I am a portrait photographer. I have tried to take nice landscapes, and I just do not seem to have what it takes. Of course I do get the occasional decent looking shot of a beautiful lake or some exotic location, we all can get lucky sometimes. But in general, I feel like my landscape photography is rather lacking. Being as I actually started off as an underwater photographer, I thought that nature/landscape photography would come quite naturally for me. It didn't. It doesn't. Aboveland shooting is literally a whole other kettle of fish! (pun intended). I found this difficult to deal with, though honestly I supposed if I dedicated myself to the craft and studied and tried, perhaps I could become a better landscape photographer, but that is just not where my passion lies. But I love nature. I love gardening, I love plants, animals, heck I even love dirt and feeling it between my toes! So how do I incorporate this into my passion for photography and lack of not being able to dive like I used to. Macro! That is right, the closest thing to underwater photographer I have found is macro. I love it, it is addicting, though it can be rather time consuming, and since I usually have three crazy munchkins and often two furry ones on all my nature outings, it can be rather difficult to capture the images I dream of making. But this is a journey, it is part of life. so I take the shot when I can, and just enjoy it with my naked eye when I cannot. But this summer I did invest in a new macro lens, which I am really enjoying. I hope to be able to spend more time developing the skills I need to make amazing macro images. The camera settings are not the same as when I shoot portraits, and I am enjoying challenging myself. I leave you with one of my first images I took with my new lens. I am sure there will be many more to come. BTW I am slightly obsessed with ladybugs!
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