Nature Light Photo

iPhone Photo #9

Walking toward the pool to officiate a game. Hoping it wouldn’t rain, but knowing that it already has recently. Then I noticed this puddle with the reflection of the sky and part of the railing.

iPhone Photo #8

It’s been a while since I got an iPhone photo up. I’ve been kind of busy preparing for school and my upcoming trips.

I was in our copy room and saw the wrappers for the reams of copy paper on the trash can. I love blue and yellow and I liked the pattern.

Again, except for the tagging of this post, everything was done on the iPhone.

iPhone Photo #7

Shadow of a fan. I liked the texture of the ceiling and contrast and shape of the shadows.

iPhone Photo #6

Ok, I’ve been away for a while. It’s not easy developing a habit.

I hope this is the start of a more solid habit.

I saw this outside a health clinic. The peace sign caught my eye. Yes, it’s a surgical glove, but it was on the ground in an interesting pattern. And as I look at it, I see a bunny rabbit more and more.

I think you have to be able to see patterns like this.

iPhone Photo #5

Three doors. It’s kind of a window in a window thing. Our school has really long hallways and an interesting indoor/outdoor design.

iPhone Photo #4

Sandals. The two different feet with the same sandals on them was interesting. She wouldn’t let me take a picture of her right foot.

iPhone Photo #3

Sitting at my desk, looked down, and saw this. I liked the lines.

iPhone Photo #2

I liked the window effect with the clouds in the background.

iPhone Photo #1

This is my first upload on my daily challenge. Again, this was ALL done with just my iPhone. Taken, enhanced, and uploaded. The only thing I do from a computer is add the tags/categories.

I saw the patterns of the table top and the shadow and liked it. Plus the blue against the grey is nice.

An Idea to Improve

I follow Scott Bourne on Twitter and ran across a post of his that I found VERY interesting. It linked to a blog by Tarsa Mar, a photographer who had talked to Scott about how to improve her photography. As a result, he challenged her to become better.

His challenge to her was simple.

• View another professional photographer’s work.
• Read one page in her camera manual.
• Take at one picture.

Each day. Every day.

She is blogging about it in order to document it and to encourage her to do it everyday.

I LOVE this idea. With some changes.

Instead of reading one page of the manual, I will read at least one page of a photo related book. I am always trying to find ways to be utilize the camera to it’s fullest capability. I have read my manual three times and will continue reading it.

I will be taking one picture each day, but with my iPhone. I think that a good photographer can take a good picture with any camera and I ALWAYS have my iPhone with me. In addition, I have several apps that I can use to edit/manipulate the images and then upload them to this site. In other words, every image posted to here for this assignment will be shot, edited, and uploaded with my iPhone.

I will view at least one other photographer’s images each day, but they don’t have to be professional. I think there are some GREAT amatures .

When I say once each day, I will try to average five times a week. Being a teacher, water polo official, and actually having a life, I think that 5/7 days is a very reasonable and doable goal. Yet, it will still be challenging and educational.

Why change the challenge? Because every individual needs to be challenged in a unique and personal way. As long as the challenge is real and goal oriented, I think that every person should modify their goals to fit themselves. I can’t be Tarsa Mar. I wouldn’t want to her any more than she wants to be me. Therefore, I choose to modify the challenge.

As I said, I will be posting five times a week and will include my reading and whose images I viewed. I encourage your comments and input. Be brutal, but be nice.