A little bit after dma and I enjoyed the radiant sunset in Sequim, we headed back to the same spot to catch the sunrise. It was a pretty crazy trip... we took a midnight ferry, followed a random road looking for a lake, eventually catching a little bit of sleep in the parking lot of a veterinarian's office. Gotta do what you gotta do!
First Frame
Back in 2008, my friend Cole & I took a photography lesson up on Mt. Ranier with Randall Hodges. One of the insights from that day was to use your first picture of the day as a benchmark. He figures that you can only improve on your first image. I often forget this helpful tip while I am out in the field, but it resonates with me all the time while I am editing. For this post, I figured I would show my "first frame" from the Sequim Sunrise. Its messy, but you can see the simple, natural beauty of the area.
Lens Babe-ya
I really couldn't get a good grasp on the landscape this morning. Not sure why; just wasn't really clicking with me. I completely enjoyed the shoot, and dropped a bunch of frames, but, like my "first frame" they all seemed messy & disorganized to me. disorganized in a blah way. so, I figured I would just bump up the chaos & shoot with my lensbaby. I kinda dig it.
With all those wildflowers in easy proximity, I HAD to take some close-ups!
Doesn't the picture below look a little bit like a monster? It looks like it is taunting you, in French, to try to mess with it! almost like it is saying... I will keeeel you.
So, with only a few winks of sleep what did we do next... head to the Olympic National Park!! The wildflowers were insane here.
I
was
in
heaven.
It didn't take long for us to mutually agree that we were crazy. no sleep. very little food. very, very little water & a hike in the hot summer sun? So, this last pic is one for inspiration... a future hike! (um, once the snow melts, eh?)
Thanks for stopping by & for humoring me with my super old pictures!
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