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Running with my camera

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I know I’m ten years late to the party, but when I was stuck in an airport on the way home from Hawaii, I fell in love with Instagram. I blame Brie Demkiw and her breathtaking photostream from our Kauai meetup. I added my own Hawaii photographs in the Atlanta airport while I awaited a homebound flight, and I’ve been hooked ever since.

Sheep on December run by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Sheep, December 21, 2014

Now, Instagram is what inspires me to run. After shoving my phone in the strap of my sports bra on a couple of winter jogs, then pulling it out to photograph sheep, or a bale of hay, I have become addicted to the challenge of shooting something different on my route every time I run.

Dried winter thistles photograpgh by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Thistles, December 23, 2014
Hilly path by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Running path, December 24, 2014
Hay bale by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Hay bale, December 26, 2014

And every time I walk.

Cornfield by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Corn field, December 28, 2014
Rainy day fence by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Fences on a gloomy day, December 29, 2014

I love playing with Instagram’s filters to add atmosphere to my not-so-great phone-photos.

Llama and a cloud by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Llama and a happy cloud, December 31, 2014
Stroubles Creek, by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Stroubles Creek, January 2, 2015
Spooky tree by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Spooky tree, January 4, 2015

With the limitations of my phone’s camera (close-ups are pretty terrible), I’m running out of ideas for how to capture my route in new ways. Today I was inspired by the Daily Post’s Shadowed photo challenge and squeezed out one more new perspective.

My shadow by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
My shadow, January 11, 2015

As the seasons change, so will the photographs. The light will warm, the colors will brighten. Brittle limbs will soften with green.

January sky with tree limbs by Andrea Badgley on Butterfly Mind
Cold Sky, January 7, 2015

Until then, I keep running, looking for new ways to see the same old route.

I’m on Instagram @andreabadgley.

22 thoughts on “Running with my camera”

  9. I love instagram AND I love running! Your photos are great! Perhaps instagram will also motivate you to continue running even further, so you can capture even more amazing photos! What’s your instagram handle? I would love to follow!

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  10. Don’t worry Andrea, I just signed up for Instagram a few months ago too. And truth be told, I always forget to use it! Thanks for the reminder. 🙂

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  12. The beauty of having four seasons is that nothing stays the same, including ‘the same old route’. I absolutely love your ‘running’ path. If it weren’t paved, I’d like to run a horse (with me on it) right down the middle of it.

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    1. There is a dirt road I haven’t yet explored – it looks like a farmer’s driveway, but I’d be on foot, so maybe they wouldn’t mind? I’ll post photos to Instagram if I am brave enough to run it one day.

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  15. Love how Instagram — and the possibility of a captured moment, right in your pocket (or, err, in the strap of your sports bra) — are encouraging you to run!

    It’s especially great to see how a person’s Instagram stream helps to build a more three-dimensional picture of “home” — thanks for sharing these with us.

    It’s always cool to find new ways of capturing something very familiar (a running route, for example). I love how my iPhone lens has helped me see new angles.

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  17. Cool pics – in both senses of the word. Funnily enough, I was thinking I should take my camera on my daily walks to take photos as blog-stock. (My phone and PC have fallen out and are no longer talking to each other, but my camera’s a neat but powerful wee thing, like myself 🙂 )

    I’ve not been a fan of instagramed photos, finding them just too smooth. But seeing yours has made me reconsider – you have an been subtle in your editing and the photos still look real.

    Really like the shadow picture. Well done, you.

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