Barbara B 365: May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Month 5 in Review - May

This month almost motivated me enough to start a website to show some of my 'best' photos. I kept coming across this one photography contest for the past few months, but their requirements gave me the impression that they're looking for professional photos - for free. Someone in this photography group that I'm a part of once said to never ever give away an image for under $100. Those words have stuck with me. And yet, at the last minute I submitted one - and only one - image that I felt had a good chance of winning. I mainly submitted to see if any of the photographer judges would deem my image worthy. Interestingly enough, I won, and this image will now be on display for three months at an exhbit in the middle of Banff Avenue. While I didn't get paid for it, I did receive gift cards for it - in the amount of $100. It's a start.

Abbott Pass, August 2011.

This image will be on disply in a park along Main Street in Banff for three months this summer.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Day 147 - Ha Ling from EEOR

f/10 | 1/400 sec | 75mm

Friday, May 25, 2012

Day 146 - Spring Storm

f/9 | 1/320 sec | 22mm

Monday, May 21, 2012

Better Photos

507 days after starting this project I'm in the habit of virtually carrying my camera everywhere. However, due to time constraints way too many photos have just been snapshots for the sake of having a daily photo. While I really don't want to give up this project (it's neat going back and seeing what I was up to on any given day), moving forward I may not have a photo every day. Instead I'm going to focus on quality photos and post those regularly. I'd like to try longer water exposures, more filters, streaking car lights, star trails, etc. I know the basics of my camera; now it's time to focus on the manual settings and the real 'art' that can be created.