Working on my lens flipping skills. Lens flipping is a way to get cool macro shots without having a macro lens. (and as someone wise recently told me "you just have to do the best with what you have" although when asked about Adobe Lightroom that same person said I needed to purchase it! :) I have not been very good at it but I will keep working on it because I love the cool super close images.
Mom's pink dogwood tree is awesome.
The thing about lens flipping is that you cannot get a whole lot of focus into one shot. I actually do like the whole shallow depth of field on this one...problem is that I didn't get anything super sharp. Oh well.
One struggle I have been having lately is knowing where to go next with my photography. I have been somewhat serious about photography for over two years now and yet it seems like I am not moving forward as fast as I would like. I tend to feel like I am behind the curve in knowledge and equipment when I get together with other serious photographers. I am trying so hard to learn but at the same time I struggle with lack of resources, time, energy and just knowing where to turn.
For a long time I have known that I should be shooting every single day. I haven't. For various reasons. But that nagging has been in the back of my mind for over a year. I have now committed to shooting something every day for the next month. *Note: I am not only going to just take a picture I am going to attempt using more manual settings and learn from my experiences. During this time I am hoping to post a picture on my blog every day as well. This should help to keep me accountable as well as entertain anyone who happens to read this site.
Other BIG issues for me are work flow and editing. Okay, so yeah that is like the whole process but I am determined to tackle these things and LEARN! Doing it all at once however would about do me in so I am going to work on one thing a month. As I said, this month is the just a focus on shooting more and learning how to better use my camera to control outcome. You can look for updates regularly. :)
~determined photo girl
1 comment:
Good job Christina! I especially really like that 2nd picture..!
And I know what you mean about not knowing "what to do next"... :sighs: I'm with you there! My problem is that I have all these huge dreams and goals and I have no idea how to make them a reality! ;) I've had a desire to travel internationally with my camera.. but YEAH, like a young woman can travel all over the world by herself!?! ;) Hmm. I dont think so. LOL. So.. I've decided to just wait on the Lord in that area. Atleast I can go to NZ this fall with a group of other photographers! That's a huge blessing.
And yes, I'd really encourage you to take a photo a day! I've doing that since I got back from IPS (although I missed one day.. =( I dont know how that happened) but I think it helps me to keep my mind refreshed on the stuff I learned. And oh my... my dear, you're not the only one struggling at work flow and editing! Yikes, I haven't done any work flow like they showed us how.. =P =O Am I bad.. :shrugs:
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