Sunday, January 14, 2007

Darn, I fell behind

Well, technically, I have been taking pictures every day, but I fell behind in posting them here over the weekend. So, I'll post the pics I've taken over the past couple days now. I have a headache today and I've been feeling rather uninspired and frustrated lately. I have this flaw in my personality where I get very frustrated when I'm not great at something right off the bat. My childhood piano teacher commented on this when I was little, and I still struggle with it today. I wanted to sit down at the piano and just know how to play it and it upset me when I couldn't. Same with photography. I have always loved taking pictures, but it's only been recently that I've really committed to learning the technical aspects of photography (and there is SO much to learn), learning to use my camera on manual mode instead of relying on the presets, etc. I've never been great at math or science, so that part of photography is downright scary for me. Again I find myself frustrated that I'm not producing consistently wonderful photos, yet this is really just the beginning of my learning journey and I'm going to have to just work through the feelings of inadequacy and continue trying to improve. Hopefully I can look back in a year or five years from now and see how far I've come. So, with that, here are my mediocre images from the weekend. First up, a mommy-goggles shot. Chloe's sweet little hand while she sleeps.



Another of Chloe in the red tutu. I like this one, but couldn't get the crop quite right. I would like to change the angle, but I haven't figured out how to do that correctly yet, so this will have to do for now.



Also, thank you to everyone for your comments. I'm not really sure how to reply to them, so I will just say thank you here. I really appreciate the feedback!!!!

7 comments:

Tara said...

I actually like both photos, but not crazy about the angle of either. Dont give up!

Anonymous said...

Nice captures! #1 is my favorite. The angle of #2 makes me feel like she is falling out of the picture :)

Nicole said...

These photos are beautiful. The first crop does kinda bother me and I feel like I don't know what I'm looking at.

OTOH I acutally the like the 2nd crop! Cute baby girl!!

Karson and Kami said...

I agree about the change of the angle on #2...but I love the color of the red tutu and green grass!!

Sherri said...

love the hand shot so sweet :)

Anonymous said...

i'm really drawn to the first one of baby's little hand ... very inviting!

D said...

Don't give up! I think you are doing great! I would definitely try to rotate the second a bit - with the way she is leaning it looks like she'll roll right out of the picture - very cute though.