photo walk 1

I've recently acquired a new camera, finally upgrading to a dlsr (a Nikon D3000). I've joined a photography group that meets every monday, and yesterday was the first time we went out for a shoot. Didn't go to any place of great interest, just walked the avenue some. There wasn't much visual interest on my part. We were looking for "reflections", and later, added "shadows" to the mix. Being so early (11am) the shadows, and lighting, in general, was harsh and not conducive to good photography under any circumstances. The group only meets for one hour, but it is a chance to get out and go on walks with a creative intention. Today I shot mostly in Program mode, letting the camera figure out the settings. This feels like cheating to me, but I am not yet used to pulling up menus to get aperture and speed set on these digital cameras. I'm used to turning knobs and adjusting rings (when using my old nikon fm2, which is a fully manual 35mm). Now, I have info to read on a screen, and knobs to turn, buttons to press. It just seems more complicated to me. My brain is aging, what can I say?


Anyway... I wasn't at all happy with the images I collected, but I do want to have a little blog record of the photo group activities.

Some of the images I deemed halfway acceptable are below. I see that most of these were taken when I strayed from the theme of the day.

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