I just finished teaching a short course at night called "Intro To Digital Photography." I had a great group, though I've discovered that trying to translate the process of conceiving, taking and processing a digital photo isn't easy. But teaching photography has been good for me because it has helped me objectify my hobby and break it down. My conclusion is this: taking and making a good photo is a very complex process.
So why a photo of Evie and her horse? Evie's mother was one of my students in this class and helped with this photo. So I thought I'd post it. Like the photo of Gabriel from a few weeks ago, this photo breaks a rule of portrait photography that says that the subject's face should be the biggest object in the photo. But I think Evie does a good job of stealing the viewer's attention. :-)
Canon 1D 1/125s f/4.5 ISO200 70mm
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Thanks to those of you who responded to my "The End Is Near" post. I'm persuaded that I need to keep posting. It's a good thing for me because it makes me go back and look at photos I'd forgotten about. It also motivates me to try to capture new things in new ways.
I don't mean 2012. I mean the end of this blog.
I'll admit that this is more of a product shot than anything. The product is my new Kindle, which arrived on Thursday. While there is much that I could say about this amazing device, I will simply say this: the Kindle (and other e-readers) will do as much to revolutionize reading and publishing as digital photography has done to revolutionize taking photos. Guaranteed!
What can I say? Everything was great!
This is another industrial photo. I get paid to do things like this. Little do they know that I find it fun to wander through factories taking photos of the things being made.