This week, we were challenged to
Take your camera (your big camera, I want to challenge you not to use the iPhone for this) and find a location you have never gone to take a picture. The mall, a new park, the library, a restaurant, a friend’s house or a location you’ve driven past a thousand times and thought, “Hey! I should really take some pictures here”. I have a mental list of things and places that I have wanted to photograph but laziness, poor time management and that procrastinating voice in my head steers me in the wrong direction have prevented me from getting out there. This week we’re going to change that and hopefully keep this in the back of our minds whenever we’re finding ourselves to be waning in the inspiration department. I know some of you may be shy about taking the big camera out with you and perhaps a little intimidated or self-conscious. The reason I want you to use your big camera and not your iPhone for this is that anybody and everybody can pull out their phones to take a picture anywhere. And they do. You can be intentional with an iPhone, but I would like to encourage you too take the DSLR or mirrorless out for this assignment. We tend to use the phones when we are in the moment and without our DSLR. I want you to go to your location with the intention to shoot and having your big camera will strengthen that intention.
So I did! We hit a local high school for swim practice multiple times a week, but I’ve never brought my big camera. I let Kaylee and her best friend take some selfies with her iPad, and enjoyed capturing their fun. My first shot was just at a brick wall, but they asked for this second location, a statue of the team mascot we pass on our way in and out of the school.
