A Change in the Challenge

Generally, I love taking pictures, but this is beginning to feel like a job.  It is hard forcing myself into being creative.  It sounds weird, but I have to be in the right mood to go out on a picture taking adventure.  Last weekend I was too tired and stressed out to be creative, and even though the light was perfect Sunday morning I could not get out of bed.

I must confess, I pushed photography out of my mind completely for most of this week.  I only started thinking about it today while I was sitting in my Intro to Contemporary Africa class.  I was staring out the window, like I usually do in that class because, well, it's boring, when suddenly I knew what I wanted to take a picture of.  Sure, I had a picture of Old Main already, but not a picture taken up close. 

The first picture I took wasn't exactly creative, sure, it looked nice, but I think everyone has taken this picture of Old Main:

 I like this picture, don't get me wrong.  The words, "Old Main" are in focus, you can see the pillars, and the sky is blue.  I played around with shots of the bell tower as well.  I was just upset at the lack of color in the photo.  It needed more.  I looked around for something with some color.  Because the leaves have fallen, I had to resort to something less traditional.  I spotted the the sundial and ventured over to it. I took this picture first:

I liked it, but then I decided to frame Old Main using the sundial:

I absolutely love this photo!  Just taking this picture was enough to put a huge grin on my face for the rest of the day.  I know I'm challenging myself to take pictures in the morning on weekends, but I think I have to change that.  I am challenging myself to take pictures and enjoy doing it, regardless of the time of day.