a favorite

honey bees

as i sit here at barnes & nobel i realize that i have so much to learn this summer (and i'm thankful that it's not geometry like the tutor is instructing next to me). but still, photography is so complex that i'm hoping there is room enough in my brain for all the information headed my way.

I had the opportunity to shoot some great bee boxes with perfect light but feel like my images are not as bold or striking as i had hoped they would turn out to be. should i remove my UV filter? do i just not get exposure? do i just need to be patient until i learn lightroom3? whatever it is, i hope that i hope i can figure it out.

today started out very early, 2am, with a sunrise shoot and then a ghost town, a historic downtown, a waterfall, and a review lecture. my brain is so tired that i don't even know what happened today and what happened tomorrow. so i'll leave you with my favorite shot of the day, enjoy.

the begining

the begining is always a very good place to start. the lectures i have experienced in the past few days have been mostly review for me (aperture, exposure, shutter speed, manual mode, etc...) but i can tell that soon there will be new material thrown my direction very quickly. this first week has left me exhausted and, unfortunately, uninspired. rain has damped my motivation to explore the new world around me and a new sleep schedule isn't helping either. i have hope for a restful night tonight and better weather next week (we'll see).

making the major switch to shooting in RAW mode so for now i'm taking shots in both RAW and JPEG format. my first field help class is tomorrow so i need to come out of my comfort zone soon!

routine

still waiting to get into a routine here. i'm sure it will take a few days or even a couple weeks before i get used to a new routine around here. i've taken a grand total of 18 photographs since i've arrived as we have mostly been working on setting up and orientation things. i have my first field help class on saturday afternoon and it's finally supposed to stop raining by then.

good news, it takes less than 10 minutes to ride my bike to the classroom and there are several people interested (and experienced) in hiking in glacier national park. we have a lecture on bear safety this sunday, i'm planning to attend.

hope your week is going well, probably see you again on the weekend.