Your Bio

Hi all!
Well to start my name is Sarah (as you see at the top of the page) I am 23 and attended the Brooks Institute of photography in California for a little over 2 years and also have three previous years of university schooling under my belt. I have been taking photos for as long as I can remember. I must give great credit for my love of photography to my father and grandparents (what can I say it must be genetic). They are all amazing photographers and I hope that I will carry on the love and talent of photo that they all share.

WELCOME and enjoy!!
Don't forget; Carpe Diem, seize the day.

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Santa maria and along the 101 :

Santa maria and along the 101

Updated: Jun 14, 2007 4:30pm PST

Kelani, Gabriel, and fam :

Kelani, Gabriel, and fam

Updated: Jun 14, 2007 4:36pm PST

Santa Barbara Fair : These are some shots from the Santa Barbara fair that went on from April 25-29. Alot of the lower shots i left open for atleast 15 sec to get the blur of people. There were alot more people then you really see in the photos... ahhh the magic of photography.

Santa Barbara Fair

These are some shots from the Santa Barbara fair that went on from Apr ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2007 6:21pm PST

Graffiti : I found these really cool tunnels by my house that were covered in paint. I shot these with an exposure between 1 sec all the way to 30 sec at f/3.7 depending on how deep into the tunnels I went... enjoy.

Graffiti

I found these really cool tunnels by my house that were covered in pai ...

Updated: Mar 14, 2007 4:00am PST

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Updated: Mar 29, 2008 11:52pm MST

Kelani, Gabriel, and fam :

Kelani, Gabriel, and fam

Updated: Jun 14, 2007 5:36pm MST

Santa maria and along the 101 :

Santa maria and along the 101

Updated: Jun 14, 2007 5:30pm MST

Santa Barbara Fair : These are some shots from the Santa Barbara fair that went on from April 25-29. Alot of the lower shots i left open for atleast 15 sec to get the blur of people. There were alot more people then you really see in the photos... ahhh the magic of photography.

Santa Barbara Fair

These are some shots from the Santa Barbara fair that went on from Apr ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2007 7:21pm MST

Digitial Color Workflow : In this class we are working on mastering our color correcting techniques. every week we are given 2-4 pictures to correct (which are labled as color correction) and all the others I have shot for different assignments

Digitial Color Workflow

In this class we are working on mastering our color correcting techniq ...

Updated: Apr 15, 2007 6:36am MST

Graffiti : I found these really cool tunnels by my house that were covered in paint. I shot these with an exposure between 1 sec all the way to 30 sec at f/3.7 depending on how deep into the tunnels I went... enjoy.

Graffiti

I found these really cool tunnels by my house that were covered in pai ...

Updated: Mar 14, 2007 5:00am MST

Portfolio : These are my final 15 images for my portfolio, i am working on fixing a few, changed my mind on some. but great work is always in progress they say...

Portfolio

These are my final 15 images for my portfolio, i am working on fixing ...

Updated: Feb 25, 2007 4:35pm MST

Theme : For this assignment we were given all freedom to do what we wanted, as long as we showed that we could control the lighting well. I shot everything in the studio. The first theme is of muddy rain boots that somone has left outside the front door. The second theme... well I couldnt come up with anything else at the time, and I had run out of money so this is what I would up doing. I actually like it because it looks so environmental just like a desk at home would look. These are pictures I took with my digital camera so some may not look in focus and the colors are not at their true tone.

Theme

For this assignment we were given all freedom to do what we wanted, as ...

Updated: Oct 26, 2006 3:05am MST

Backgrounds : This assignment was to shoot the same product with four different "backgrounds". At first it was hard to get the nice edge on the knife but after alot of practice i finally got a great highlight on the shot with the pink and purple lace background. These are pictures I took with my digital camera so some may not look in focus and the colors not at their true tone.

Backgrounds

This assignment was to shoot the same product with four different "bac ...

Updated: Oct 26, 2006 2:54am MST

Black Glass : This assignment was to shoot four products on actual black glass using the knowledge we gained from our first technical assignment. Again these are pictures I took with my digital camera so some may not look in focus and the colors are not at their true tone.

Black Glass

This assignment was to shoot four products on actual black glass using ...

Updated: Oct 26, 2006 2:53am MST

Final 6 : This is my final project for the class. My theme is Peter Pan; Adult View vs. Kid View. In the large image with all six shots the left coloumn is the adult fiew of Peter, Hook and Tinkerbell. The right coloumn is the kids view of the characters.

Final 6

This is my final project for the class. My theme is Peter Pan; Adul ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2006 11:24pm MST

Resting Athlete :

Resting Athlete

Updated: Jun 06, 2006 5:39pm MST

Katy : This is a nude shoot, so if you do not want to see any nudity please do not enter. I shot with B&W film, and color chromes.

Katy

This is a nude shoot, so if you do not want to see any nudity please d ...

Updated: May 25, 2006 2:17pm MST

Key Shifting :

Key Shifting

Updated: May 21, 2006 7:03pm MST

"Oh Shit" :

"Oh Shit"

Updated: May 21, 2006 6:43pm MST

Velocity :

Velocity

Updated: May 21, 2006 6:38pm MST

Modeling : This is some more modeling that I have done.

Modeling

This is some more modeling that I have done.

Updated: Apr 17, 2006 3:36pm MST

Elegant :

Elegant

Updated: Mar 22, 2006 10:13pm MST

Trouble Ahead :

Trouble Ahead

Updated: Mar 22, 2006 9:54pm MST

Creepy : This assignment we were given the word "creepy" I used Fuli Velvia 100 film with my Nikkon EL2 with a 50mm lens. I used a flash with a green gel to create the monster lighting. I did do some photo shopping to two of my images. They are the green and red ones.

Creepy

This assignment we were given the word "creepy" I used Fuli Velvia 10 ...

Updated: Feb 24, 2006 1:08pm MST

Alone :

Alone

Updated: Feb 02, 2006 1:31pm MST

Caught In The Act part Dux : This is the same assignment of "Caught In The Act". This was taken with my Nikon EL camera in my apartment, using the rebular lights in the room. I used Tri-X 400 black and white film. I processed the film myself and printed it as well.. . I have some more images printed, but I have not scanned them yet. If you want to see the rest of my film, just click ont the contact print at its origional size.

Caught In The Act part Dux

This is the same assignment of "Caught In The Act". This was taken wi ...

Updated: Jan 30, 2006 2:03pm MST

Caught In The Act : This assignment we were given the phrase "Caught In The Act". I took this Image with my Horseman 4X5 camera at 10:30pm with a flash to give the street light feel. It was about 30 feet above the scene. I used Tri-X 320 black and white film. The Shutter speed was 125 @ 5.6. I processed the film myself and printed it as well. There are about 4 different print times, so you can see a variety of images

Caught In The Act

This assignment we were given the phrase "Caught In The Act". I too ...

Updated: Jan 30, 2006 2:00pm MST

Pismo Beach And Sunsets :

Pismo Beach And Sunsets

Updated: Nov 29, 2005 6:37pm MST

Shadow and Playing in Snow :

Shadow and Playing in Snow

Updated: Nov 29, 2005 6:28pm MST

Extreme Angle :

Extreme Angle

Updated: Nov 29, 2005 6:15pm MST

Fun :

Fun

Updated: Nov 29, 2005 6:04pm MST

Portraits :

Portraits

Updated: Nov 28, 2005 5:01pm MST

Final 4 :

Final 4

Updated: Nov 28, 2005 4:59pm MST

Black and White work : All of the photos in this gallery I have developed the film enlarged and printed myself in the lab. There is no photoshoping whatsoever, I just scanned them and put them on here. PLEASE PLEASE do not copy these, for they are copyrighted!!! If you would like a copy let me know.

Black and White work

All of the photos in this gallery I have developed the film enlarged a ...

Updated: Nov 28, 2005 4:54pm MST

4x5 Work : The photos in this gallery are all un-edited, as with all my work. The only thing I have done was add the text for my magazine covers. They were all taken with a Horseman 4x5 camera. PLEASE PLEASE do not copy these, for they are copyrighted!!! If you would like a copy let me know.

4x5 Work

The photos in this gallery are all un-edited, as with all my work. Th ...

Updated: Oct 07, 2005 2:03pm MST

Misc. Photos : This is just a random collection of photos from the past few years. I have more that I am working on scanning, but I am not sure when I will get them on here. I have not edited these photos at all, except for some croping. All the sepia tone I have done in the lab. All of the Black and White photos I have processed, developed and printed on my own in the lab. PLEASE PLEASE do not copy these, for they are copyrighted!!! If you would like a copy let me know.

Misc. Photos

This is just a random collection of photos from the past few years. ...

Updated: Oct 03, 2005 12:50am MST

Artwork from my design classes : This stuff is just some work that I have done in my design classes, so as you can see that I also have some talkent in other areas then photo.

Artwork from my design classes

This stuff is just some work that I have done in my design classes, so ...

Updated: Oct 03, 2005 12:29am MST

Arches National Park : I took these photos in Moab, UT at the Arches National Park. With the photos it is hard to get a sense of how gigantic these rock formations are, it is truly amazing. I started my shoot around 6:30am and finished around noon. I must say if you do go bring your hiking boots and lots of water! I was sure glad I did. There is a mix of photos from my Nikon EL and my Cannon Powershot A70.

Arches National Park

I took these photos in Moab, UT at the Arches National Park. With the ...

Updated: Oct 02, 2005 11:29pm MST

Shape, Line and Texture : These Photos are from my photo 101 assignment of "Shape, Line and Texture" They were taken with my Nikon EL with a 55mm lens. The film was Fujichrome Provia 100 daylight. They are in Slide form. I have not altered these in any way. PLEASE PLEASE do not copy these, for they are copyrighted!!! If you would like a copy let me know.

Shape, Line and Texture

These Photos are from my photo 101 assignment of "Shape, Line and Text ...

Updated: Oct 02, 2005 10:46pm MST