You Capture {Colorful}

This past Sunday I took a photography course with a local photographer. I'm not going to mention who that person was, as I was left unimpressed. I didn't learn anything I already didn't know, nor were we actually taught anything. We paid to be told "set your camera to xx + xx setting, okay now let's go shoot." Ummm, it left a bitter taste in my mouth for certain. WHY am I putting my camera in that setting? What situation is that mode best suited? Seriously, it was a waste of my money. But it did reassure me that I DO know how to operate my camera, so I guess there's that, right? I just wish they would have told us WHY you shoot with certain settings. Cause and effect, you know what I mean?

Luckily the location for the class was downtown and what better place to capture some color than the Crossroads Art district? Enjoy.

I LOVED this building. Each and every window sill is painted a gorgeous jewel tone.
SS 1/8000 | f/4.0 | 50mm | ISO 800

SS 1/3200 | f/2.8 | 50mm | ISO 800

This little patch of cobblestone peaked out and caught my attention. Just a bright little pop of color in an asphalt world.
SS 1/1250 | f/3.5 | 50mm | ISO 800

I happened to notice that one of the artists was working on a mural down the alley. I quietly snuck down there & asked permission to shoot him in action and he obliged me. There are a couple more shots on my Flickr gallery.
SS 1/5000 | f/2.8 | 50mm | ISO 800

SS 1/3200 | f/2.8 | 50mm | ISO 800

SS 1/8000 | f/1.4 | 50mm | ISO 800

Colorful

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