The world of website building is about to kick my tail. Yes, I looked up all the terms I didn’t know. I searched and I read. I now know all about pages, posts, plugins and widgets. I know about themes and page builders. My greatest take-away from all of this researching is that this is not for those with limited funds. Yes, you can go the free route, as I have done so far, which does not get you much in the way of a “real” website. I know what i want it look like and I know how I want it function. I want to be able to showcase my images for purchase. I want my portrait clients to be able to review their images and give me feed-back, or at least that’s the plan when I get a client. I’ve done all this planning. I’ve done lots of dreaming. I’ve done all the research. Have I traveled very far on this road of enlightenment? Maybe. Maybe not, but I am no longer at the beginning and that’s what counts. Life is a constant struggle. It’s how we tackle those problems that matters. It’s the “my glass is half full vs my glass is half empty” mindset that determines the outcome. Positive attitude, positive life. Negative attitude, negative life. I prefer the former. It’s the only thing that keeps me going. The belief that dreams do come true if you persist in the quest. I haven’t given up, I just haven’t gone very far yet. I will continue to put one foot in front of the other with a smile on my face and a song in my heart knowing that if I don’t give up I will accomplish my goal. I hope you find encouragement in my words to continue pursuing your dreams. Without dreams, we are hopeless as a people. It is the dreams of others that have given us the comforts of life we take for granted every day. What if they had given up? Just keep swimming and I will too. Thanks for visiting.
Light Painting
After many days of watching how-to videos, I set up a shoot to do spirograph light painting. The videos made it look easy but it wasn’t. I hated math in school and was never very good at it, but I applied what I knew. Calculate the distance from the light source to the lens so I could focus properly. Calculate the arc of the swinging of the light to make sure I got all of it. Calculate how long I needed to let it swing in order to make the spirograph. Calculate an estimate of time I could leave the shutter open without overexposing the image. What was the lowest ISO i could use so it would be as sharp as possible? Which F stop would give me the most in focus arcs? Yeah, they told you how to do it, but left out all the technical stuff you needed to know. Now, I’m the “hand me the calculator to balance my check book” kind of person, so this was the hard part. In the end, I just guessed and hoped for the best. Life is like that. You plan, you prepare and then you hope for the best. You can control some things, but not everything so you do the best you can. It was like that with the light. The first few images were disappointing. As I learned from my mistakes, the images got better. As I have learned from my mistakes in life, I have found that if you don’t give up on your dreams they do come true. If you don’t let anyone discourage you and stay the course, you can do anything. It may take some trial and error. It may take more time than you want. Just keep swimming. You will get there. I took a total of twenty seven images. There were two that I liked. Small steps. I bet the images will be even better the next time around. Thanks for visiting.