The quality isn't great because I had to upload it to Youtube first. Maybe some day I'll figure out how to get my soundslides presentation up on this blog. Anyway, Here are around 100 of my best photos that I took during my internship at the Garden. The background music was given to me by a friend at work (her friend is a composer). Enjoy.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
On the mantel of the fireplace in my grandparents' living room sits 9 portraits of 9 grandchildren. Since they are all senior portraits and the youngest grandchild graduated from high school 3 years ago, my grandma decided it's time for updated photos.
Since I am the photographer of the family, I was charged with this task. So on Thanksgiving, I packed up my gear and headed to Grandma's. My siblings and cousins decided that they didn't want mug shots while standing next to a beige wall, so we went up the the Missouri Botanical Garden so they could each have a different background.
Now before I show you the pictures, I have to inform you that nobody in my family likes getting their picture taken. NOBODY! Oh and it was really cold that day and we had to rush through it because they're wimps when it comes to the cold (I was hot because I had on a wool coat and was lugging around my gear... I did, however, complain about the fact that I was wearing 3-inch heels because they wouldn't let me go home to get tennis shoes). I still have 3 portraits to take because two of my cousins couldn't go and I left my tripod in the car so I couldn't get a shot of myself, but here are the ones I have....
Just for fun, let's start with the group shot. At the garden there are 6 sheep statues. People love sitting on them and taking pictures. I have yet to sit on one, but it sure looks fun. We decided to get a group shot of everyone on the sheep. My brother is trying to balance on the smallest sheep of the bunch. I love it.
This is my sister, Kate. She hates getting her picture taken. She doesn't smile with her teeth and often looks rigid in photos. But I like this photograph. The wind blew her hair rather nicely right as I snapped the picture. She thinks the picture is 'ok'
Here is my brother, Joe. He chose this picture of himself because he thinks it's the most natural looking one of the take, and one of the few he was actually looking at the camera. When I took the picture, he was just getting out of the thinking man pose and was about to say something. It was under exposed, so I had to try to lighten it in photoshop, which is hard to do if you don't like grainy photos, and I don't. It's not my favorite, but he likes it, and frankly, I had to work with what I got.
I'm throwing this picture in just for kicks.
This is my cousin, Andrea. I don't think she minds getting her picture taken as much as the others, but it was cold, so I only snapped a few pictures of her so she could put her coat back on. I really like this picture. It was her idea to lean up against the wall, and I think it works pretty well.
This is Mary. She loves the Japanese culture, so of course we had to go out to the Japanese Garden. It's the furthest away, but it's my favorite garden. I have hundreds of shots of the bridge that she wanted it in the background. I like how the light hits her hair to make a halo around it, but I should've used a fill flash.
Here is Emma. My mom likes this picture of her. It's ok. She was having a hard time posing. I had to keep telling her to stop looking creepy. I have a bunch of really good goofy photos of her, but I don't think that's what Grandma had in mind.
This is the photo Emma and I chose for her shot.
And Connie.... I don't think there is a picture of her in existence that she actually likes. I don't get this at all since she is so pretty, inside and out. I took her picture in the Ottoman Garden while she was leaning up against a red door. She wanted final say in the picture and made me delete some from my camera. This is my favorite one of her, but she doesn't like it.
So we're going with this one, which I like and she is ok with.
And that's it, for now.
Since I am the photographer of the family, I was charged with this task. So on Thanksgiving, I packed up my gear and headed to Grandma's. My siblings and cousins decided that they didn't want mug shots while standing next to a beige wall, so we went up the the Missouri Botanical Garden so they could each have a different background.
Now before I show you the pictures, I have to inform you that nobody in my family likes getting their picture taken. NOBODY! Oh and it was really cold that day and we had to rush through it because they're wimps when it comes to the cold (I was hot because I had on a wool coat and was lugging around my gear... I did, however, complain about the fact that I was wearing 3-inch heels because they wouldn't let me go home to get tennis shoes). I still have 3 portraits to take because two of my cousins couldn't go and I left my tripod in the car so I couldn't get a shot of myself, but here are the ones I have....
Just for fun, let's start with the group shot. At the garden there are 6 sheep statues. People love sitting on them and taking pictures. I have yet to sit on one, but it sure looks fun. We decided to get a group shot of everyone on the sheep. My brother is trying to balance on the smallest sheep of the bunch. I love it.
This is my sister, Kate. She hates getting her picture taken. She doesn't smile with her teeth and often looks rigid in photos. But I like this photograph. The wind blew her hair rather nicely right as I snapped the picture. She thinks the picture is 'ok'
Here is my brother, Joe. He chose this picture of himself because he thinks it's the most natural looking one of the take, and one of the few he was actually looking at the camera. When I took the picture, he was just getting out of the thinking man pose and was about to say something. It was under exposed, so I had to try to lighten it in photoshop, which is hard to do if you don't like grainy photos, and I don't. It's not my favorite, but he likes it, and frankly, I had to work with what I got.
I'm throwing this picture in just for kicks.
This is my cousin, Andrea. I don't think she minds getting her picture taken as much as the others, but it was cold, so I only snapped a few pictures of her so she could put her coat back on. I really like this picture. It was her idea to lean up against the wall, and I think it works pretty well.
This is Mary. She loves the Japanese culture, so of course we had to go out to the Japanese Garden. It's the furthest away, but it's my favorite garden. I have hundreds of shots of the bridge that she wanted it in the background. I like how the light hits her hair to make a halo around it, but I should've used a fill flash.
Here is Emma. My mom likes this picture of her. It's ok. She was having a hard time posing. I had to keep telling her to stop looking creepy. I have a bunch of really good goofy photos of her, but I don't think that's what Grandma had in mind.
This is the photo Emma and I chose for her shot.
And Connie.... I don't think there is a picture of her in existence that she actually likes. I don't get this at all since she is so pretty, inside and out. I took her picture in the Ottoman Garden while she was leaning up against a red door. She wanted final say in the picture and made me delete some from my camera. This is my favorite one of her, but she doesn't like it.
So we're going with this one, which I like and she is ok with.
And that's it, for now.
I've been playing around with the glowing affect a little more. I'm pretty sure all of these pictures are already on my blog in their initial form. I really like the picture of the Climatron doors reflecting the Spink Pavilion of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Lately I've been noticing reflections and trying to capture them. I wanted to shoot in a way that nobody has shot before, which, at the Garden, can be pretty hard due to all the previous interns and volunteers. I think I succeeded with this picture though. I like it in both forms, it's natural form, and the glowing edges affect.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Nice Glow
Ok, so I have a lot of photos to post from the past couple weeks, but toning is such a pain... So instead, I've been playing around on photoshop and discovered this nice glowing effect. Here are a few of the pictures I've taken the past couple weeks and a squirrel picture I took over the summer with the glowing effect.
Monday, October 26, 2009
My work at the Garden
I don't put a lot of my event coverage on my blog (usually because I don't know the people I'm taking pictures of).
At the Missouri Botanical Garden, we put our event photos up on flickr, so some of my photos can be seen at:
What's Growing on at the Garden
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbgarchives/sets/72157622333985353/
(My photos say - photo credit: Christy Siebert)
At the Missouri Botanical Garden, we put our event photos up on flickr, so some of my photos can be seen at:
What's Growing on at the Garden
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbgarchives/sets/72157622333985353/
(My photos say - photo credit: Christy Siebert)
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Ottoman Garden
Mom and Dad came to visit me at the Garden during the Best of Missouri Market. Here they are sitting on a throne in the Ottoman Garden. My dad is sitting all the way back (that's why his legs don't reach the ground, that, and he's short)
A View For a Select Few
Tower Groves House
See the tower? Let's go up there.
Climb up the stairs. This part of the house isn't open to the public. (Did you know that Henry Shaw had the Piper Observatory tower built so people would stop asking to come into his house to see the view from his tower?)
More stairs
Finally, a room. But wait, is that a ladder?
Oh Geez
Um.... ok stairs on top of the ladder
Unlock the door and push it aside
Not much room up here
Kind of cluttered. The speakers are there to play bell sounds because they got rid of the bell.
Doesn't look too safe....
But check out the view!
Ok, time to go.
Hi Katie!
Oh boy, here I go
This is one steep ladder. Is that somebody looking at me through the window?
Goodbye room. Your windows offer a great view even if the window sills are covered in dead bugs.
Back down the stairs.
That's it. That's all I've got.
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