We didn't travel in March 2024. This was another low-key month, and although the weather started to get warmer, many people didn't frequent the beach.
The biggest highlight of the month was attending a goat therapy session with my wife, where I captured an all-time favorite of her holding a goat. Some of the best photos are the ones that tell a story. This is a well-known concept in photography, but I think that a series of photos, or in this case two photos, is another format to consider for telling a story. I like the photo of my wife holding the goat because it is an interesting portrait, but also because the following photo shows that this moment did not last long, as the goat had other plans and tried to eat her hair. I probably took close to 400 photos that day. I was a bit too trigger happy trying to capture the goats, and I still need to go back and review some of the photos from that day. It is on my never-ending list of things to do.
Also on my never-ending list is to review the photos from a car show that I attended on Saturday in March. Car photography is another type of photography that perplexes me, just because there are seemingly only so many ways to take a picture of a car. In high school, I spent hours and hours looking at cars on Speedhunters and Driftworld.com (yes, that is spelled correctly). This was, however, before I ever touched a camera, but even then, I had an appreciation for the quality of these websites.
I did my best to take photos of the cars, focusing particularly on some of the classic models, as well as a turbo Volvo. I aimed to capture the beauty of the interiors of the classics and the ruggedness of the Volvo's interior, showing that it is no longer a family car, but rather a machine designed for a specific purpose. I sent the photos to the owner, who posted them on his Instagram. These photos were taken on my 35mm GM II.
I also discovered a bug outside on the planter. At this time of year, I was still taking a photo each day in 2024. I have a Sony 90mm Macro G OSS lens that I don't use often. The macro lens is one I have yet to master. It has a razor-thin depth of field, which means you need to close the aperture quite a bit. This lens excels in bright daylight, especially then because Sony did not yet have native focus bracketing for the A7IV. I am subscribed to r/whatisthisbug on Reddit, where users identified this as a type of beetle in the Calligrapha genus.
