Tag: pictures
Let’s try this again
by Mike on Sep.13, 2009, under Photography
Things seem to finally be calming down a enough for me to have time for this again. Not only have I updated the theme here, but also we’re on to WP 2.8. I think I’m going to end up generalizing posts here a bit, mix in a little bit of everything from photography, to programming, to politics. I think it will end up being easier for me to post more often given I don’t have to get into a blogging mindset for it and can just talk about whatever I’ve been doing most lately.
I moved back in the end of July, so that’s a good excuse as any to change other things up in my life. With all that going on, I didn’t have much time/energy for things outside of work and moving in. Luckily, the past couple weeks I’ve managed to get back out taking pictures again after a month or two of not doing a whole lot. Partly inspired by this article, http://bit.ly/pfGmu, and partly because I got some free time at night and was bored, I started messing around with some night photography around campus.
The results:
For now the whole set is only a handful of pictures, but I think I want to eventually turn this into a whole project around campus. Most of these were taken on top of the parking structure on campus just off Grand River during welcome week. Luckily, there was plenty of traffic at night to get some nice headlight lines. The really cool part is that I’ve already had two people say they’re using the top one as their desktop. It’s a good feeling to know other people appreciate something you make. More-so when it’s something trying to be ‘art.’ Results like this end up helping me form a better idea of what I want to do with my photography and come up with some goals to work towards.
One of the main problems I’ve had with getting out and doing more photography is from a lack of inspiration. I’m the kind of person that needs a known goal to work towards in order to be productive without just putting out crap. Even if it’s a goal that’s changing/moving, it still gives me something to work with and an idea of how to change what I’m doing for better results.
That said, I think it’s time for a beer.
