Wake Up at 5:30 am
Post daily photo
Shower
Eat Breakfast
Leave for work at 7:00 am
Work
15 minute break at 9:15 am
Work
Lunch break at noon
Work
15 minute break at 2:15 pm
Work
Leave work at 4:30 pm
Arrive home and start supper
Husband home at 5:45 pm
Supper at 6:00 pm
Process photos, watch TV
Bed at 9:30 pm
For the past four years that was
my daily routine. Very structured and
organized. My work in accounting was
also very structured and creativity during the day was really something that
did not happen. Bad things happen when
one gets creative with accounting.
When I got my first DSLR, 3 years
ago, my photos were also very structured. As I had taken a few courses in photography, I knew what DOF was. f2.8 gave out of focus photos, but when you spend
good money on a sharp lens, why would you want to use anything but f14. To me
f2.8 was something you used when you needed more light. My photos had to be sharp and in focus all the
time. A photo copy of reality is what I
was after.
A couple of years my husband gave
me a Lensbaby Composer for Christmas and I called it my “play” lens. Great for shots of the Christmas tree and
lights but I didn’t use it much.
During the past couple of years,
being part of the Daily community on Smugmug, I began to appreciate f2.8. Now, the majority of my photos are taken at
f2.8 or f4. My new job is less structured.
I still don’t get creative with the accounting, but there are no buzzers
to tell me when to take a break and when to eat lunch. I’m starting to feel a little less like a
trained mouse.
Sunday morning I woke up to a
beautiful day and I put the Lensbaby on the camera and decided to play with the
pansies in the yard.
My first thought was that the
rain drops were ruining the photos and then I began to see everything a little
different. I added a little star from the bokeh kit to see if I could catch a
few out of focus drops.
And came across the wet leaves of
a daylily.
Again back into the house to add
a macro filter to the lensbaby.
It’s now Tuesday and I still have
the lensbaby on the camera.
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