While I’m busy taking pictures for other people, my mind is usually so preoccupied with trying to get everything as right as it should be, that I sometimes forget to try new things. When you’re first learning about your camera and photography, there’s a lot of emphasis on finding the right light – as well as framing, composition, focus points, etc, etc. But once you’ve gotten all those things down, it’s good to experiment outside of the norm. After spending 3 hours at a birthday party full of 2-year-olds (pictures one day to come), I went to meet a couple of good friends at the park. It was a perfect day – so rare for Georgia in June, and because I had just spent all morning in the squatting position, I was happy to sit back and relax on a blanket, and enjoy the company around me. And because it was all in fun, take some pictures of what I was seeing without worrying about needing to get it right.
Breaking some rules, like, getting on eye-level (my knees were so tired!)
Shooting directly into bright light
Allowing some dappled light
And instead of a focus on the eyes, some of sun-drying curls, just because they remind me of summers at the pool.
Wish I could have more days like this – such a beautiful day with some of my favorite people!