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Monday, February 7, 2011

Day Thirty-Seven (I think?) Oops...Thirty-Eight

I knew it was inevitable that I would lose count of my days.  Numbers are not my thing, which could explain why God knit me together with a banker.  So, thank you, blog friends, for your kindness in not mentioning how terribly off my day-counting has been this past week.  Wow.  I confess I would not have even noticed had it not been for reading all of your well-counted blogs.  Oh well. 
The plans I had for today were changed.  I ended up with some free time that I did not expect.  Yipee for me!  I realized that when I am home by myself at lunchtime, I default to my Mom's habit of eating and reading at the counter.  Thanks, Mom, for the bad habit of eating and reading.  I must admit that after a stressful week it felt lovely to relax munching on fruit salsa with cinnamon chips while reading my first lesson in The Photographer's Workshop

On that note, I give you today's picture(s).  The lesson today was on composition and being intentional about how you compose a shot - looking for distractions, etc.  After I took my first lunchtime picture, I looked around at the space and realized how much clutter was in the background. 




A little straightening up and a change of angle...



Still not a perfect picture (it's a stool for goodness sake) but I can see the benefits of slowing down long enough to be intentional about the composition as opposed to just shooting away!


6 comments:

  1. Slowing down is so key! Can't wait to see what else you'll learn in the workshop :) Love your barstools!

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  2. What a great lesson! I also can't wait to see what you learn!

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  3. Awesome! This is something I've been really working on too. I tend to ignore the distractions and background a lot of the time.

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  4. Slowing down! I always need to remind myself of that! I like your example photos!

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  5. Thanks for the tips. I like the nice light coming in the window, and the reflections in the countertop.

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  6. One of the best tips I learned from a photo class years ago was after you take your shot, stop, take a look again, and figure out another angle to take the shot from to make it different. I do this often and am amazed at what I can come up with so easily if I just slow down and think outside my box for a minute.

    Looking forward to hearing/seeing what else you learn.

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