It's been a very slow month for me photography-wise, mostly because work has been extremely busy. I guess that means that it's no surprise that my favourite photo from this month -
Day 169- Five Years in the Making - is an image of one of my projects. Ever since a photographer commented on my
grain elevator photo about the ridiculousness of the slant (an effect that I actually really like on that photo), I have paid more attention to lines - vertical and horizontal lines. Day 169, I think, gets that.
This 365 project will also likely start to take on a different meaning. While I haven't been taking as many photos as I'd like, not having the pressure of taking one every day has been nice. I think I've reached a point where I am also starting to begin all this photographer's crazy about prime lenses. I've been shooting 99% of my photos with zoom lenses (primarily the 18-200mm and the 8-16mm) and am really not learning anything from them right now. You get lazy. You stand there, you zoom in, you zoom out. That doesn't teach about depth of field, does little to focus on improving one's composition, and, as lenses that cover a whole range of focal lengths, they don't blow you away for it all. I've studied countless photos and so much of what I'm drawn to is blatantly the result of the nifty fifty on full frame cameras. Now, I'm not ever planning on going full frame (too much weight for hiking, etc.), but I have come to appreciate what the primes can do. Guess what may be next?
