Storm Watch

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I’ve been taking a corespondence photography course from the New York Institute of Photography. Well, taking is a loose term. I’ve been paying for and receiving the course materials for some time now. But, it’s just been too hectic around here to do anything with them.

Well, yesterday (or was it Thursday?), I’d finally had enough of all the crap that’s been diverting me from my intention to, number one, go pro as far as photography is concerned and, number two, improve my photography and finally take the course.

To that end, yesterday and last night, I organized all my course materials and started reviewing. I had started the first three lessons when I first got the materials, but I got side tracked all those months ago, and am just now getting back to it. I whizzed through the two quizzes last night. Today, we headed out for some photography for the first photo assignments. The objectives are to capture speed, to use selective focus to isolate a subject and to make a “beautiful vista” photograph.

Unfortunately, today’s weather was not cooperative. Gray and threatening rain. So, after wandering around for the early afternoon, and a lunch out together, we came back home to ponder. On the way, we decided that images I have made since I started receiving the course, if they fit the assignment, should be allowable for submission for my photo assigments. So, I’ve been pawing through the hundreds of raw digital images I’ve made in that timeframe.

The image above (I started this post with a picture, remember?) was taken on the same day as the image I posted yesterday for the Photo Friday “Chaos” challenge. While this is not one I will be submitting for critique for the course, I thought it fit well with today’s weather, and ties in nicely to my “Weather” theme pictures from this week’s Thursday Challenge.

Photogeek Details:
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE A1
Shutter: 1/5
Aperture: f:11
ISO: 100
Lens: 28mm (35mm equiv.)