Weekly Challenge Week 4: Mirror

This one was tough. I'm not sure I did as well as I wanted to, but such is the life of a photographer...  I created this image hanging out while Matt was off skiing, using my goggles as a "mirror." 

Weekly Challenge - Week 3 - Land

I had a really hard time with this one. Well, specifically coming up with only one image. The challenge this week was "Land." It could be a landscape, or something having to do with land.

I went out for a run, as I am apt to do, and took my phone with me. It was GORGEOUS outside this particular morning. It was all dreary down in town, and it took everything I had to make myself go out and find a trail. Good thing I did. I found myself thinking this was a perfect opportunity to photograph this project. Granted, all I had was my cell phone, but as the camera it has is better than my first digital SLR, I figured it'd be good enough...

I think I stopped and photographed about 20 different times. The clouds were below me, and the city could barely be seen. Around every corner was another beautiful scene. Needless to say, it was NOT my fastest run time!

Here is the one I chose as my favorite:

New Year, New Challanges - weeks 1 and 2

I decided I need a challenge in my pursuit of photography. So, I found one of my favorite things. A list! A list of challenges put out there to better myself as a photographer. I'll post here every couple of weeks.  So, follow along, and tell me what you think!

Week 1: Rule of Thirds

Without getting too technical, the rule of thirds is one of the most basic of guidelines in photography, which states that the main subject in a photograph should be placed in either the top, bottom, right, or left thirds of an image.  

Here is my example:

Week 2:  SOOC

SOOC (straight out of camera) is the term for how an image looks after being downloaded from the camera without any edits whatsoever. No photographer I know will let a client see these, without at least minor adjustments. That being said, the more perfect an images comes from a camera, the better.

Mine:

Looks MUCH better with just basic edits in exposure: