Yesterday was a beautiful day and I was stuck inside having to work. Sometimes you just have to do maintenance on systems during the weekend to prevent any undue downtime. But Steve and I did go around the corner to Gardener Village to look for pictures. This has become a new interest to me and a new obsession to Steve.
I found that I was stuck. I just couldn’t see a great picture. I took quite a few with my new camera. Yeah the sun was shining but the leaves were just barely starting to bud along with the tulips. I don’t know if that is what was causing my block but I went home discouraged. As I continued to baby-sit my conversion Steve edited his pictures (something we have learned in our photography class is just as important as taking the pictures). Steve agreed to edit my pictures for me also since I was busy. He actually found some decent compositions. He said my skills have improved.
I suddenly realized that I think there is an artist in me that I never nurtured. I used to love to dance. I played the piano and I always wanted to be an actress. I tole paint pretty good and seem to have a good eye when it comes to home interior. But none of these skills did I ever seem to truly nurture or obsess over. Maybe that is the key to becoming a great artist. Maybe with my new camera I can start looking around with the eyes of an artist and soon I may have beautiful pictures that are worth framing; plus I will also be able to feed the artist in me that is dying to come out.
You can see the rest of our pictures HERE.
1 comment
Burnzz says:
April 20, 2009 at 10:41 pm (UTC -5 )
“a new interst for me and an obsession . . .” Oh yeah? ok, i’ll admit it.
You have improved and i can say a bit of that is teh new camera. A lot of it is seeing things around us differantly. i mean, c’mon, heathens in Utah are bound to see things differently . . . =)