I have been inspired to do another 365 project.

Just incase any of you are not completely sure what a 365 project is, it is simply just a project for photographers or anybody who would like to participate to take a picture every day and post it.

I have tried many times to do a 365 project and I have never completed one, but this time I am inspired to do so!

I took this picture to start off my project.

The pink around the edges is just paper that I have put around my lens to add color and softness to the image. I used my 35mm lens and one soft box light. I then did some editing in Lightroom 5 to add saturation and more exposure and contrast to my eye.

I have only seen one completed 365 project, and I loved going through all of the pictures from beginning to end. It was really great to see how much that persons work has improved. I am hoping to do just that... Improve my work, and also to get my name and work out there. Maybe I will even inspire someone to start a project of their own!

In my last blog post, I had mentioned about a maternity photo shoot that I was going to be doing... Here are a few of my favorite shots that I took.

I used nothing but natural light, my camera, and my tripod.

We ended up running out of light before we finished the session, but we are meeting again for another shoot this week!

Whenever I know I will be working with props for a photo shoot, I practice photographing them ahead of time. This prevents me from spending time during the actual photo shoot trying to figure out  how to photograph the props and allows me more time focusing on the people i'm taking pictures of.

The images below are of a banner I made for a photo shoot that I am doing tomorrow.

The burlap I used to make this banner is some what see through, so it was pretty tough to photograph.   After a few attempts I was eventually able to find a perfect setting.

Using nothing but natural light, I was able to capture these images by setting my camera at a shutter speed of 1/60 and an aperture setting of f4.2.