Hi Joan, I've have been looking through your albums trying to come up with a challenge. Seeing this beautiful wintery, windy day at the beach sparked an idea. I love beaches and miss being close to one. So I would like you to do a found item(s) from the beach image(s). Also please think of the rules of composition ( here's a helpful article http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/04/12/10-rules-of-photo-composition-and-why-they-work/ ) to help guide you in setting up your shot.
Knowing we are having polar vortexes and horrid weather if this is not doable let me know and I can change the challenge. If you already have some found items at home you can use them.
@sianipops Thanks for the article I will read it this week. But getting to the beach may not be possible. A. Temperatures remain very cold. Stayed in all day today as the wind chills were brutal The only remotely warm day is tomorrow and then it may snow. B. I work and the beach is a 40 minute drive from my house. I leave my house at 8 am and get home around 7 pm and that doesn't leave a lot of time to get to the beach. If I go to the beach it would have to me Wednesday my day off. I will be off this week on Tuesday but already have plans for that day which will not leave me with time to get to the beach. If we could change this to the park where I eat lunch or combine it with the beach one then I would love to give this a try. Bare with my I am just learning to turn my camera off auto. But this is why I joined the challenge wanting to learn more.
@joansmor Well I figured the weather might be a problem.
I did a photography course last year and 2 incredibly helpful things was practicing the rules of composition and the other was finding an image you liked and recreate it in so far as composition, lighting and camera settings - a lot to do if you are just coming off auto.
I think read the article and then try keep those guidelines in mind when you shoot this week and then identify which rules you used or broke ( sometimes rules are meant to be broken). Will that work?
I love this assignment since it is exactly what I want to work on. Fixing my pictures. Any time you want to chime in this week and give a suggestion or critic I will love and appreciate it. I will always say this I listen to suggestions but as most pictures are for my scrapbooking I will always take the picture that pleases me. But I will listen and try suggestions. I do with my digital scrapping. Love a "this is lovely picture" and give plenty but if you say your rule of thirds is off I'd love to hear that. See yes I know about that. Just hard to follow when it is so cold out.
@joansmor I love a prime lens. My first was the nifty fifty 1.8, took a little to get used to it ( I found the mechanism while auto focusing noisy and the limitations on zooming or widening hard at first). I will absolutely give you feedback, tag away and I promise to comment and offer critique, but I am by no means a professional or trained photographer, however that course i mentioned did a lot to improve not only my taking of images but viewing images critically ( often to my own detriment of my images. Have fun buying a new lens and playing with it.
Knowing we are having polar vortexes and horrid weather if this is not doable let me know and I can change the challenge. If you already have some found items at home you can use them.
I did a photography course last year and 2 incredibly helpful things was practicing the rules of composition and the other was finding an image you liked and recreate it in so far as composition, lighting and camera settings - a lot to do if you are just coming off auto.
I think read the article and then try keep those guidelines in mind when you shoot this week and then identify which rules you used or broke ( sometimes rules are meant to be broken). Will that work?