Another Month, Another Class!

I really enjoyed last month's class of Creative Composition, as it was right up my alley. This month's Portrait Photography has been more of a challenge. I don't know why - I like taking pictures of people. Maybe it's moreso that I've grown sensitive to people who don't like their picture taken. I don't entirely understand it - I don't like my picture to be taken if I'm lounging in my home and haven't showered, but if I am presentable enough to go out in public, I don't mind my picture being taken. Funny enough, this second week, my assignment is a self-portrait, haha. Too bad my head feels like it's floating away with this head cold!
So, my final two assignment submissions for last month's course were these:

Macro and Perspective

Reflection, Perspective, Horizon, and Symmetry

The last assignment was to submit a photo that included as much as I learned during the course as possible - kind of like a final.
This last week, I got to take photos of my nephews and niece for my assignment on location and props. They were great to shoot, because they knew how to pose on cue, haha. My final submission was this one:

This last week, I also worked on getting a different color wire for my new try at making personalized baby/toddler/child hangers. The hangers I ordered are padded muslin, but the wire hook at the top is brass. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the hanger with me to Michael's and didn't have it to match the color, so I ended up picking up copper wire. Guess I'll just have to go back to Michael's and exchange or return it. How sad. :P
I haven't worked on much else this month, as far as crafts, but that will change soon, as I am making my Halloween costume! Nothing too crazy and most of it is regular clothes. My husband dressed up as a cowboy this summer for a family camping event (not his choice, but he willingly went along with it, haha), so I am just making a cowgirl costume to go with it. I'm not normally one to dress as a cowgirl and I am far from country, but it will be easy enough! I just need to sew the vest out of the fabric I got from Michael's and decorate the hat...and figure out shoes. I'm not getting cowgirl boots just for the costume - maybe I can work around it with modernized boots - I always wanted to see how I would look in something like this. Maybe a trip to Marshall's or TJ Maxx is in order...I do have $10 to spend there!
Until next time!