Reflection (on Water)

Assignment #27:  Take a photo of a reflection on water.

I'd like to get smarter about the type of light that makes the best reflections.  It seems like I could do a better job of getting in the right place at the right time for these shots.

Fellerman Ford Bridge
Ripley County, Indiana

Across Fawn Lake
Kokiwanee Nature Preserve, Wabash County, Indiana

Back Lighting

Assignment #20:  Take a picture with a backlit subject.

Pointing your camera towards your primary source of light is just asking for trouble, right?

Seagrove Bronze
Seagrove Park, Delmar, California

Best Fronds Forever
San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California

Street Light
Fishers, Indiana

Side Lighting

Assignment #14: Take a photo with the primary source of light off to one side or the other.

The key, for me, is to see the light.

Spinner
Pioneer Village interpreter, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, Indiana

Here is the Church
Holy Family Episcopal Church, Fishers, Indiana

Shadows and Highlights

Assignment #8:  Take a photo in which the shadows and highlights either are the subject or are absolutely vital to creating interest.

I sometimes think this is one the least-specific assignments on my list but it's something I need to learn to look for.

Props
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

Shadow Grass
San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California

Silhouette

Assignment #5:  Capture a silhouette.

To be honest, if I get a neat silhouette, it's probably a happy accident.  In looking at silhouette shots that others have taken, I'm much more drawn to images that seem "found" or candid than those with posed people or objects in front of a sunset or composite images with unnaturally large moons.

Dark Trunks
View from the back deck of the Rendesvous on Jackson Lake, Grand Teton Naional Park, Wyoming

Reflection (Other than Water)

Assignment #3: Photograph a reflection on something other than water.

It's not that photographing a reflection on water is necessarily easy; it just might be the first place the imagination goes when thinking about reflections.  So for this assignment, find a reflection somewhere else:  a mirror or window, some polished wood, someone's eye, whatever you find.

Reflections
Leaning towards abstract but really just a car near Bloomington, Indiana

Mirror, Mirror
Taken with a point-and-shoot camera from a tour boat on the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois