Category: Photography (Page 1 of 2)

Well, I did it. I completed the 52Frames challenge for 2024.

You can check out all of the photos that I submitted in one go. Some of the photos were definitely less, er, considered, than others. Still, I’m kind of proud that I was able to submit a photo every week. I did learn a good bit on the journey.

I think that I’ll do the 52Frames challenge again this year. I may not meet every week’s challenge this year, but I think I’ll do it again.

I did find the challenges very helpful in getting out to take pictures. Plus, some of the challenges required me to do some research on exactly what the challenge was. Thus, I learned some language, styles, techniques, and processes.

The 52Frames challenge this week is Panorama.

I stopped in Hallowell on a sunny morning. The sun was bright, but I like the clouds reflecting in the river.

I tried to use the Hugin plugin, but that wouldn’t open. I switched to the AutoPano Gigi plugin and successfully created the Pano. I’ll need to play around a bit more, but I can definitely see creating more Panomaras in the future.

This week’s challenge is “negative space”. My first thought was about creating the negative space with black as the negative space. Hm. I thought about it some more and realized that maybe not black was needed, but a plain color. I like a local lighthouse, so maybe a shot of the lighthouse and sky.

Off I head to the lighthouse.

On my way in, I see a sign “Fresh Lobster Rolls”. Something about the sign grabbed my attention. I also looked at the American flag blowing in the breeze. But I was there to take the lighthouse picture. I parked and headed off to take a picture of the flag and the lighthouse. I took several of the lighthouse.

Lighthouse

I took several shots of the lighthouse. I think that this one worked well for the negative space challenge. The sky is pretty consistent coloring with just a hint of the clouds on the far right.

I liked this one as it includes more of the lighthouse. Including the water adds a bit to the picture as well.

Flag

I took a few shots of the flag. I like the balance of the clouds and the flag with this one. However, I worry that the clouds are a bit distracting for the negative space aspect.

Sign

On my way in, I saw the “Fresh Lobster Rolls!” sign. I thought that it might work well for the challenge. Even though I had my lighthouse pictures, something about the sign stayed with me. On my way out, I stopped and took a few images.

I liked the coloring of the sign. I like the handwritten aspect of it. In the end, there was just something about it that struck me. So, this is the entry for this week.

The challenge for this week was “wide aperture”. I usually shoot with a pretty wide aperture, so this was a “normal” challenge for me. I kind of wanted to shoot an image with a variety of lenses to really learn about the differences, but I didn’t get the time.

I did get to think about it though. That is something that helps me. I do plan on taking an image (with the widest aperture) with a variety of lenses in the future.

In the meantime, my photo submission for this week is below.

This week’s Photo Challenge is Symmetrical Composition. It was a nice exercise to look for symmetry around me. Thus, I enjoyed this challenge. I took a few “backup” pictures with my phone during the week.

However, I visited the park across from the State House (capital building of Maine). I went there as I noticed the nice symmetry of the trees lining the path.

What struck me was the benches. I get a sense of longing, of waiting from the benches.

My second choice was a similar picture of a couple walking. This one ALMOST did it for me.

I think that if the dog wasn’t in the picture blocking the bench, it may have been the choice. I like the balance of the couple walking, both with black coats and jeans. Interestingly to me, the focus of the picture is completely different.

Did I make the correct choice?