Not the Bees

On the 16th of July I took part in a group camera walk around Chelsea, On arrival I spotted it was more of 'me and the organiser ' walk than a group but I did enjoy it non the less. As we walked I tried to take photos of the same subjects as my companion, It took about 10 minutes for me to realised that he specialises in Architectural photography, there is a reason why finding any photos of Architecture taken by me is very different.

So after trying to capture the building my companion had taken photos I was continually looking down the viewfinder and thinking "I don't like this shot" and then it struck me "Why am I trying to copy this man's style!"

Once this had hit me I realised I have my own style for a reason, It's what I'm good at (in my opinion) and its what I enjoy. I then strolled off to a flower bed and while taking some pretty dull pictures of the flower something very small went past my camera and that's when I found my bees.

Looking back what would I have done differently:

1. Have the right lens - due to going out with no plan to take pictures of bees, I had only brought my 24mm and 70-200mm. With the 70-200mm already attached I used it and, as much as I love the depth of field, to get this I had to lean quite far back. If I had known I would be filming bees then I would have packed a macro lens.

2. Stick to my own style - Trying to learn new styles is not a bad thing in fact it's a great thing. I tried my hand at camera double exposure which helped me learn a bit more about ISO and Aperture. However trying to shoot a style that you personally don't like, to the point you are never happy with the outcome, just so you can impress someone else, then perhaps that not the style for you.