on things not do do – and then doing them anyway

While I’m busy taking pictures for other people, my mind is usually so preoccupied with trying to get everything as right as it should be, that I sometimes forget to try new things.  When you’re first learning about your camera and photography, there’s a lot of emphasis on finding the right light – as well as framing, composition, focus points, etc, etc.  But once you’ve gotten all those things down, it’s good to experiment outside of the norm.  After spending 3 hours at a birthday party full of 2-year-olds (pictures one day to come), I went to meet a couple of good friends at the park.  It was a perfect day – so rare for Georgia in June, and because I had just spent all morning in the squatting position, I was happy to sit back and relax on a blanket, and enjoy the company around me.    And because it was all in fun, take some pictures of what I was seeing without worrying about needing to get it right.

Breaking some rules, like, getting on eye-level (my knees were so tired!)

 

Shooting directly into bright light

 

Allowing some dappled light

 

And instead of a focus on the eyes, some of sun-drying curls, just because they remind me of summers at the pool.

 

Wish I could have more days like this – such a beautiful day with some of my favorite people!

 

 

 

 

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