This challenge was one that I struggled with, as it became surprisingly difficult to shoot once Vancouver descended into its rainy winter season and I completely missed out on all the sunshine that I think I remember having over winter break. I especially struggled with the self portrait portion, as I remember that at the time the light was constantly changing with clouds, and I faced the challenge that my backyard at home is surrounded by massive trees in neighbour's yards on either side, so usually there is only a slim chance for sunshine to actually reach the yard between 11am-4pm. Also, I had tripod issues and generally worries in self confidence with having a picture of myself.. I feel that this portrait fulfills the requirements, even though it isn't a particularly good or interesting photo. However, I really like how the other two photos turned out, and I was pretty surprised by it. These pictures were spur-of-the-moment going out somewhere and suddenly being shocked by perfect sun rays, and proceeding to screech at my sister to "stand there" while everyone else impatiently waited for us to get in the car. Both of these pictures were taken on my phone, and then minimally edited in Lightroom on my computer. My favourite image is the centre one that fulfills the rays of light challenge, as I managed to get my sister to be in focus with a surprising amount of depth of field due to the blur of the rest of the background. Overall, I managed to somewhat successfully complete this challenge, even though it was a wildly different times. In the future, I think that I would try to coordinate my timing better in terms of taking advantage of sunshine the immediate time I notice it.
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February 2016
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