Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Blessing


This post is a little personal, forgive me. When I looked at the topic this morning, "blessing", nothing immediately came to mind. Then as I went through the day I was snapping photos left and right. I am very blessed. This is a picture of my youngest son at piano lessons. His teacher on the right has taught all of my 4 children over the past 10 years. She is so patient and kind and each one of my children have found their niche in music because of her compassionate teaching. Did you notice her leg up on the bench? She is never uptight or tense, always ready and asking the kids about their activities outside of piano. She has blessed my family and many others with the gift of music.

I am a beginning photographer and whatever comes before beginner is how you would describe my experience at taking pictures of people. I am much more comfortable with a mountain scene than moving, changing people. So that is one more thing I am getting the chance to learn with this project. I only took 4 shots total (trying not to interrupt the lesson), I tried to capture the dedication and focus of the student and the relaxed attentiveness of the teacher. I played around with the color and light and put a soft focus on it. I like it but then I am personally attached to the scene. Maybe next month I will take pictures of people every day....experience, experience, experience.

6 comments:

  1. A Gift and a blessing then the discipline that gift brings should make for a full life for all, What a Blessing.

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  2. You did awesome....I love the look of concentration (yet enjoyment) in your son's face, and the relaxed pose of the teacher...it looks as if she is just sitting back enjoying the music! Awesome candid portrait!!!

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  3. You accomplished your goal in this image!! Concentration, patience and learning are all defined here.

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  4. You did a fabulous job of capturing the moment. I like your perspective and your composition. It is a very lovely picture.

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  5. I do like the softness of the light in this one . . . but the picture might be stronger on another angle, especially if we could see their faces.

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  6. I like the moment you captured. It has a very nice feel to it.

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