So, I've given up on the August Break daily photo.
I've really hated trying to come up with a decent picture every day, and most times I would procrastinate until later in the day, and then end up with a picture I wasn't totally thrilled with.
I've also been struggling with using the Instax, and getting the exposure setting right. Last Sunday we went downtown to see
Jersey Boys and then walked a few blocks for a late lunch/early dinner at Water Buffalo. I snapped these two pics along the way, which one was over-exposed and the other under-exposed (same thing happened at the cemetery on Friday). At a buck a picture, it's getting to be a costly experiment.
But, I think I'm come up with a solution. Rather than trying to take a picture a day, I'm going to push myself to come up with a location or event to shot every week. If I use the Instax, hopefully I can figure the proper exposure setting for that location in one or two shots, and then shoot the rest of the pack at that time. I'm also taking a B&W film processing lab, so I've been using an old 35mm that was my mother's to shoot B&W film. This process should hopefully give me a roll to experiment with and develop each week, unless something else goes awry.
4 thoughtful people had to say...:
Aw, don't try so hard. There are amazing photos to be taken everywhere you look. Shoot macro, shoot blurry, shoot head on light...just shoot. Release our inner shutter. Sea Witch
Hello! Stopping by...again, way too long. Ugh. Just got back from OH visiting my father who's very ill.
Was thinking of you and the fun Christmas and Easter co-ops we did last year. :)
Hope you are well.
Hugs
I think I need to send my son up to Wisconsin for a few days so you two can go out and shoot film together. He has been experimenting with using film and soon realized how expensive it can be to get the film developed (and in his case find out that most of the shots were not good). But it's a good learning process.
Yesterday he went up in a prop plane and took some pics for a farmer (down in Mississippi). He called to tell me about this little adventure and of course I was a nervous wreck until he texted me to let me know he was back on the ground. Will I ever stop worrying?
Hope all is well with you!!
Jane
I have a love/hate relationship with photography. I get excited at the prospect of taking great shots, then when they don't turn out as I had envisioned, I get frustrated. Perhaps we all should just learn to love the process. ;)
Have a great weekend!
Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/
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