Cooper Creek Park, Columbus, GA

A while ago my daughter asked about a camera as she was interested in capturing some pictures beyond what her phone was allowing her to do. I had sent an old camera (Olympus Pen EP-3) to my son a few years ago that started him on his photography journey, could that camera perform the same magic again? I was a little surprised when he still had the camera (a story for a different time), but I asked him to send it to his sister.

Forward a few weeks and my daughter asked if I could meet her and one of her friends for some photography help. Her friend had acquired a camera recently and after seeing a few of my images (ego moment, sorry!) wanted to learn how to use his camera a little better. We met at Cooper Creek Park after work yesterday. It was a great time!

I feel a little bad as I think I brain dumped on both of them and I’m sure their heads are swimming now. Hopefully, I was able to provide a little knowledge and maybe I didn’t scare them away from photography. I did order them Understanding Exposure by Brian Peterson which is the first book I read when I started. The books arrive Friday.

I told them we can definitely meet up again and I’m thinking the next location will be Flat Rock Park. Plenty see and photograph as we walk the trails around the park. I’ll try not to be more excited then they are… 🙂

I spent most of the time droning on about camera processes, settings, methods, composition tips and anything else that floated to the top of my head. I didn’t really spend too much time capturing images for myself. I was lucky enough to find a Great Blue Heron as we waited for my daughter’s friend to arrive. I captured this series as we scared him away…