Jennifer I have been trying to avoid endlessly scrolling on YouTube as I am finding there really isn’t anything there for me. But last night I came across something of value to me – a photography challenge! Here is the link if you want to check it out.
Short and sweet, the gist of it is you spend a few minutes observing light, take 3 pics of patterns, 3 pics without people and 1 where composition is key. For 7 days. I started today, St. Patrick’s Day, and really enjoyed picking up my camera again – it’s been a while. I realized that I have loved taking pictures for a long time and I’m not really sure why I put the camera down.
I think I am also going to start carrying my camera with me as much as I can, not sure I want to leave a camera in my car at some of the places I have to go these days. But if I don’t have the camera I can’t practice.
I am shooting a Nikon D750 and 50mm/1.8 Nikon lens. I have lenses that I don’t use and don’t know how to use so this is the perfect opportunity to use a lens I haven’t used much exclusively for this photography challenge.
And while I’m at it, I will learn how to edit my RAW photos in Affinity. Photo editing is also something I need to learn. This video is a great place to start, I love Affinity Revolution they do an awesome job of creating tutorials.
Below are the photos I took the first day of the challenge. I will do my best to post daily.
These are the pattern photos. I like the fence and the siding – mainly the angle of the pic. And I am really digging the 50mm lens.
These are the photos without people. I like the dried up marigolds. I think the old tractor might look cool in black and white.
This is the image that is the composition. Eh. I tried something, not sure it worked or that I like it. I get that the images without people have to tell a story, or that images in general tell a story, they have to be compelling. For me an image has to stir something inside, a frozen moment in time that makes me think or pause and reflect. That’s what I love about taking pictures, a frozen moment in time that will never come again. I don’t know where I am going with this photography thing but I am having fun and I hope that my images will bring joy, peace or a moment of connection to something greater.
