Friday, October 17, 2008

Leaving Your Comfort Zone

As photographers we all have things we would rather shoot. These are generally things which we are familiar with and that we are good at making photographs of. When we shoot these subjects we know what to expect.

What is hard is when we attempt to do something new or different. But when we leave our comfort zone we learn so much more.

There are many reasons people don't try new things. I would say the biggest reason is people are afraid that their images will suck and they will be embarrassed, and shunned by their family and friends.

Every bad image you make is the best way to learn what not to do. It couldn't be a better learning experience. Than the next time you shoot you will do a bit better job. It will also make you look at the things you shoot best in a different way and help to keep you improving your over all photography.

So try leaving your comfort zone once in a while, you'll be glad you did.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Photo Fun in the Dark


My friend Steve and I met at the State Park in Grand Haven MI Saturday to shoot the sunset at the pier. He just bought a new Canon recently and wanted to give it a good workout.

The weather was perfect.After the sun went down we made some photographs of the lights on the pier and then went and got coffee. We wandered around the downtown area shooting all kinds of things.

It was a nice adventure.