Copyright Nathan Montgomery, 2008When I was about 8-years old, my mom enrolled me in an art class. My brother and sister were talented artists from a young age; I was not. Even so, being the sentimental type, my mom has kept every picture I ever drew or painted. Walk through her house, and you'll notice that the best drawing I ever did was my first. The reason for that is pretty straightforward; my art teacher helped me more with that picture than she did with any subsequent work.
Given that history, I was eager to get home from my photography class so that I could try to take some pictures without professional assistance. On Sunday, Steph and I took my parents to the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, and I took a little time (okay, a lot of time) to shoot flowers. After several 100+ degree days in North Carolina a few weeks ago, many of the flowers on display were looking a little rough, but this native aster was still doing pretty well. I'm actually quite pleased with the shot.
2 comments:
The Aster is another nice shot. I have some bright orange lilies in bloom at the moment that I would like to attempt to photograph. Somehow I don’t think the vinyl siding, even out of focus, will make a good background.
Yeah, a dark background would look great with those bright orange lillies. You could always cheat and put a piece of construction paper behind them. I'll be excited to see what you get.
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