Apparently, the “pro” photographers call their lenses “glass.” I am just a hobbyist right now, but I like to take pictures of things, and I like to think that some of my pictures are creative/inspiring/provocative/whatever. So these pictures represent some of my dreams, and they are taken through glass. Hence, GlassDreaming.
Plus it sounds all emo and cool like that. And everybody knows that emo is all the rage these days.
I am a grad student at the University of Illinois, which means that sometimes finding time to do photography is tough. I am also at the Urbana Farmer’s Market this summer (and maybe into the fall, depending how things go). My current list of upcoming weekends is June 15, July 20, August 10, and September 14.
Anyways, take a look around, enjoy the pictures and leave a comment! If you’re interested in prints of any of my shots, or in portraits or other sessions, email me at drmorr at evokewonder dot com.
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Why won’t you shoot my wedding? You’re a grad student, you should be able to figure out time travel. (Moriah has been saying she wants to shoot weddings, she thinks it would be cool. I think it would be best if she learned photography first.)
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind terribly doing a little bit of portrait photography or something like that, but I refuse to shoot anyone’s wedding. I’ve read *way* too many horror stories about the pictures not coming out exactly perfectly, and the photographer getting sued for everything he has. It’s too high-stress of a situation, and this is just a hobby.
You WON’T shoot my wedding? Damn.
Well. Maybe if you promise not to sue me if I lose all your pictures.
Hi D,
You’re right, photogs call their lenses “glass.” The have all kinds of names for stuff, most of which make sense.
What kind of camera are you shooting with?
You’re right, too, about food photography and stylists using crazy oils, glue, cardboard…all kinds of stuff to make their photos turn out. There are interesting laws about shooting food commercially as well. For example (I’m lifting this from a food styling book), if you shoot chocolate syrup for an ad for chocolate syrup, it has to be the real thing. But the ice cream doesn’t. If the ad is for the ice cream, then it’s got to really be that ice cream, but then you could use motor oil for the syrup. It’s kind of fascinating, actually.
Going to poke around here some more – thanks for the link!!
Huh, fascinating. I guess I can add “professional food photographer” to the growing list of things I’m not ever going to be.
I’m shooting a Canon Rebel XS with either an f/1.8 50mm prime lens, or an f/3.5-4.5 28-105mm zoom.