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“I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette.” Anthony Hopkins
Well, I don’t drink, or smoke . . . so I guess that leaves the treadmill and a lie down! Since I’m not great at napping . . . guess I’ll just give this workout a good go of it! I’ve been slack on my workouts of late . . . and it just feels so good to be getting back on track. I’m pumped. I’m motivated.
I guess that’s why it felt right to process this in Lightroom – I put it together in the Print module, then processed the saved jpeg with Trey Ratcliff’s “HDR in Lightroom: On Drugs”. I’m loving his presets!
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“For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I’m getting there: I’ve found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.” Alexander McQueen
I decided to play around with spot metering on my D800E. The light coming in from this window was so bright and with the colors of the foliage outside the window – I just thought it was so pretty. I’m surprised at how dark it turned out . . . considering it is bright daylight outside.
I am so loving this discovery process, as I work through different tutorials and learning tools. A few years ago I thought I really wanted to get in to the whole area of digital design and digital scrapbooking. Through this 365 project, I have discovered that my real passion lies in photography. Specifically documenting the lives of my kids and grandkids and other family members, as well as close-up and macro photography.
I clearly remember using my little Brownie film camera when I was in high school. I was in 11th grade, and it was my first experience with photography. The dark room was a bit intimidating, but I was absolutely fascinated! And I remember being fascinated by textures and patterns in close-up photography. I loved the abstract in every day life. But . . . then I graduated, married, had kids . . . life happened and all that was put to the side. Over the years I certainly enjoyed taking candid shots of my family with that little Brownie. Boy, was I excited the first time I lay hands on a digital camera! I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. I’ve gone through a few of those over the years . . . all the while documenting life but not following my real passion and developing myself as a Photographer. In the last two years, I’ve jumped the great divide from being a Point & Shoot Photographer, to a bonafide Digital SLR Photographer who knows how to shoot in something other than Program Mode. It has been, and continues to be, a huge learning curve . . . and I’m loving every moment of it.
Like the quote says . . . I’ve found my mojo!!
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