I am such a square!

Another shot from last week. Heading home and this white building caught my eye, so I had to do a quick stop (after a quick check to make sure nobody was behind me). This scene had several different appealing aspects, and this was just one of them.

This particular shot lended itself to the square format very nicely. We often forget about the square photo format, and that's a shame. It's an "old school" format, and it certainly doesn't work for everything, but it is very underrated. When it does work, it really helps 'finish' the composition of a photo.

I cannot say that I had a square format in mind when I shot this image. It became obvious to me when I was doing my post-processing. I'm looking at some unnecessary distracting foreground and a whole bunch of unwanted sky, and the light bulb went off. Cropped to square, and loved it!

Back in the Saddle Again

For all my lack of photographic productivity so far this year, the last week has been the exact opposite. There's a new excitement in the air. I don't know if it was the Tamron hands-on lens event that my photo club hosted last week, or something else, but I have "the bug" again... and it feels gooooood.

This shot was taken while Missy and I were scouting sites last Saturday. It was something of a hazy and cloudy day, but the sun broke through in the late afternoon and cast a nice golden glow on the countryside and we happened to be in the right place at the right time.

I should also mention that timing is everything. If you see a good shot, stop and take it. It may not be there when you come back. I drove by this same site this morning and all the hayrolls were gone. If I had made a mental note to come back another time I would have probably missed out completely.