So there's this spot in my town that I like to go to to take pictures and play and walk. It's a boat landing. There was a time when no one else ever went there and I would go dance in the parking lot, weren't those the good old days hm? I love this spot, because it's small town and romantic and all the sudden there are a lot of people there all the time. They made some land into a dog park...a dog park?! I have to admit to NOT being an animal person at all, so the fact that there is even a sign there makes me slightly mad. My little kid self thinks, but it was MY place FIRST.
Yesterday I took my fun new lens down to this spot though to have some fun, and fun I had. :)
As you can see I still have a whole bunch to learn about this lens and these are only the very images that I was working. I always forget how much I like going out to see what I can see, just to take pictures. I think artists sometimes are so concerned with what they will do with their creativity that they don't remember to enjoy that creativity. Oh Lord, let that never happen to me!
While I was there, there was a group of people out swimming in the river, why, I do not know. Yes it has been warm, no that water was NOT warm enough to swim in (I know I got my feet rather wet...). While I was on the embankment some people who were further out asked me in my name was Laurie and if I wanted to swim too. It was rather amusing. I'm finding that when you have a camera in your hands, people tend to think you are rather important.
Take the above two boys for example. I told them that I had a new lens and I was testing it out to see how it worked. I asked if I could take their pictures and they said yes. It was pretty hysterical they yelled out to the people farther out "She's got a new Lens! She wants to take our picture!" They then shouted to me, "Will you take our picture too!?" "No, you're to far out!" I told them.
Those shots I got of those boys were some of my favorite so far. I can see myself really using and playing with this lens a whole lot. I was also struck by the thought that people don't see people doing art anymore.
Let me explain. I had the fortunate ability to travel to Italy after I graduated High School (if I could find those pictures I would post them!) and while I was there I saw art like you wouldn't believe. But the best part were the painters and artists on the street, sketching, photographing, doing. Be honest, when was the last time you saw an artist sketching a building while you were walking down the street? I think America really misses out on something because we don't get to see this physical action as much.
I remember once when I was not in school I took my sketch book and pencils to a local park. I drew pictures of kids on the swings and they came and asked me what I was doing, and asked if they could show my pictures to their grandma. She was creeped out at this stranger drawing pictures of her grandkids in the park, she told me she thought it was great.
It is interesting to me that we see so little artists out in the streets, and I love that I am not afraid to be out there with my sketch books and camera doing what I enjoy doing. Seems so simple doesn't it?
Art is a living breathing entity. It does. Look at Creation and what God has done. It didn't just happen. He made it. There was work involved, and you could see and can still see the action behind His words. If we are to call ourselves artists and photographers we can't be afraid to be seen doing things.
Just like those boys at the boat landing saw me taking pictures.
It gave me a warm fuzzy and warm fuzzies are meant to be shared. :)
This new lens is fun. Here have some more photographs.
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