Many of my fellow photographer friends are planning an ambitious Project 365, where they will take a new photograph daily and post it. Too lofty a goal for MJ, seriously today getting dressed is a goal :). So I decided to do the Unexpected Project 2011, photos not taken with the goal of a sale, but to help keep my creative juices flowing and honing my skills. That's what photography is if you ask me, a skill. You have to have an eye but it is also honed skill- the proper use of light and shadow, the way you set your camera up, and the way you frame the shot. A lot of photography can be taught but the instinct is equally important. That gut feeling that says shoot this way not that. Where to crop and what to crop.
I did something similar when I started I just labeled shots by month this year it will be the whole year in one album, some weeks there will be floods of shots others there will be drought. That's how my creative juices flow- hot and cold. Feast or Famine.
I am really excited about my new lens that I am purchasing a Canon Macro 50mm f/2.5 fixed. Should be super sweet for getting the orchids at Franklin Park Conservatory coming up. I have used money from gifts and money from sold works to buy this lens and am beyond thrilled by that! The exhibit opens Jan 15th and I plan on going a lot.
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