A Love Hate Relationship

 ISO: 3200

Exposure: 1/20 sec

Aperture: 2.5

Focal Length: 50mm

Flash Used: No

 ISO: 3200

Exposure: 1/50 sec

Aperture: 4.0

Focal Length: 27mm

ISO: 2500
Exposure: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Focal Length: 18mm
Flash Used: No

A love hate sort of relationship.  I love you photography.  I love taking pictures, composing shots, imaging what is possible, but I hate you photos.  I hate you photos, you are never what I want them to be or imagine them to be.  

Things to remember: 

1) What story am I trying to tell?

2) Automatic light exposure is not my friend, only a pushy friend who loves to suggest things, sometimes being amazingly right that I get lulled into a sense of "man this is awesome" only to be bitten in the @ss and wish I never trusted that stupid green box.  (not that I'm bitter or anything).  -- you can kind of tell I didn't like the whole go back to auto mode to focus on composition.

3) Never force a photo.  Never get to a point where taking more photos replaces careful thinking, composition and framing, just to take the picture and catch up to everyone else.  Take your time.  

4) Amazing photos came from your point and shoot, partly because you were lucky and partly because you took the time to feel out your shots, just because the camera got fancier and bigger doesn't make the photos any better. 

In conclusion, dear photos, please stop sucking.  A good camera doesn't replace a careful and creative eye.  A fancy camera only makes it more confusing on how to capture whatever feel, light, shadow, color, etc you are trying to capture. 

PS I have no idea how to format these stupid blogs.  They are all funky and the alignment gets messed up.  I think I hate it.  My coworker says I should be using wordpress...seriously thinking about that suggestion.   If anyone has any suggestions on an easier way to do this, please let me know.  

PPS. Do you have kids? A Family? Pets? Plants? A house? An event or dinner you want photographed for FREE?  Pretty much anything.  Would you mind having me wander around and take pictures?  I will gladly give you digital copies of all images taken.