My friend Carly is doing a photo a day for the next 6 months and is looking for photographers to join her. I would love to do this but I know myself well enough to know that I fall off the wagon pretty quick. However, I told Carly that I'd really try to post at least a couple of times a week. The idea is to be committed to picking up a camera at least once a day for practice. I learned recently that it is conventional wisdom that it takes at least 10,000 hours to truly master a skill. I guess I still have quite a way to go!
This image was inspired by a talk I heard yesterday. I attended a meeting for nature and wildlife photographers on Long Island. We had a speaker who has made a number of visits to Giverny and Monet's Garden and talked about "painting" with her camera. This is not a new concept by any means but it does take practice to learn to manipulate depth of field to achieve a painterly effect. I've played with this technique quite a lot, but it's something that' I keep in the back of my mind. Seeing the speaker's images last night really inspired me to get out and make the most of the spring blooms and all their color.
This image is straight out of the camera with the exception of resizing and border. I made many, many images today and there are very few that resulted in this level of abstraction. But I really like this! I'm tempted to play around with filters and effects and texture layers...and I very well may. I just need to find a few more hours in the day.
I'll probably stay with this type of work at least while I have spring blooms for subjects. I'd love to know what you think!
This image was inspired by a talk I heard yesterday. I attended a meeting for nature and wildlife photographers on Long Island. We had a speaker who has made a number of visits to Giverny and Monet's Garden and talked about "painting" with her camera. This is not a new concept by any means but it does take practice to learn to manipulate depth of field to achieve a painterly effect. I've played with this technique quite a lot, but it's something that' I keep in the back of my mind. Seeing the speaker's images last night really inspired me to get out and make the most of the spring blooms and all their color.
This image is straight out of the camera with the exception of resizing and border. I made many, many images today and there are very few that resulted in this level of abstraction. But I really like this! I'm tempted to play around with filters and effects and texture layers...and I very well may. I just need to find a few more hours in the day.
I'll probably stay with this type of work at least while I have spring blooms for subjects. I'd love to know what you think!
1 comment:
I know very little about photography (my photographs confirm this), but I do believe that photography is a very potent form of poetry. A photo a day does seem ambitious, but photographic opportunities abound in the most unlikely places (even here in drab West Texas!).
I like the softness & freshness of your spring blooms.
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