Today’s photo is more about trying a different technique with shooting a subject. It isn’t a replacement for what I have been doing the past few months but is more a different perspective for how I approach my subject. I have shot single or limited subjects in some of my other daily photos but for me it isn’t as much about limiting the subject as it was my mindset about how I wanted to try and capture the scene. So many days if I have an environment that offers a wide variety of subjects I will shoot a few images on one subject then move to the next subject. The idea being that out of a vast number of pictures that cover a lot of subjects, something should be worthy of sharing. I can’t say it has been a bad approach and I learn something from shooting a variety of scenes. But this is more about being more in tune with what I am trying to shoot and what I am trying to capture.

Today I decided to go to the Aldridge Botanical Gardens (huge shock, right?) and concentrate on just shooting the little stream that runs into the lake. My general approach to shooting the stream was to work it like a crime scene. Not really, I have no idea how that would work but it was my little phrase in my head. It just simply reminded me to concentrate on really looking at the subject and trying to shoot it at different focal lengths, different exposures, and different perspectives. Hopefully it would help me learn a little more about shooting similar scenes in the future and would result in a good shot for the day. Whether I achieved the second goal is up for interpretation but I did feel like I gained some knowledge on ways to shoot scenes like this.

Today’s iTunes selection is from the “Sam’s Town” album by The Killers. The song is titled “When You Were Young”. I like lyrics and my favorite lines from this song are:

“They say the devil’s water, it ain’t so sweet
You don’t have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while”

Today’s photo is more about trying a different technique with shooting a subject. It isn’t a replacement for what I have been doing the past few months but is more a different perspective for how I approach my subject. I have shot single or limited subjects in some of my other daily photos but for me it isn’t as much about limiting the subject as it was my mindset about how I wanted to try and capture the scene. So many days if I have an environment that offers a wide variety of subjects I will shoot a few images on one subject then move to the next subject. The idea being that out of a vast number of pictures that cover a lot of subjects, something should be worthy of sharing. I can’t say it has been a bad approach and I learn something from shooting a variety of scenes. But this is more about being more in tune with what I am trying to shoot and what I am trying to capture.

Today I decided to go to the Aldridge Botanical Gardens (huge shock, right?) and concentrate on just shooting the little stream that runs into the lake. My general approach to shooting the stream was to work it like a crime scene. Not really, I have no idea how that would work but it was my little phrase in my head. It just simply reminded me to concentrate on really looking at the subject and trying to shoot it at different focal lengths, different exposures, and different perspectives. Hopefully it would help me learn a little more about shooting similar scenes in the future and would result in a good shot for the day. Whether I achieved the second goal is up for interpretation but I did feel like I gained some knowledge on ways to shoot scenes like this.

Today’s iTunes selection is from the “Sam’s Town” album by The Killers. The song is titled “When You Were Young”. I like lyrics and my favorite lines from this song are:

“They say the devil’s water, it ain’t so sweet
You don’t have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet
Every once in a little while”