I’ve really enjoyed my 52/50 Project and am so pleased that I didn’t miss a week of it. I love my 50mm lens, and it was a good excuse to be sure it got put on the camera at least once a week. So here are the last of the photos, some of which I’ve posted earlier for other subjects.
Week 48:
Skylar was loving the ranch dip at Thanksgiving. I don’t think too much celery got eaten.
Week 49:
I had my zoom lens on most of the time during my first trip to Chicago, so there wasn’t much to choose from. I love the photo, but it’s not technically very good.
Week 50:
The perfect photo for the week!
Week 51:
We took Caleb to the Wonderland Express at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Once again I had my zoom lens on until lunch when I remembered I needed a 50mm photo. Caleb’s delight in this photo is watching the train that goes around the dining room of the cafe.
Week 52:
Caleb was helping put away all the Christmas decorations. Sarah made sure Christmas was over before Caleb’s birthday celebration on December 30th.
With a new year ahead, I’ve given a lot of thought to what kind of photography project I wanted to take on for 2014. I’ve considered a lot of different things, but have finally settled on spending a year with David DuChemin. His e-book “The Visual Toolbox: 50 Lessons for Stronger Photographs” should give me more than enough challenges to last the year. Here’s a blurb from Craft and Vision where I purchased the e-book a few months ago.
The Visual Toolbox is packed with lessons about the tools of the photographic language – the camera, the lens, and the more important stuff like visual language, composition, and learning to see. Most of those lessons are accompanied with real-life, honest-to-God assignments to get you out there learning how to make stronger photographs, not just learning to use a camera.
On my reading list for a couple of years are two of DuChemin’s books, Within The Frame and Vision and Voice, so I hope to finish both of these as well.
I purchased a small notebook to use for this year’s project on Amazon. I’ve already made a list of a variety of subjects and themes I might use as I practice my skills, and will use it to take notes on my reading, and reflect on my experiences.
I’ll be participating in Cheryl McCain’s Frugal Still Life class as soon as we return from Florida, and in Helena’s meme Zoom Out, Zoom In. Here’s the first pair for Week 1:
One of the many amazing displays at The Chicago Botanic Garden. I took the zoom out first, then the zoom in.
Having a photography project (0r two or three) seems to keep it fresh, and I’m looking foward to finding new images in 2014!
lovely to have you taking part Karen, I’ll be including a linky next week. What an amazing display of plants
Very best of luck with a new year of photography. I like the write up for that ebook where he says “stronger photographs”. That’s a really good word to use, very compelling. Can’t wait to see what you come up with
The first photo is just gorgeous….and I love your final pair as well.
Your photography is always so beautiful Karen! Looking forward to seeing more of it this year!
What a wonderful pair for ZIZO but the pictures of you lovely family are simply stunning Karen.
I’m really looking forward to see what you do with you e-book. I’m doing the still life course and spent some good time this morning playing with the soft box I bought and have only used once. I might also try to play with my 80 mm lens some this year (I’d love something like a 52/80 or even 12/80 project). I have a few unfinished photography workbooks as well – one on portraits, in particular, that I could see dabbling in.
Rinda
Fantastic photos, as always, Karen. I love that Betsy is holding Skylar’s shoes in the photo of her and Matt! Just so cute!
You take such wonderful photos already, it is hard to aging how you can improve on them! I do like that quotation :). Wishing you every success and looking forward to another year of enjoying your lovely blog.
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