I am so incredibly excited to be back into photography. I’ve really enjoyed downloading various magazines from around the world on the subject. In one of them, Outdoor Photography, they list 30 projects to challenge your way of thinking about shooting and subjects. I’ve decided to take these as a weekly challenge to see what I can learn about my camera and my shooting style. The challenge this week is “A Day in the Life”: pick an object and photograph it at various times throughout the day to show how it changes with the light, the water, the mood, the environment, etc. It was sunny today but so cold, so I had a hard time getting myself motivated to take the shots. After walking around the yard and taking a few shots, I settled on the palm plants in our front yard. While I don’t think any of them will be portfolio-worthy, it was interesting to see how the light changes throughout the...
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To celebrate the new year, we took a family hiking and fishing day up to George L. Smith State Park in Twin City, Georgia. The last time we were there was back in 2009, on our first hiking date together. It was a great chance to try out my new Pentax K2000 that I got for Christmas. I feel like some incredible moments were captured, but mostly, I’ve renewed all the enthusiasm I had for photography that had been dormant for over 10...
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It’s been like spring in January, and I’m loving it! What better way to celebrate than an afternoon with the family at a local park. birds-flight lake weeds ian-tom-tripplett weeds2 geese2 geese...
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