Our first photo class was the usual overview of what is to come along with a tour of the photography department and its labs. I was impressed and a bit intimidated with the dark rooms, I will have to put my childhood fear of the dark into the closet for the year.
For our first assignment we were able to use a digital camera (since technically, we are not familiar with the old film standard camera), our assignment was to take a picture in response to someone else's picture, I chose the following photo for this assignment:
As I was walking around in the wood trails, I caught a glimpse of this spiderweb shining in the light, it took me several minutes to get back to the exact spot where I could see it. In trying to shoot the spiderweb, I soon realize that the light has everything to do with it, because if you move a fraction of an inch the web disappears, and if the light changes in anyway from that magic moment, all is lost.
While I was looking at things to capture on camera, I discovered that the past days of rain gave birth to a variety of overgrown mushrooms. Last summer I was amazed at the variety hiding out everywhere in our back woods, obviously this year is no different, except that the mushrooms are much bigger, the perfect blend of rain, warm days and cold nights must of had something to do with it all. So, with my camera on hand, I have been shooting mushrooms all around these past few days, the growth cycle is incredibly fast and from day to day their shape, size and color are constantly shifting.
Then, I saw something original, a bit of green life attached to tree bark, I could not resist it, just so out of place yet owning its space. Nature is amazing.
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I have to admit that the mushrooms are hard to ignore.
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