Week 1: Plus Post
Wow … I can’t believe we’ve only been through one assignment. There are things I’ve done with my camera settings that I’ve never dared to before. There are subjects I’ve shot that I brushed off as “un-photo-worthy” for eons.
One was all it took to open up a whole new world of possibilities.
Instead of seeing an object for what it is, I now try to imagine how it will look as an abstract or with a bit of a motion blur thrown in. Feels like I’m trippin’.
I often take the train to town, I spend the bulk of that time, reading, but for this assignment, I decided to look out instead and use the forward motion of the train to add blur. Poppies growing wild suddenly became streaks of red and green. Graffiti became pastel palettes. Tungsten lights became streaks of crazy shapes and forms. Buildings became unboring.
There were so many happy accidents in the pictures I took this week. Hopefully, from now on, I’ll intentionally incorporate them into my shooting.
Details, details, details —- shadows make such good points of interest
Light — Try and get more of it where motion is being captured.
360 — If vertical doesn’t work try horizontal, try diagonal, try circular, but don’t just give up on a subject.
Lines, textures, colour play a huge role in what is being shot.
There is always a shot — I went to shoot in a certain spot anticipating high foot traffic, but the universe was not paying much attention. Doesn’t mean I didn’t get my shot. Just means that I got something else 🙂 Keep those peepers open and be ready to adapt!
and probably the most important takeaway for me – Clean that sensor, gal!
A huge thank you to Alex Lapidus and G+ Mentorship Program for Photographers for running the show.
The crew and my fellow participants for taking the time to comment, compliment and motivate.
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Wow, what a marvelous post, I’m so happy to see all your fun discoveries!
Great summary! I can identify with all of it!
Wonderful plus post! Glad that you are having such a good time.
I’m sure there are a whole bunch more in the offing, Alex Lapidus… thank you 😀
Nice to hear that Karen Migliaccio… we can keep reminding each other of what not to forget 😉
Cathy Custer Donohoue… so glad to be part of this journey with you guys! Appreciate all the work!
Amazingly beautiful colours!!!!!
Thanks Nikhil Maurya.. glad you like it 🙂
Fantastic post Lucille. I love the way you write, straight from the soul. I’m happy to hear you’ve opened up new possibilities.
This is a gorgeous image. With most abstracts I don’t want to know what the subject is, it takes away some of the mystery or my own interpretation. When I connect with an abstract, it is because it stirs up an old and often happy memory. In this case, I’m pleased I know what I am seeing. I now have a vision of you sitting on a train, thoughts lost as you gaze out over sun drenched fields populated by poppies.
Lucille Galleli
Wonderful post and another great abstract.
love your post and such a wonderful image! congratulations!
YES TO ALL YOU MENTIONED
What a wonderful great sum up for a great first week Lucille Galleli
So happy for you that you find so much value already in the first week..
And indeed: Don’t give up un a subject after the first shot 😉
So glad you have found the magic of blur Lucille Galleli! Beautifully written and a golden glow image too 🙂
My favorite line, “Doesn’t mean I didn’t get my shot. Just means that I got something else.”
Can be used in all areas of photography. There are no failures.
Wonderful post and images! And, it is so nice to read about all your discoveries -:) You’ve entered Blurryland and it welcomed you -:)
Great plus post and what an image!! It brings peace.
I really sense your excitement Lucille Galleli and the fun you’ve had. I hear you on the sensor …yip the world of blur and f22 settings can certainly reveal those dust spots!
Love the tranquillity in your image and your PP!
wonderful post and image, it’s great to hear you learned already so much in the first week!
I love your “There’s always a shot”! I think so too – this is a search for art in all of these lessons – it’s going to be great fun getting more into this.
wonderful week Lucille Galleli and such a fantastic plus post.
What a lovely abstract image, it is great learning and experimenting and playing with ideas. I am having great fun too.
WOW What a super post Lucille Galleli and I love your trippy image. Your thinking beyond what you see in front of you is the way to gooooo…….. º\o/º
Wow…. that’s such a gorgeous thing to say. Strangely enough, Edward Norton… straight from the soul, is exactly how I’d describe your writing as well.
Thank you. Immensely grateful.
I’m glad I left you with a vision of what is behind the camera and not just the end result. To me, realising that such an image was possible, was a moment of profound self-discovery. I’m delighted to share it with you and the group.
So glad you are enjoying it as much as I am Jane Levine 😀 Thank you.
Thanks a bunch, Lisa s 🙂
Aye, sensei Heiko Mahr… I am delighted with the strides I took in this first week. I look forward to opening my eyes to a whole new world in the coming weeks.
Thank you so much Armida Evony … 🙂
Thanks Renee McDaniel … So true, not just about photography, but life itself.
Hee hee … thank you so much Margrit Schwarz… It did too.. and with open arms 😀
Thanks Sonali Dalal… glad it conveyed that sentiment 🙂
I haven’t smiled at my screen as much as I have since I joined this mentorship. To wake up to such comments and to feel such support. Priceless. Thank you so much Rosie Nixon 🙂
The things we do for blur … stand in line for hours 😀
Thanks a bunch Françoise Dhulesia… much appreciated.
Thanks Eve Aebi
Thanks a lot, Christine Bichler… just one week but yes, I’ve noticed a huge shift in the way I “see”.
Totally agree, Marsha Leigh… can’t wait to see what we have in store!
Thank you Byron Sheldrick… it has been a wonderful week 😀
Thank you so much Angelo Gifford… Glad we are on this journey together!
hee hee .. thank you so much, Carmen Mandich …
Hope my trippy images keep surprising you.
What a great post Lucille Galleli and I love the peaceful image.
Inspiring Plus Post Lucille Galleli You had fun and inspiring images this week as well.
Fantastic pluspost, Lucille Galleli and I love your image. 🙂
Wonderful ᕙ(`▽´)ᕗ
Thanks a bunch, Jenn Camforth Stephanie Cassiday-Krueger Mary Wardell and Sharon Woodward 😀