I decided to take my friend’s advice and try more things with my camera this past week. She told me the best way to learn the ins and outs of my camera, lighting, and photography in general is to get out there and take the shot. Study the settings, study the results, and begin to trust your eye.
It was sort of a freeing feeling after sitting through many a session where you are told how to light, how to style, camera settings you should use, and those you shouldn’t.
My friend encouraged me to make mistakes and to learn from them.
While my week certainly didn’t turn out award-winning photos, I got over myself and carried my camera with me practically every where I went.
I used it in so many different situations, took photographs just to see how my camera would translate what my eye saw, and took photos just for the fun of it.
I remembered why I started taking photographs in the first place – to capture life.
… those little moments that slip by at the blink of an eye.
… the seconds of life we surely miss if we aren’t making the time to see them.
… the fleeting stages and ages that seemingly just melt from one into the other.
… the flips and spins, jumps and turns, and everything in between.
I’m thinking I may have learned about a little bit more than photography.
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I have to agree with your friend…I learned more about using my camera when i was actually using it. There is only so much I can understand from reading the manual. Using it will teach you what works and what doesn’t. Awesome job just getting out there and having the camera ready to catch all the moments in life. Thank you so much for hosting!!!
If nothing else, it certainly has helped my frame of mind! Thanks so much for sharing your mocha scones with us this week! They look scrumptious!
I totally agree too! It’s all about practice and trial and error. And it’s more fun than reading a boring manual.
Thanks for hosting!
I’m definitely a hands-on learner, so it seems to be helping a ton. Thank you so much for joining in. I always look forward to seeing what you have to share!
Such great encouragement from your friend…I need to experiment more. I love seeing that John Deere green in your photo, too.
Have a great week, Robyn!
I love John Deere green!
It just always makes me smile! And that Ruby Rhubarb Syrup? Oh my!
I love the action shots! It’s a lot of fun playing around with the settings on a camera. Enjoy it!
Oh my stars – that pizza bread looks heavenly!!!!
It is fun to grab some of those action shots I surely wouldn’t have captured before. Little Buddy thought they were pretty cool! Does that make me a cool Mama by default?
I really need to work on taking better pictures!
Thanks so much for the linky.
So glad you joined in! It’s fun to play around and allow yourself to get caught up in the moment, versus caught up in frustration over the camera!