Some days I just have the urge to go and take a picture of something. I can see the image clearly in my head, exactly how I want the subject to look in the frame, the lighting, the color, everything. And then I have to go and see if I can actually deliver. This time, I had in my head a picture of the capital building in Des Moines, IA. There's not a whole lot of things to take pictures of here, in the way of landscapes and other elements of nature at least. But there are a few awesome points of architecture. There are a lot of old farms, churches, Victorian inspired homes, and very regal official buildings. I remember seeing the capital building when I was moving here, and just thinking the gold dome shaped roofs were gorgeous. Since then, I have been wanting to capture it.
Now, what I saw in my head is very different than how it turned out. I'm having a hard time transferring my inner creativity onto the canvas, so to speak. I read somewhere that photography is so much more difficult than painting. At least in painting you can imagine and be creative and skew reality. With photography, it takes much more skill to transform something mundane into something original and extraordinary. Like I said, I'm not great at it……yet! That is m y goal. My husband is a great help; everyone needs editing he reminds me.
