i want to be a photographer!

for a long while, i have been so addicted to photography. i go on pinterest (currently my new best friend) to look at the photography section and i have found such beautiful photos. these photographers are amazing and so creative. i've always thought to myself, "it's so easy to be a photographer. you just point and shoot. how hard can it be?" boy am i wrong. photography is so much more than just pointing the camera and shooting. you have to bring out your creativity, adjust the aperture, iso, etc. to catch the right amount of light. you have to have an image in your head of how you want your model to pose. and not just that, you need to edit! of course, i am super new at this but i hope to grow from this and become a great photographer! 

i finally went out today, drove straight ahead on bruceville rd and came to an end. the field is such a beauty! birds that i haven't seen for a really long time, soaring through the wind in packs. it's their home.

i decided to play with my aperture and focus on the flower (picture above) and i think it came a ok.

do you see how dead this plant is? yeah, i love the look of it. a tiny edit and voila! a picture good enough to go online. ehehe. 

i have exactly one wk from today to do my first ever photoshoot of my cousin and her boyfriend along with their two dogs. i feel so honor to have them agree to such a task! fingers cross that this upcoming shoot will turn out what i have in mind. 

-gaolouyang