beach

when i first started learning to shoot in manual, my ability to correctly shoot with the proper exposure was terrible. it's still not where it should be, but compared to back then? i'm amazing now. anyway, i'd read and read and read and i'd borrowed books from the library and i'd bought the books that my favorite experts recommended and now i was practicing, which is exactly what all the experts agreed was the best method to becoming a good photographer. so i practiced and i practiced and i posted and i posted and slowly, i saw signs of improvement, but mostly i felt really unsure and lost. but then, one day at the beach, it all came together. beautiful light, no sharp shadows covering the faces of my subjects, proper exposure--finally! and after that, it's like something clicked in my mind and i understood more clearly what i was doing.

now every time i go to the beach i'm reminded of that moment, and i want to take more pictures to remember that feeling of understanding.

i heart faces entry - EXCITED!

boychild gets his first taste of the ocean. and yeah, he loved it.

venice beach canals