Today I completed my first ever photography class homework- something called a 'photowalk'. The idea is fairly simple, you just take your camera and walk with it for about 45 minutes to an hour. The idea is to get used to using your own camera as well as explore the rules of composition that our class read about earlier this week. For my experience, I was lucky enough to have my sister, Amy Jo, who is planning on majoring in graphic design and minoring in photography, come along with me. The camera that I am going to be using for this course used to be hers, so having her along was a very helpful experience, she gave me the very basics of the camera and was there for support (a.k.a. made me feel like less of a creeper for walking around and taking pictures haha).
For my walk, I decided to go into Red Wing, the very beautiful city that borders mine, and simply enjoy the scenery and take pictures of the things I thought were beautiful. Immediately, I started thinking too hard, I was too focused on forcing my pictures to follow the rules of composition. This frustrated me, my pictures looked like they were taken not made. However, after walking for a while, I began to settle into the groove of things, being more carefree and less critical. I took pictures whenever the fancy struck me from different angles and such. Slowly but surely, my pictures took on a more creative feel. Though I know I have a lot to learn, and that my pictures are no where near masterpieces, I think that it was a good start. I am looking forward to learning even more about making photography from my teacher and I hope I can watch myself visibly improve during each of these 'photowalks' that we will be doing. Above this blog are two of my favorite shots from the photowalk.
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