Thursday, January 13, 2011

Day Three. 1.13.2011


I love Inka

Especially when it's hot and foamy.  It's a grain-based beverage that, according to the canister it came in, is from Poland (not Latin America, as I had thought before I read the canister).  

Process notes: 
I forgot to bring my camera when I left the house today, so I had to do my detail when I got home at 7:45 pm.  The light posed a small challenge, and I found myself aimlessly circling in the house wondering what I could possibly photograph. But once I got started I took a lot of photos and it was hard to choose just one to post.  

Shooting at home removed the self-consciousness factor -- I felt silly yesterday stooped over a hedge on the sidewalk in the middle of a snowstorm with my not so professional looking camera buried in the leaves.  At home I took many more variations of the same picture, and I learned from the process.  I also discovered two new features on my camera -- high image resolution and manual focus.   

My last note is that I was deciding between two images to post and having a hard time choosing.  I had the Inka photo (above) and a super close-up of the knobs on my partner's telescope.  In my heart I was wanting to post the Inka photo (because I love Inka), but I thought the other one was more technically interesting (and therefore more impressive, perhaps?).   Once I realized the crux of choice the I was facing, it was an easy decision.  I'm glad I decided to go with my heart instead of my head.  Life lessons as well as photographic ones here at detail-a-day.  

I say again, and I'm sure I'll repeat: this is experiment is proving fruitful already.  

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