out-of-focus #26

the other day, i saw this amazing photo. i love love love the work of mainemomma. she’s always inspiring… and i have to say that when i saw the sun light sparkling off the water, i thought of her photo and was inspired to capture my own sparkles!

out-of-focus #25

i have to get out and get more out-of-focus photos of the fall colors. i realized i only got one or two during my walk in the park last weekend! click here to see some really beautiful blurry fall photos by the very talented photographer, georgia. and while i’m sharing links, you have to go check out the new additions to the 100 out-of-focus flickr group!! radiant reflections has an excellent start to her 100 out-of-focus photos!

anyone else have some great out-of-focus photos? join the group and add them to the collection!!

sometimes i think i mess up my settings on my camera so bad that i don’t even know what is going on… and here, trying to capture the movement of a football game going on in the park… i should have stayed in my spot, shooting and changing settings until i got a better image. i feel like this is the only way i will learn what means what as far as my settings go. unfortunately, the fall colors of a bright yellow tree were calling me, willing me in their direction.

i do like the movement in the photo, but i can’t help but wish i could actually capture and freeze the players. maybe my lens doesn’t have the capability… but i’m sure my settings have some bad effect as well. anyone have advice for what settings i can use on my dslr in order to capture movement better?

the first one didn’t turn out too great, but i pulled out my polaroid camera before heading to the park to take in the sunshine, warm weather, and delicious fall colors. and look at the magic i captured! love it!

i debated whether or not to share all these photos, but i decided to go ahead and post them. there are a few that i don’t particularly like… but here’s my set of black and white with my subject being a roll of film.

i was randomly inspired to take black and white photos late this afternoon, right as the sun was setting for the day. the lighting wasn’t perfect… but i like the way they came out, so i guess it didn’t matter. watch for my next set of black and whites… i continued to be inspired, long after the good lighting was gone…