So for a while now I've wanted to find a place to just post pictures and explore and play with my photography endeavors. It gets so time consuming to post pictures SO many places for various people to see. I hope this blog will help keep me motivated to snap pics everyday and strive for creativity and a wider range of experience. I've been contemplating starting my own
365 (a photo a day) project for some time now. I just worry that I won't keep up with it. I've been trying without officially posting them and I do, ok...but there are definitely days I just don't have time to pull out the camera. I think the biggest thing for me is to make sure I TAKE a camera with me wherever I go. With two great cameras plus a camera phone, I shouldn't have an excuse.
So some background info on me:
My first "aha" experience that sucked me into photography and started a desire to get more creative started in 1993 on a missions trip to Israel. Obviously there was much to capture and soak in and the efforts to capture the
essence of each place and experience was just a natural desire. I was borrowing a nice 35mm camera from my dad. I don't even remember the make or model, but it had a little zoom lens and that made it extra fun for me. I was mostly used to disposable or cheap 110 film cameras. (Ack, I'm feeling old). A year after Israel, I was privileged enough to take a trip sailing on the Caribbean in a
35ft Catamaran sailboat. Again, I was drawn to capture the beauty around me with a little more creativity than your average snapshot. Now...I can't say I was very *good* at it back then, and I still have far, far to go. But I've been gradually learning. My interest was re-sparked with the addition of children into my life and alas they are the main subjects in probably 75%+ of my photos now.
My newest "baby" is a
Canon Digital Rebel 450D/XSi.I was previously (and still am) using a
Fuji Finepix S9100. Its a fixed lens, high end P&S with lots of features and the bonus of video function too. Until I get more lenses for the Canon, I'm still finding myself going back to the wide variety this camera has to offer. However, you can't beat the DOF and crispness the Canon offers over the P&S either.
I've taken a fair amount of photos/portraits...mostly of kids for friends and family but lately I've been more in a "nature" mode. Fall is my favorite outside "portrait" season. I'm a sucker for all the rich warm colors and Michigan is a great place for that in September and October. So we will see where this blog takes me. Hopefully it will challenge me to do more and do it better and maybe even keep some others interested in photography along the way.
These are a few sunset pics over Lime Lake from Saturday morning. I was leaving the cabin with the kids to head out in search of the cabin/family in our group of friends serving breakfast and when we opened the door, both kids said "Wow". It was pretty sweet. I of course grabbed my camera and send the kids on their way.
