Day 29

Shooting in the woods presents a different set of challenges than being out in the open sunlight. I've learned that the sunlight breaking through the canopy of leaves creates pockets of light that can effectively make it so that you lose definition of leaves/branches/etc. and it really just looks like there is white every where. Maybe a fog or snow.

Extra compensation with higher ISO, and an attempt at lower exposure.

Day 9

Today was one of those days where I needed inspiration. I was so tired by the time I got home from work that it was all I could do to make dinner and flop on the couch. No I didn't get my run in. Yes I have a little bit of guilt. I'll forgive myself after tomorrow's run :)

But for inspiration, I immediately went to my google reader. What should I try to photograph today? Not surprisingly, my fingers floated over to today's post from Shutter Sisters. Today's post was "words words everywhere". This is one of my absolute favorite photography blogs. The girls are always thoughtful, and inspire me to look through the lens differently than I did the day before. So today, I give thanks, as well as credit, for inspiring me to attempt to capture words in my home as well:



and my personal favorite (mostly because it comes from a card with a dirty joke on the inside. and yes, I am that immature. Well, we are that immature. Ha!)


Early to bed, so that I can make up for that run I procrastinated on tonight...

*I played around with the white balance for these shots, as well as the aperture level. Smaller window means less light gets in, and shorter depth of field. (I think. Window analogy via DPS can be found here.)

Day 5

Back on track, Baby!!

So DPS http://digital-photography-school.com/ has been an amazing source of information for me as I've begun learning this craft. Amazing. If you are not familiar with them, and looking to learn about anything photography related, you need to hop on over and check them out. F-stop? Aperture? ISO? What's that? While I'm not sure I could define each of those yet, DPS can. And will explain not only the terms, but how to apply it to make your images better. And it is a great community full of photographers of all levels, so you get great perspective. See? Can't say enough good things about the site.

One of my favorite things about DPS is their weekly assignments. I've never participated, but this weeks assignment was "shadows" and I thought I might give it a go.


So this first one is obviously my wine glasses, but I love the way the shadows behind them look. Almost like those tulips J gave me for my birthday :)


This little guy is a treasured possession. Moose. Love the bold color of this one. Love it. (J actually suggested it when I told him the assignment was shadows. He's so creative...)

So there you have it. Tomorrow is the weekend.. so I really will have no excuse for not posting on time.