Did you know it's getting harder to figure out how to introduce my photo challenge pictures? This one, for example. There isn't much of a story behind it. So when it came time to write this post, I felt stuck. I could have just started with "Last week's 52Frames challenge was to shoot from above."... Continue Reading →
Smash
Last week, I did something I don't do very often: shot a cake smash. I don't do portrait-type photo shoots at all, actually. I've only done a few cake smashes, and I'm not sure how great they've turned out. Sure, I get a bit better at them each time, but the shots I get likely... Continue Reading →
Wabi-Sabi’d
I came across my first new phrase as part of the 52Frames challenge last week: Wabi-Sabi. On the website, it's described as a "celebration of things (and people) that might have lost their original beauty, might even be viewed as imperfect, yet are still beautiful and meaningful." Coming up with a photo subject wasn't quite... Continue Reading →
Leading lady
I ran into a slight problem with last week's photo challenge. I was supposed to find a leading lines photo—you know, a photo featuring lines that lead the viewers' eyes toward a subject? Well, everything I could think of was outside. Pretty frost along telephone wires, tracks in the snow, roads, paths... all outside. And... Continue Reading →
Selfie
Self-portraits... aren't really my thing. Part of it is that I don't have a lot of experience taking them, so I'm not sure that they turn out well, from a technical standpoint. Most of the issue, though, is that I simply don't like pictures of myself. I've never liked pictures of myself. That's why I... Continue Reading →
