Hiking the Trails

In August, my husband and I convinced the kids to go on a five mile hike up in the mountains outside of town. Admittedly, we didn't mention it was going to be five miles. There was a little bit of complaining early on, but as the trail wound through the hills the settled in for the walk.

I of course brought my camera along with me. My favorite picture is this one. As far as photography trees, I like aspen trees with their contrast of green leaves and white trunks. When I'm in a forest like this I'll often take bracketed pictures so that I end up with three with different light settings. That way the trees would not get washed out with too much color. I've got my eyes on a polarizer for Christmas as well. From what I've read, they really help with the natural light not over taking the picture.

It was an amazing hike. Not only was it a lot of fun, but I took some really good pictures too.