on November 28th at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Hattiesburg, MS. We finally received our photos yesterday. It was a long drawn out process to get our photos and involved threatening our photographer with criminal charges. I will probably explain more in a later post but for now here are some of the photos.
Kimchi
Multi-cultural from Left to Right Tony Taylor-Ghana, JJ-Korea, Me-US, and Father Tommy Conway-Ireland
I will post more photos later in the weekend along with an update on what we have been doing since I last updated here.
