Christiana Aretta writes a journal about food, photography, & toys.

Photography

I have artwork in an exhibition. You will go see it. I have artwork in an exhibition. You will go see it. I have artwork.. oh, you get the idea.

Just doing my part to enable the next generation of citizen journalists.

I spent five days in Michigan last week and all I got was this lousy safari playset.

Today’s challenge: Make a dark, moody portrait with one light source.

Butterfly is back. And this time he’s got a little friend. (And a new lighting scheme!)

Today’s exercise was inspired by Chris McVeigh’s action figure shots. I replaced his adorable use of chipmunks with the rather boring use of gels to up the learning factor. (If only I could convince more brides to let me photograph their wedding Buckaroo Banzai-style..)

Today’s Lesson: How to make something small look bigger than something big.

Stayed up late at the computer, crawled into bed, got comfy and saw this through the window. (Sleep? Never heard of it!)