I’m two months into my 366 Project. One photo each day, all year. Here are four things I’ve learned during my second month of this project.
I’m big on little things: I’ve always been a detail-oriented person (unless we’re talking about technology–see last month’s post), especially where visuals are involved. My eyes are drawn to tiny buds on a Clematis vine, the patterns made by a goose’s feathers. Looking back at the photos I’ve taken over the past two months, I notice there are a lot of close-ups. That or a big picture panoramas. Maybe I’m not much of a middle-ground gal?
Put a bird on it: Not a revelation, but still worth noting, 1/3 of my shots in January and nearly half of my shots in February are of birds or have a bird in the picture. One of the mamas in my Mamas with Cameras/365-52 Project Wonder Women commented, “You’re a bird whisperer.” I do love birds, so this may be true.
If it’s not in the air, it’s in the ground: Most of my photos are nature shots. I do manage to include a few photos each month of my sweet cats and my spirited daughter, but for the most part I’m a nature girl. It doesn’t seem to matter whether the flowers and plants are living or dead. I’m fascinated by them all.
I’m eclectic: Sounds better than unfocused or all-over-the-board, doesn’t it? Black and white, intense color, dreamy and diffuse, high definition, close-up, far away. I suppose that’s what this project is all about: experimenting, practicing…and finding my photographic self along the way.
Thanks again to my virtual 365project.org friends. And Mamas with Cameras, 365/52 Project Wonder Women–you mamas are the bomb!
It’s all about the journey,
Beth