Yesterday I went over to the community garden in my neighbourhood to test out a few activities for the new class: The Rebel’s Guide to Falling in Love with Photography (which is going to pretty much be the most fun photography class ever). We’re going to stop our perfectionist side from limiting our photo adventures and have so much fun that we just can help but fall in love with photography!
It was truly so lovely to wander in the garden.
Sure, there are no flowers blooming and most of the leaves had fallen.
I think its so easy to assume that there is nothing to be inspired by now that it is the winter, the grey season here.
But this photo walk reminded me to expect the unexpected.
In a few months the unexpected might be new blossom bursting open.
Or another walk it might be an unexpected sculpture in the garden I hadn’t noticed before.
But today it was my favourite unexpected. The light.
It was late afternoon and as the sun fell it not only poured through the trees gorgeously, it ended up being a beautiful golden hue that led to a pink and blue sunset.
I think that is one of my favourite things about light. That you never know what might happen next. How quickly that ray of light will be gone, how much things change season to season and the way the light falls in one season is so different from the others.
Its that beautiful reminder to make the most of the moment before the light changes. To go for it. To pick up our cameras and take that shot.
To live in, and to capture the moment.
I’m mighty excited to share some of these activities I was testing out today in The Rebel’s Guide! Its a rare group session of a class that actually isn’t about self-portraiture, but I absolutely LOVE teaching these activities in person and really wanted to provide them to you so you can fall head over heels with photography in a playful & accessible class!
As well, if you’re craving to learn more about light, I have two self-paced classes about light: Light Hunters (which is all about different types of light) and Be Your Own Light (which merges the Light Hunters class with Be Your Own Beloved and invites you to learn about light AND let your light shine)!
I also want to invite you to just be open to the unexpected as you go about your journey today and of course, have your camera ready! You never know what light might cross your path and ask to be captured in your camera (and perhaps you might just want to add your light to the photo too)!
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