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“My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, or the camera’s eye may entirely change my idea.” Edward Weston
We’ve headed for home via the Oregon Coast, with a stop at my Son’s for New Years Eve.
At one point during the drive along the coast, I looked down to see that I had two camera’s in my lap, ready for any photo opportunity that presented itself. I tend to see everything as a photo op now . . . though I am becoming more and more selective in what I shoot. A year ago, I would shoot frame after frame of the same thing. Now I am quite a bit more discerning . . . and try to find the not so obvious beauty in the frame. I’m not always that successful . . . but every once in awhile a really, really good shot sneaks through!
I’m excited for where the New Year is going to take me in my Photography journey. I’ll be starting a 52 Week Challenge that has Monthly Technique Themes. Check out Michael The Maven’s Forum for more details if you’d like to participate as well.
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“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.” Ansel Adams
I’ve become fascinated by the whole concept of long exposure photography. We’ve bought some ND filters, so now I can explore this medium in daylight whereas before I could only do it at night. It’s a whole new learning curve, and is teaching me even more about the requirements of a good photograph and about how light affects everything – whether there is lack of it or not. Today I played around with creating a silky effect of the ocean waves washing ashore over the lava rocks on the beach. Longer exposures (2 seconds up to 30 seconds seem to create a whispy, dreamy effect while faster shutter speeds (1/4 or 1/2 second) create the long, silky ribbon effect. These are all done with a .4 and .8 ND filter stacked on my 70-200mm VRII lens). I even stacked a polarizer for the longer exposures.
The composite below is of my walking shoe impression in the sand (can’t climb the lava rocks in bare feet), and one of the long exposure shots I did. This one was at 3 seconds.
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“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” Emelia Earhart
We’re hiking around the north shore rocky beaches of Kauai today. I had my 105mm macro lens on the camera taking shots of rock crabs and whatever else caught my fancy. Then I sat down to just take a little break and this caught my fancy! Sand on my shoes. The story here is that I really hate getting my shoes mucked up – with mud or sand or anything else. Usually I would take my shoes off to walk in the sand . . . but the beach we’re on today is just too rocky and I would cut my feet if I climbed on them in bare feet. So – here are my sandy shoes soaked with salty Pacific Ocean water . . . but so what! I’m having a great time and getting some really great shots . . .
I can always buy another pair of shoes!
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“Lumahai Beach, or South Pacific Beach . . . This beach was made famous by the movie South Pacific where Mitzi Gaynor “washed that man right out of her hair”!” www.hawaiianweb,com
We’ve arrived at our vacation destination for the next 25 days – Kauai, Hi. The next few days will be settle in time . . . taking it easy and getting adjusted to the two hour time change. (We’re two hours behind the West Coast). This beach is one of our favorite hangouts on the North Shore – one of many! We will be visiting and discovering many more I hope!
Ahhhh . . . time for a Mai Tai!
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Nurture Self 365 