The one thing about photography that I tell new photographers is that to improve, you have to shoot constantly and explore new places/subjects. With that philosophy in mind, I ventured out to Buntzen Lake yesterday with fellow photographer, Josie Baik (http://baiktobasics.com) to capture some images we were inspired by online.
The other thing I usually forget to tell photographers (which I was reminded by when we got to the lake yesterday) is that while you may explore and shoot new and interesting places constantly, remember that you cannot control mother nature! LOL you'd expect that to be common sense I know.. But the truth is no matter how well prepared you may be for a shoot, mother nature is full of surprises and you might not be able to capture the shot you initially had in mind.
It was pouring pretty heavily at Bunsen lake and so we made do with the situation and took a couple of shots before calling our adventure off because it wasn't very suitable to hike around the lake in that condition plus out gear would have gotten drenched.
Oh well, I'm sticking to my advice and saying to you: "Go out, explore, and shoot constantly to improve your photography! (even if that means you won't get the perfect shot the first time you go)".
With that, I leave you with some of the pictures I shot yesterday keeping in mind that these are definitely not my finest works. I will be back Bunsen Lake, I will be back!
Get out there & keep shooting!
