The field trip, pt.1
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 3:42PM So pt. 1 would imply there is going to be a pt 2, right? Well, that is certainly the idea. Except that I'll let you in on a dirty little secret of mine... I hate editing. Actually hate might not be a strong enough adjective, loathe and despise might be more like it. And really, there's no excuse for it because I've been shooting manual for over a decade and exposure and focus aren't big problem areas for me. I think my problem area is envy. That's right, envy.
I see these amazing pictures that have been photoshopped into oblivion and I often wonder what the originals look like. I imagine to myself that they must be pretty crappy, you know, in order to make myself feel better. ;) Then I take one of my pictures and literally play with it for an absurd amount of time only to revert back to my original processing, which take 5.3 seconds per photo. I suppose I should be happy with that but really, I'm not. I'd love to take my pictures to that next level. Without any effort on my part. That's not too much to ask, I think.
Anyway, these are just a few from my field trip last weekend (note it's taken me a full week to edit 4 pictures) with Rachy and Meg. Rach was ever so kind as to let me borrow her camera for the day so that I didn't fling mine into the nearest snowbank or against a brick wall. Because I'm fairly certain that may have been a tad counterproductive. These were taken at Saint Malo's right outside of Estes Park, CO. The photo gods gifted us with gorgeous weather and full sun for most of the day. The latter part of that was sarcasm, in case I didn't get that across effectively.

Orrrrr maybe some black & white love?


As we walked around we spotted this cute little pond which due it being winter and all, was frozen over and serving as a skating rink for these boys. We tried to be a little less than obvious as we were shooting them but I fully expected them to run off screaming and a mob of angry villagers to descend upon us with flaming torches. Obviously, this did not happen but I feel pretty confident in saying they thought we were crazy. And they wouldn't be wrong.


P.S. If anyone else is surprised that I didn't get hit by lightning considering my close proximity to a Catholic church, well you wouldn't be the only one.
P.P.S. I think everyone should leave Rach and Meg hatemail on their blogs so they start posting again. Just sayin.
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