“Spring is in the Air.”
It was a beautiful warm day here in Sydney today and for those of us living in the southern hemisphere we can now smell spring is in the air after a fairly long, wet and cold winter. I didn’t set out to capture spring today, but I did venture out with my Canon G9 – now replaced by the Canon G10 – in the warm, late afternoon sun.
Throughout this August challenge I have come into the habit of starting to shoot fairly quickly after I set out. It’s not so important what I shoot of if it’s not the perfect subject or lighting conditions, what is more important is to ‘warm up’ as if it was before an important sports match. It gets you into the right frame of mind and helps fine tune your vision.
Today I was shooting some reflections and textures as my ‘warm up’ images:
I kept on walking in search for images of interest and this is when I noticed the backlit plants in the main image (click the square thumbnail above to view the image large). Back lighting is one of my favourite lighting conditions because it almost instantly creates mood in your images. I’m a big advovate for seeking out mood in your images and this is not very easy to do. In fact I’m working on becoming more conscious about looking for mood when I’m photographing, but mood can be very elusive and it’s far from present in all situations. So much of the time when an image moves me, I realise it’s because it evokes a certain mood.
Today’s image reflects the warm day we have experienced today here in Sydey and at the same time it evokes feelings of spring and summer for me, so here is hoping it does the same for you as a more objective viewer.
I took a total 77 pictures today.
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Sat, Aug 15, 2009
August Snaps