Park Session in Edwards
100 Photos in 100 Days |
Adventures in Imagery |
My son Simon has gotten to the age where if you ask him to smile for the camera he will perform some sort of twisted grimace that is, in his mind, a smile. He's also at an age where he's very expressionate and I really wanted to capture that without the fake smile. I hit upon the idea of setting up my photo gear and telling him that he could photograph himself using the remote.
He's fascinated by photography and got so excited about this that we filled up an entire memory card in about 20 minutes.
Along the way though we managed to capture some great expressions that really show who Simon is as a person: thoughtful, funny, playful, silly, serious - he ran the gamut.
I took another trip to the Stables to shoot Vanessa again - this time in action. She and Redd kindly agree to do some jumping at sunset so I could capture the dynamism of a horse in motion with my new flash.
'100 Photos in 100 Days' is a challenge I've issued to myself. The goal is for me to hone my skills with the camera and to generate some images that would not have happened otherwise. And on those days when I just don't feel like it... I'm going to make pictures anyway.
