spring fever photography

Today's post is simply an opportunity to show off some of my favorite pictures from the last couple of months. Spring is such a beautiful time of year, full of rebirth, bright colors, and light. It has been a wonderful time to pull out my camera and practice. I've decided that my favorite genre of photography (next to family) is nature.

Here's why:

         First flowers of Spring!
 

 These windows are on an old building in downtown Provo. I fell in love with the vine.


This Spring I am gaining a true appreciation for water and figuring out my favorite style of it. There's the frozen water look, like this picture of ripples, or the extended shutter flowing water look as seen in the photos from Bridal Veil Falls below. I think I like a happy medium. My goal this summer is to perfect my water shots.

...Hikes to waterfalls anyone?

   

It recently rained in the valley, which means it snowed on the peaks, which made the gorgeous combination below. 

(Landscape photography is 98% luck...right conditions, right lighting, right landscape...)

( ...and sometimes it is all about perspective.)

                        

When I take pictures of beautiful scenery such as this, I feel like I am thanking our Creator for the amazing gifts He has given to bring us joy. I love practicing taking pictures on my camera in the effort to more perfectly capture that beauty. I still have much to learn, but it is a journey that is not only strengthening my talent, but also bringing me closer to God. 

I saw a quote a few weeks back that I really like: 

“A camera is a tool for 

learning how to see 

without a camera.”

- Dorothea Lange

That exactly describes my journey. The more I take pictures, the more I see things I didn't see before, details that I missed, and beauty that I passed by. Our challenge as human beings is to look beyond the surface of life to see what lies beyond it, to see what else is there. Usually those other layers are more beautiful and rich than the first.