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» A fun photography project in school!

Usually when I begin a new grade section (like I’ve done this year) with a whole new class, it usually spreads pretty fast that I’m a designer and photographer, this time being no exception. i actually got the mission from the computer person at the school to take photos of events and the general school life. Now of course I couldn’t really pass up this oppotunity for several reasons. The first reason is definitely because I can go around with my camera all day and take photos (yes, even during lesson time). Also, it’s fun to document, not only the school but our class as well. It’s going to be awesome to have when we in three years graduate.

So, two days ago, someone came with the brilliant idea. We have an outdoor cap knitted out of wool, that’s kinda become our "class cap" (everyone loves it). So the brilliant idea was simple, we put everyone in the class, one-by-one, up against a wall of our classroom (the wall-part was my photographic idea) and take a photo of each and every one, wearing the hat. We got some really good results and we are going to be putting those up as 20×30 prints in our classroom, with a name badge on each.

Now why am I telling you this? Well, really to inspire. There are a lot of cool things that can be done with a camera, from the day-to-day environment that you’re in. Yes, I’m a landscape and nature shooter, but I find I’m loving to shoot people as well (hence this and my studio shoot this weekend). So far from this project (given that I’ve had a camera with me for two days) I’ve even gotten to shoot long jumping in our PE lesson. Apart from the fun it’ll be to have all of these shots later on, it’s super fun for me (the photographer). So get out there, in your normal working environment, with a camera and think creatively, if not just for a couple of days! Oh, and at the top is me in my capshot

» Late Friday Stuff

So I’ve been terribly busy since Tuesday…Three tests and some larger homeworks but finally it is weekend and time for relaxing has come! So here are some quickies in late Friday stuff!

• If you need some icons for your designs and stuff, Nick La at N-Design Studio has reminded us once again of his awesome free Christmas Icon set that you can download from the link just below this text chunk. They come in full .eps (and .jpg) so they are full vectors, meaning scalability!! Check them out right here!

• More Christmas stuff. Here is a cool link to a collection of brushes and card templates for your holiday stuff made for Photoshop! Enjoy the link.

• If you like to share photography with others in a forum, commenting environment. Take a look at Photography Corner, an amazing site with a lot of cool contests going on (with a big one coming up, more on that one later on) every month!

Those were some quick tips on the late Friday stuff! Have a nice weekend where you’ll be seeing some posts on here!