April’s theme is macro. This is one genre of photography that I really enjoy and don’t tend to feel is much of a challenge. So this time I decided to use some flashes to create some different lighting and give myself an extra challenge.
I played around with light placement and different methods of diffusing the lights. I tried some backlighting as well as some side lighting and two lights for some images. I also did some shots on a white backdrop and some on a black backdrop. As you can see, the lighting and different backdrop can really change the mood of an image.
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I feel like a broken record as I say it every month, but my goodness! Time flies! How is it that we are already in April?!? I’m not complaining though. I’m loving the fact that everything is turning from brown to green, and that the windows are open and we can breath in fresh air.
This month’s theme at Share Six is Growth. As usual, I had several ideas on how I could possibly interpret this theme….I could show the growth I have experienced in my photographic skills, I could somehow show the growth I’ve experienced personally (especially this last year), I could show my children’s growth (my 14 year old son is now taller than me!! How did that happen?!?!), but I ended up going with the more typical interpretation though and photographed some of the beautiful plants that are budding and growing.
Several years back, I was given a TON of hostas. It was a huge blessing as we were able to do some pretty landscaping around our deck and in the front of our house. Every spring they are one of the first plants to break through the ground. So seeing their little points sticking up out of the soil is very exciting for me. It means beautiful weather is on its way.
This year, in the flower bed in front of our house, a lone daffodil bloomed. I’m quite confused as I never planted one there, but it is a lovely surprise. I’m not sure if someone planted it there to surprise us, or what, but it’s absolutely beautiful.
We have a lilac bush out front that my husband gifted to me a few years back and it has buds all over it. I can’t help but get excited at the thought of the sweet lilac aroma that will soon fill the air!
What with all of the warm weather, the grass has started to grow and the distant hum of lawnmowers has begun.
Last but not least, these are my irises beginning to grow. I love how the light was illuminating the rims of the leaves!
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