slice of life tuesday: kind of blue

Welcome to Slice of Life Tuesday! Every Tuesday, I post photos that I took the previous week and ask you to do the same. These photos are taken at ordinary moments. No fancy photo shoots. No fancy editing.The point is to make time for creativity in our daily lives just for the joy of it and without the burden of excuses. So grab your camera and carry it with you around the house or while you're running errands and snap a photo of something that catches your eye. Who knows? That one photo may spark your creative spirit!

Yesterday, I mentioned that I was participating in a world-wide photo documentary project called Week of Life. I'm entering the fourth day and I have to tell you, this experience is fun. But after taking a ton of photos from my world (which include glamorous photos of my laundry, dirty dishes, and my cat), I thought it was time to get creative. I looked up from my couch and, camera in hand, walked straight to a little wooden buddha that sits next to our fireplace. I snapped a few shots, but wasn't satisfied. It was night time and a bit dark in the house. When I used my flash, I was disappointed with the cold tone cast on the little guy. Unfortunately, I don't own any fancy lighting equipment, but I wouldn't let that stop me! I whipped around in the hopes that something would appear - something that would help me make this photo cooler. I had just read somewhere about a fun trick to help soften the light from an on-camera flash that involved holding a beer bottle up in front of the flash. Alas, there was no beer in the house. But the next best thing was the blue glass sitting on my coffee table that held the water I'd been drinking. The following photos are the result of my little experiment...which reminds me of a little joke:

What do you get when you cross a glass of water, a camera, and the buddha?

So pick up that camera and a pretty glass and do some experimenting this week! You'd be amazed at how much fun you'll have when you think outside the box and allow your limitations to be an opportunity.

Happy snapping!

Comments

[Amanda (Persistent Green)]

I love this blue light! Another trick for softening a flash is holding or taping a facial tissue or white tissue paper over the flash.