Last month, I enjoyed a day of photography at a local wind farm in rural-Stark County, IL outside Camp Grove, IL. It's one of my favorite spots to photograph since it's very open and quiet. Usually, I have this place all to myself which is always enjoyable. I stopped at this location during the early morning hours and also in the evening as well to get better lighting conditions for photography purposes of course. I also used some down-time on this day to try some self-portraits with my tripod as I had some creative ideas. I'm sure in the future I'll be doing shoots at this location and a few others where I spend a great deal of time year after year. Shooting self-portraits are really difficult with a high-end DSLR on a tripod I learned fairly quickly on this day. The art of getting yourself in the correct position even using a self-timer is a tough task without another person there to help out. A lot of crappy photos you'll come across at first which leads you to not being able to resist the temptation of hitting the trash button on the camera. It's not about the quantity of photos in this case, but the quality though. You'll get several photos that you won't be happy with, but patience is the key. At some point you will get the photo you envision though. It may only be one or two, but that's far better then none. I've added photos from the wind farm and some self-portraits of myself as well below:
the early morning hours...
taking a photo with my Canon T3i while my
Canon 7D captures the "moment"
I can easily say this is one of my best self-portraits
I've ever taken without a doubt!
I've ever taken without a doubt!
reddish rusted bridge!
dandelion seed heads glistening in the grass!
That will wrap up this post. I've been quite busy with photography especially last month shooting summer photos around the area and I'll be posting those in the near future. I've also been in the process of moving to a larger apartment in Peoria, IL over the last two weeks. It has taken up much of my free time to say the least. Moving sucks, right up until the point when it's all over with! I'm just about all settled in to my new place however. Shortly, I'll be gearing up for fall photos over the next couple of months as typical for myself as we progress toward autumn. Stay tuned.
