Opportunity

Last week as I was shooting a graduation party I came across this scene. My direction from my awesome client was to shoot photos of the people at the party and the graduate and "anything else my creative eye saw". The direction I was given was really liberating.

I saw this scene and it looked almost identical to the one that my friends see out their front window. So I set my camera on Manual so I wouldn't shift either aperture or shutter speed and then I lined it up by eye. The result is 9 photos stitched together into a panoramic 10" x 96". Check it out big.

I'd love to put this up on a long blank wall in my house, I just don't know if I can afford the second mortgage to get a frame made for it! I may have to make my own frame . . . . . .how much would glass cost? Hmm, maybe I made it a bit long . . . . .

I hope you enjoy it.

I had a great time last Friday on a photowalk with some friends. I originally invited around 12 - 15 people and it looked like we might have as many as 10 or 12. Unfortunately, most people had to cancel late on Friday so only three of us went.

The intent of the photowalk was to increase awareness of photographic technique and to share some ideas on photography. By spending time together in the pursuit of photographs, we hoped to help solidify our vision for ourselves. In attendance were myself, another serious photographer who does very nice portrait work, and my teenage daughter who has just completed a basic photo class.

I will only comment directly on my own experience and say that I think the evening was a definite success. I say it was successful because we took some photographs, discussed some techniques, tried some different lenses and different perspectives and I know that I learned some things in the course of the evening.

I don't really care whether the photos were great but since the photos are the ultimate goal, I chose some I liked and posted them here for comment. Let me know what you think of these.