Anonymous, Where Art Thou?

As promised(though I'm sure no one was keeping record) here is my monthly picture post.

Every day I am learning more and more about photography. I truly think this is the hobby I've been missing out on my entire life. I've played guitar, piano, attempted sports, had a hand at writing -- all of these I enjoy and feel I am comfortable with, but I have never felt that spark that drives me to peruse each on a deeper level. This is not the case with photography though. The whole process is incredibly therapeutic to me. From scouting locations to composing a shot to processing and tinkering, each step in developing a final picture is sublimely enjoyable and just makes me feel good.

To add to the personal enjoyment of the workflow is the amount of knowledge I still DON'T know about photography. I've recently joined a few photo forums and taken upon myself to embed deeper in flickr and Google+ now and the sheer amount of techniques, styles, and nuance to both composition and processing I do not understand is astounding. I love this though -- having a field I can so readily thrown myself in to head first is a joy to me. Each day is a new quest for knowledge and I have an unquenchable thirst for it. Photoshop, Lightroom, masking, hues, exposures, layers. It's all mindblowing and far beyond my reach....for now. Watch out world, here I come.

Oh. And my title is a request for Anonymous from my last picture post to reappear. Who are you? More advice please? I relish it.

From Georgia On My Mind

From Georgia On My Mind

From Georgia On My Mind

First HDR shot

From Georgia On My Mind

From Georgia On My Mind

From Georgia On My Mind

From Georgia On My Mind

Beach of Life, Life On The Beach Part 2

So Part 1 was all about the beats, this post is all about the....treats? The photographic treats I guess. A few weeks ago I acquired a Canon T3, as photography has been a long-standing passion of mine, and have been putting it to good use. This post is just to show off, shamelessly, some of the pictures I like the best.

There's something to be said about small aperatures and me. As a commenter mentioned on my last picture post, I like close up shots of objects. I feel this stems from a lack of focus in my life in general. I've never had the capability to throw my creative passion in to an outlet and never been able to focus it well. I constantly see images, places, scenes in my life that I wish I could capture and mold, in order to express my own world view but have rarely had the chance to. I guess that since I've bought this camera I've been overcompensating, purposefully focusing in on the little details around me to make up for the time I haven't had the ability to do so before. So for right now a bug, a leaf, someone's smile, a railing, whatever I see and want to focus on will be my subject. At least until I fufill this desire to see the fine details and allow myself to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Until then, this is what you get:



I also got(as a steal) a telescopic lens. Canon 70-300mm USM. It works well when its bright outside, other conditions not so much.



Jeykll, Island, GA




Direct Positive is a fun filter



The cottage we stayed at in Nova Scotia





Fort Liousberg, NS



On Cape Breton, NS



Sunset in Inverness


House down the beach from our cottage, what a view!







Advocate Bay, NS





Yours Truly

Woah, Wait What?

I think it's been two weeks since my last post. Sad, I know, but it feels like I'm more busy at my summer job than I was in school! In fact, I am. 8 hour workdays Monday through Friday, and then friends after work. I've barely had time to splash the top of my Soundcloud backlog, it's bad.

So, unfortunately, no new artists for this post. I promise next one I'll have some tasty treats for you.
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However...I do have something to show you...
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Pictures.

I recently purchased a Canon EOS T3 in preparation for my journey to Sweden this fall for study abroad, and I'll tell you right now there is nothing like having a nice camera. I've always had an appreciate for photography and now I finally get a chance to explore that passion. It's been an interesting experience so far, almost addicting! Anyway I don't want to ramble so let me get to the pics.

These are just a few of the many I have been taking, let me know what you think and if you have any advice I am willing and eager to learn.













You can visit my full flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/justasignal/