Playing in the Woods

Yesterday I was trying to do a photo shoot for my photography class, but the lighting was not working for me, so instead I played around in the woods!

I've been trying to play around with rushing water shots all summer and I just haven't been having much luck with lighting and timing. And while I was walking through the woods I found this cute little stream with mini waterfalls and thought I would give it another try. I don't think this one turned out too bad considering the circumstances. The downside is that since it was a last second thought I didn't have my tri-pod with me. So this photo was hand-held at about 1/4 of a second.

There was a tree that had fallen over that I was sitting on just looking around to see what there was to photograph, and I looked down and thought I would give texture a try. (Plus if I was still going with my 52 week plan this week would have been texture.) I originally had brought the shot up to the edge of the flaky pieces, but I tried it like this and found it more appealing going from the hard texture to the smooth section.

So far so good! I seem to be slowly getting back into this. It is a bit hard since I switched jobs this summer and didn't work with a camera at all and had little time between two jobs to shoot anything interesting. I have been working on lightning and star shots, but first I have to keep studying/learning tips to understand it a bit more.

Okay, so I lied a little...

Sooooo. The 52 week photography challenge did not work in the slightest. But now that I am away at school and all settled in, hopefully I will get some inspiration again. I just received a new camera strap after my last one broke, resulting in a piece currently missing from my poor camera's body. So maybe it's prettiness will help me want to go out and play!

I also am keeping another blog for my photography class and maybe the need to take photographs for assignments will stir-up some new ideas for my own projects. I may try to pick back up on my 52 week project from the week I should be on and just extend it next year. But I may just pick ideas from my list and photograph randomly. We will have to see!

Ready. Set. Here we go! (again...)