One that has got through is this reflected image of three willows. Reflective surfaces are my theme this month. I think the vertical landscape format suits trees but I don't know what my excuse is for employing it for the majority of my other countryside, wide-angle images. It must be something miss-wired in my brain.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Three Willows
It's been an intense couple of days with the camera, no doubt triggered by a break in the relentless gloom of the past few weeks. A lot of material to sift through, to ponder over and then, in all probability, reject.
One that has got through is this reflected image of three willows. Reflective surfaces are my theme this month. I think the vertical landscape format suits trees but I don't know what my excuse is for employing it for the majority of my other countryside, wide-angle images. It must be something miss-wired in my brain.
One that has got through is this reflected image of three willows. Reflective surfaces are my theme this month. I think the vertical landscape format suits trees but I don't know what my excuse is for employing it for the majority of my other countryside, wide-angle images. It must be something miss-wired in my brain.
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I almost always take photos portrait-style. It's an effort to flip the camera around the way it was apparently intended to be held. Actually I miss the photos we used to have when I was little, nice and square with that lovely white border.
How do you determine your theme of the month? And how old were you when you took your first photograph?
It's a weird thing, this portrait obsession because it runs contrary to how we supposedly see the world, using our beautifully fashioned stereo eyes - does a one-eyed person see a square as the perfect rectangle instead of a horizontal 1.6 to 1 oblong, the Golden Mean.
Theme - I have a self-imposed rule that I don't decide the theme until the month begins. Then on my first trips out-and-about I wait for something to catch my eye. That can take a few days. I try and alternate between simple objects and complex ones (posts or Australia, for example) and also include the occasional abstract (fives, red, etc). Quite simple really, like me. I have thought of giving it a rest as it's getting more taxing.
You're making me work this evening!
First photo - not sure. I know I had a Box Brownie when I was about ten so it must be around then. I took far too many pictures of boring landscapes and trains in my teens (and up until about ten years ago). While I was working full time in television and particularly in drama production, my desire to make pictures that satisfied me (and hopefully others) was fulfilled. Once I was no longer involved in that side of the business to the same extent, I felt the need for another creative outlet. I took a BA honours degree in European Humanities, graduating when I was 50 and started writing. Then along came the digital camera, writing went onto the back burner and now I'm naked without the little silver snapper.
Enough info?
For the moment. And thank you.
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