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blur, boundaries, d300s, images, nikon, routine, self portraits, self-portrait, slow-motion
Routine
They say that if you do an activity for 20 days, it becomes a part of your life. Routine. I’ve been taking photos and posting photos every day for 23 days now. I’ve explored more and tried more photographically than I’ve done in a long while. Today it was taking longer exposures to explore movement. I’m trying to make sure that I get out of being routine, doing the same kind of thing. Thinking more about the image and less about getting it down quickly. I’m also trying to really explore more in my camera. Get out of the routine of always using one set of settings and push some of the boundaries. I want to keep expanding and making better images. Is this one? I don’t know, but I like it. I don’t do a lot of self-portraits, mostly because I’d rather be behind the camera than in front of it. There’s another routine I need to take a long look at.
I like the added detail of the clock on the wall behind you with the pendulum blurred. The snowman candle could have me pondering the potential symbolism for days.
Thanks, I purposely wanted the clock in the image so that I could capture the pendulum blurring through the image. The Snowman? It represents the impermanence of life. Life is fleeting and snowmen are fleeting. At one moment they are there, the next they have melted and are gone. Or, it was just a snowman. I needed some extra stuff in the picture just to make it interesting.
I was reminded of my first photography class where we were examining the bark of a tree and all I could see was tree bark. They told me I would never be a great artist since I couldn’t see more than the bark. So I made crap up.