Kiawah Sunset

I just finished editing this photo of the sun setting at Kiawah and thought I'd share it.

Beginning of a new year

I've decided to do a "loose" 52 week photography blog as a follow up to the 365 day blog I did in 2010.  After experiencing what it was like to do the 365 blog, I've decided to be a little kinder and gentler to myself this time.  This is my first post of a 52 week blog for 2012, and already I've been a little "loose" since technically the photo should have been posted by last night at midnight.  Oh well.  My "rules" this year are also a little loose.  Since I have more than 1000 photos still left to edit from our Africa trip this year, I've decided that I will post any photo that I'm currently (or recently) working on, even if I didn't take the photo during the week.  My goal is to have a higher quality of work to post in lieu of the discipline of taking a new photo every week.  I still want to use this blog to get the camera in my hand often, but I also know that doing good editing is also an important part of the process and I want to balance the two.  I'm also getting ready to start a new photography class tomorrow night for the next 4 weeks, so I know I'll be grabbing my camera a lot during the remainder of January.

I imagine I'll be posting a lot of my photos from Africa since I'll be editing those over the next couple of months, but this first posting represents some photos I took in Kiawah in late December.  I've been experimenting with low saturated, high exposure shots lately, and these two represent that type of photography.  I'm still all over the board on developing my own style, so experimentation continues to be part of my development.

Here's to 2012!