Reaching back into the archives again. This flower was hanging on from last fall at North Mountain Park. The image was made on January 16 and processed on February 24. I have a new Lensbaby toy this week so hope to get around to some new images. Weather permitting of course.
I abandoned the 365 day project last week because it was not bringing me joy and it was not making me a better photographer. But in the breathing space that followed I neglected to take any pictures last week so I decided to go back into the early weeks of the project to find something worthy of sharing. This image of star anise and cinnamon sticks was shot on January 5.
A busy week and more wind had me grabbing whatever was at hand to check off the box that I did my image of the day. I did like the way these bottles came out though hindsight says I should have arranged them a little differently with respect to the background.
I managed the first of what I hope to be many trips to the coast this year. It was warm and sunny in Brookings, unlike the Rogue Valley. Shot with the Lensbaby Sweet 50.
It wasn’t a great week for photography. Though we did get some breaks in the weather it was still cold and the winter landscape mostly uninspiring. I found myself grabbing whatever was close at hand and taking a few shots just to check off the box. Yesterday, after a full day working at the Genealogy Library, I just picked up the camera, pointed it out the window and took a shot and called it done. In fairness, I had intended to go to the rose garden after my shift but it had started to rain, which was not in the forecast, so I was not only tired but a bit exasperated. In any case the blueberries turned out pretty well in spite of my bad attitude. Hoping for better things this week with a change of scenery coming the next few days.
The upside of being forced to shoot in the studio every day is that I am remembering all the things I have gathered for just such an occasion. the birdcage was inspired by a class I am working on called “Inspired” by Denise Love, my texture guru. It took awhile to get all the pieces together for the shoot as I had to create my own background using paint and water color paper. I do like the way it came together and I am reminded I have a lot more videos in that class to inspire me.
It has been incredibly windy this week so I was forced into the tiny studio for most of my daily images. Eight days in and I’m already wondering why I did this to myself. But I’m hoping as we get into spring and better weather and better subjects things will go more smoothly. It’s really about making photography a priority which is hard to do when other alligators are nipping at my heels. Anyway, this pomegranate was shot using my Velvet 28 which, though wider than I usually prefer, focuses as close as two inches which makes it perfect for this kind of closeup shot.
Today is the first day of my new 365 days of Lensbaby project. The objective is to take at least on photograph each day using one of my many Lensbaby tools and lenses. Today I initially set out for Lithia Park but quickly realized I was going to have a long hike to where I wanted to photograph, assuming I could find a parking place at all. So, I made a new plan and headed to North Mountain Park. My favorite thing to photograph at North Mountain Park this time of year is birds but, unfortunately, Lensbaby, has not yet branched out to telephoto lenses. So, it had to be Macro. I captured several pleasing shots but I just loved the simplicity of this one. It was captured using the Lensbaby sweet 80 on my Canon M6 with a 2x macro filter. Some might argue that extension tube might be a better choice because it doesn’t put more glass in front of the lens but with Lensbaby you are looking for blur anyway and I just got the macro filters and have to put them through their paces. I probably should have tried the same shot using extension tubes but didn’t think of it at the time. I don’t expect to be posting images every day on this site but I am going to try to do better with getting the best image of the week posted.
Lot’s of testing going at in the Photography world here. This image was a result of testing the New Lensbaby Obscura toy. It is not really a lens but acts like a pinhole camera if you are familiar with those. It also is 16mm so very wide angle which I’ll have to get used to. I wasn’t too happy with the image out of camera so I took it into Topaz for a Van Gough look. I also added to an already existing vignette. I think it may be a bit over done. may be some cropping would be in order.
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We are going to be shooting all afternoon and then going up to Mt. Hood for sunset after dinner. So, I realized I had better post something from my morning walk before class starts or I will but up until midnight. I found these shoes along the pathway but did not see their owners. Shot with the Lensbaby Sweet 50 for maximum blur.
Today’s quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty and in the same field it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before and which shall never be seen again.