I took this image last week when it rained and rained and rained some more. It’s not a great image, but it demonstrates what I wanted to share with you. This first shot captures mood. I wanted to capture the feeling of the rain as opposed to the rain itself. So I focused on the drops on the window of my daughter’s room. Then I brought it into photoshop and played with a vintage polaroid action, and some shady edges to make it feel real dark and gloomy.

Now the shot SOOC or straight out of camera. No photoshop.

And finally, a snapshot of what the scene really looked like. How boring!

Now I set out with the goal to take a picture of the rain for my project, and I didn’t feel like getting wet. So I stayed inside and found a way to focus on the details. So next time you take a photo, try capturing the mood of what your shooting as oppposed to just taking a pic by focusing on the details.

Yes I know, I missed yesterday for my post a day for 30 days. I’ve flaked already. Bummer. I thought about it around midnight while I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep and figured since it was already past midnight I missed it anyway and could do it in the morning. How’s that for procrastination? So maybe I’ll post twice today, lucky you.