Personal Project: Kras Farm
On of the things I often do to help grow as a photographer is to give myself a “personal project”. By giving myself a subject and exhausting all different aspects, I feel it really helps me hone my skills. Enter my friends Greg and Rachael. They purchased a small farm that has a 100+ year old barn with loads of character.
I started out slow as I was having a devil of a time getting the lighting right. Several of my first efforts were a bust. But then Greg and I uncovered an old block and tackle. I was able to shoot that from many different angles and above is one of my favorites.
We then headed down to the first level of the barn to shoot some pictures of an old cast iron tub. Greg ever the ham, ended up taking his shirt off and making a production out of it. Needless to say I had some ‘splaining to do when I got home and showed these photos to my wife! But lighting the scene was a lot of fun and definitely a learning experience for me.
I have just scratched the surface on the personal project – I don’t think I can run out of subjects in that barn so I’m sure I’ll be back to the Kras Farm as often as they’ll have me.
