This week’s photo challenge from The Daily Post is Home. Check out the original post here Weekly Photo Challenge. There were numerous approaches to this challenge but I settled on capturing images around my home.

When I started this photographic journey in 2011 I spent quite a lot of my time wandering around the house, the yard and the fields surrounding the house playing with my old point & shoot camera. I learned about light, shadows, perspective, composition, depth of field, exposure and everything I use today when I am out exploring with my camera.

I still find I can walk the fields or even my yard and discover images to capture. I love landscape photography and dream of taking the big trips to capture those iconic images I see everyday on my screen, but home is where I learned and these simple images within walking distance of my house will always evoke the sense of home in me.

Lil’ Mountain
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/2000s, 165mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Remnant
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/500s, 90mm, f/11, ISO 200

Cattail Light
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/500s, 200mm, f/11, ISO 200

Leftovers
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/1600s, 200mm, f/5.6, ISO 200