I had the afternoon off work today, it was lovely – a long, lazy lunch, sunshine, fresh air and photography!
The trees are mostly still green but you can tell they are about to change – I don’t wanna shock you or anything, but that means autumn is acomin’ !
As I wandered round our little city wildlife-centre (which some might uncharitably describe as a small park full of weeds) I realised, I feel so much more comfortable and sparked into creativity when I have to seek out beauty and work at getting the best photo.
Don’t get me wrong, I adore visiting stunning locations like The Lake District and taking photographs there. When I do though I feel a certain amount of pressure to do the magnificent scenery justice and take photos that are interesting and un-clichéd. Hmm, as far as being stressed goes, this is probably the best sort to have!
As most of my time is spent away from jaw-dropping natural phenomena I don’t have to worry too much about this particular type of stress in my life – luckily for me, there are plenty of weeds and trees to keep me occupied when I do bunk off work early!
These are some of my favourite things to photograph if I need to just relax and let go. What do you like to photograph to ‘de-stress’?
3 Comments
Betty Thompson
26 October 2011 at 04:04Seeking out beauty walking through the weeds is always so
de-stressing for me and often bear such surprising little gems!
Cass
7 November 2011 at 16:10Usually, just picking up my camera does the job. Although I have to admit, there’s always a little bit of pressure to produce something pretty and some days my camera just doesn’t want to co-operate. So when i’m feeling really stressed, the best thing I can do is to leave the camera at home and to just enjoy the moment, enjoy my children’s company, enjoy the trees and forget about framing and focus for a while. Is that bad? My other trick, if i need to relax, is to swap my SLR for my point and shoot. That way, if the pictures are bad, I can just blame the cheap camera (I’m so unfair!). Ha!
Angie
10 November 2011 at 20:08There’s a lot to be said for going out WITHOUT a camera (and I do that with my point-and-shoot camera too)