learning something new.

I've been experimenting with time lapse photography over the course of the past week and my trip to Arkansas provided me with the perfect opportunity to try it out. The skies yesterday were just incredible with the clouds moving more quickly than usual due to a storm passing nearby. I failed to bring my tripod with me so I utilized rocks, a planter and my mom's car to steady the camera as I manually took a photo every 5 seconds.

I think the content is what makes this attempt worthy of sharing, but I definitely plan to keep working at it and improving my technique. Hopefully I'll have some fun videos to share with you as I continue to learn. 

backyard stars.

My friends Tony and Liz own a house in Vero Beach, FL, which is where all of our friends (including me) stayed for our spring break reunion last week. There was one night in particular, after we'd had a bonfire and most everyone had gone inside to go to bed, that I just couldn't resist hanging out in the backyard and stargazing because the sky was just so clear. Of course, for me, stargazing entails also taking photos…so a few hundred mosquito bites later, I finally dragged myself inside, satisfied that I'd gotten at least one or two usable shots despite not having a tripod.