Photo a Day

I still find my self afraid to shoot and completely imitated. The desire to learn and accomplish is still there though. To help me through this I am challenging myself to a 30 day Photo Challenge
Beginning April 1st.
1. Self Portrait
2. Something Green
3. A bad habit
4. Black and White
5. Shallow depth of field
6. Shadows
7. Love
8. Happiness
9. Spring
10. Memory
11. Pavement
12. The letter 'C'
13. Faceless self portrait
14. Open door
15. Sunflare
16. Something you love
17. From a high angle
18. From a low angle
19. Hands
20. Pink
21. Eyes
22. A kiss
23. Water
24. Silhouette
25. Bokeh
26. Feet
27. Vintage
28. Motion
29. Sadness
30. Candelight


Wish me luck!

Photo 2

So this week, my focus has been on shooting in manual only. A photography friend of mine advised me that this would be the fastest way to learn the settings on my camera and the quickest way to improve. We went down to Galveston for a family outing and I was proud that all of these shots were taken in Manual. I was surprised how blue the pictures turned out. I am not sure why, I am wondering if had I used the flash if that would have done the trick. I used my limited CS5 knowledge and touched up each picture. I am happy with the outcome. This is starting to excite me instead of terrify me. And that in it's self is an improvement. (I hope it's obvious which pictures have been fixed, but if not...The second picture in each series is the doctored photo.)

The book Understanding Composure has been the most help in understanding manual.