151.365 Left Meets Right.

Monday May 31 2010.

Here is my attempt to make my Left Brain meet my Right Brain.

The micrometer meets the technical requirements of my left brain while the position and neat reflection meet my creative right brain's requirements. Coming together as more than the sum of the two parts.

How's that for synergy!

Chris.

Does The Eye You Shoot With Affect Your Creativity?

I've been thinking about this question lately. It's known that the left side of your brain is more logical. Science and math type of thinking. The left side of your brain also controls the right side of you body, including the right eye. The right side of the brain is more creative. It likes music, art and 3D shapes. It controls the left side of your body, including your left eye.

Does it matter which eye you look through the viewfinder to compose your photo? Would you get a more artistic composure using you left eye or a more technically correct photo using your right eye?

I'm a left eye shooter. I like to think that I'm tapping directly into my creative mind while I'm composing my photos. It may explain why I failed to notice the branch creeping into the photo in my last post! While I'm thinking about my shot and setting it up, I'm using both eyes so I hope my left brain is helping me with my technical issues but once I put that camera to my eye, it's all right brained baby.

I'd like to show some examples of my left eye vs right eye shots but I never shoot with my right eye so I don't have any! I will try to take some shots with my right eye though to compare. In the mean time, here are some of my favorite "left eye" photos.

Chris.

Watch Your Edges!

One thing I've learned from the NYIP Professional Photography course is to watch your background. Watch for things that may be growing out of the heads of your subjects or running through them.
Another is to watch for things creeping in around the edges of the frame.

With this photo, I was so into the snow on the leaf that I failed to notice the branch cutting across the bottom right corner. I've tried cropping it but cannot find a crop to my liking. A slightly different angle would have solved this before it became a problem.

This square crop was the best I could do. I'm not a big fan of square crops. It tends to put the subject dead center on me. But I think in this case I was able to salvage the photo.

Chris.

150.365 End Of May?

Sunday May 30 2010.

Really?! Come on. At the end of May?! LOL.

How could I not make a snow man? I should put him in a freezer bag then into the deep freeze!

Chris.

149.365 Opportunity.

Saturday May 29 2010.

As it turns out, I'm a very opportunistic photographer. I look forward to opportunities to make photographs.

There's just something about water drops on leaves that I just love. Of course this soon turned to snow on the leaves. Love spring in Alberta.

Chris.

148.365 Liquid Fire.

May 28 2010.

How do you check for vacuum leaks on your vehicle? Why with a can of ether of course. Give a little spray around the joints in the lines and if there is a leak, well the roar of your engine will surely let you know. :) Happy to report, no leaks. So what the heck is the problem?!

Chris.

147.365 Again.

Thursday May 27 2010.

Here I am consulting " the book " again. It seems like once these trucks get over 200 000 km, they start to fall apart. At least it's just little things I can fix those. Last week it was replacing rocker arms and lifters, this week the vacuum lines fell apart. LOL. Gotta keep laughing or I'll snap!

Chris.

146.365 Best...Mug...Ever.

Wednesday May 26 2010.

My Canon 70-200mm Thermal Mug has finally arrived! How cool is that? It's thermal properties are...let's just say...not so good. But who cares! This will be my mug from now on. It will go to work around the house and to the lake.

Now given that I'm very easily entertained, expect to see about a million photos of this mug in my stream. LOL.

Chris.

144.365 Cool Shirt

Tuesday May 25 2010.

Just a quick grab shot of the Boy's new T shirt. How cool is that. Now that's a photographer's kid!

The camera is just a part of the picture but it sure looks like it's popping off the shirt!

Chris.

143.365 Pretty Pink Blossoms.

Monday May 24 2010.

The rain went away for just long enough today to pose for a portrait in front of this really pretty tree we found on a nature walk. A good note to end our long weekend on.

Chris.