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Hey guys!

In case you haven't had a chance to check it out yet...
my new website is www.JennyMelle.com

Check it out when you get a chance!!


My marvelous friend Naomi has been awesome in getting it all designed and set up for me.


THANK YOU NAOMI!
YOU ROCK!

Didn't Make The Cut

Here are some of the other shots I took for class that didn't quite make the cut to turn in.

...and breath.

I remember the good ol' days of college, procrastinating on homework until the very last second it was due and pulling an all-nighter to get it done. Well, those days are long gone... things change a bit when you have a baby... apparently. :) The last few days I've spent tirelessly working on completing my assignments for my studio lighting class at DMACC-- shooting pictures, creating silly collages, editing until the wee hours of morning, burning CD's, printing, re-printing, and mounting. I am way too old for this procrastination business.

The class has been mediocre at best, but I did feel like I learned a little about different lighting techniques (more from my 2 day class at Christian Photo and then practicing with own new lights, but whatever), and I got tons of practice.
I turned in all of my assignments last night at 10pm. Now, I can breath... at least until next week when the class critiques each other's work.

So, I thought I'd show you what I've been working on.
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Assignment: Product Display

Purpose: Create a full page drink feauture-- give the photo a warm antique feeling.
** This is my fabulous pal Mandi.

Title: Unwind (above)

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Assignment: Collage

Purpose: Create an interesting collage using your own photos, images from magazines, and text.

** This topic speaks of today's beauty standards and the pressure little girls and women feel to "measure up" to what society says is beautiful.

Title: Beauty Standards (left)

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Assignment: Make Room for Type

Purpose: Shoot something that either has typing in it already or a photo which leaves enough room for typing to be placed beside it.

* I had 2 that I liked for this assignment-- but both for different reasons. I love the color pop of the crayons but I ended up turning in the Jam session one... b/c it accented the words more creatively.

Title: Color Me Happy (above)

Title: Jam Session (above)


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Assignment: Arrangement
Purpose: Create a visually exciting image using 5 or more objects.

Title: Caliente (above)

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Assignment: Food/Beverage

Purpose: Create an image using an everday food-- for a grocery store. Make the image as appetizing as possible.

Title: Fresh Squeezed (above)
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Assignment: Impact of Design

Purpose: Create a visually exciting image using an everyday ordinary object. The image must be monochromatic with one popping color.

**Again with this one I had 2 that I liked. I love the duck one, but I chose the egg one because the background of the duck shot has a bluish tinted background (even though it was actually black-- the bath mat changes it to a slight blue)- and the assignment was to use a black textured background.

Title: Dripping Yolk (above) (creative, I know)... thanks Mandi. :)

Title: Overboard (above)

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Assignment: Hands

Purpose: Create a unique image around a hand or hands.

Title: Hold On To your Roots (above)

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Assignment: Final Presentation

Purpose: Take a picture of a person without the person being in it.

** This is a photo representing Dave's Grampy :) in Rhode Island. He used to be a milk man and a dairy producer.

Title: Milk Man (I know... I'm pretty unstoppable with the creative titles). :)