Flowers Bloom

For this post, I decided to focus on nature and in particular flowers. With these photographs, I wanted to play attention how repetitive they are. For photo five, I used this idea and wanted to display how these flowers that are so similar, are slightly different. Every flower's leaves are slightly different. For photo six, I wanted to contrast the life and death of a flower. One flower, on the far left, is very lively, whereas the one to the right of the flower is not. I find this very pretty yet saddening. To achieve this shot, I used shallow depth of field, so the background would not be distracting. I took both photographs using a Canon EO5 Rebel XTi in the late afternoon. Lastly, I decided to take close ups because I feel up close, it is easier and better to see the individual flowers apart from the background. Close up photography also allows people to view subjects in ways people do not normally see them.        

Photo 5 (March 25th, 2012)

Photo 6 (March 25th, 2012)

Humanity

Photo 3

One thing most people take for granted is humanity. It is hard to remember sometimes that our cities and towns are full of so many people and not just ourselves and our family or friends. I took these photographs out on my trip to New York City to help remind us all that our world is really much bigger than we do imagine. Whether it is shopping such as photo four or just walking about such as in photo three, the world is a diverse place. Also, I wonder what these people are thinking at the moment I took these photographs. Are their thoughts similar to one another, or just as diverse as the world is? Either way, it is apparent that everyone is determined to go out and do something. Now, what they are going to do, we will never know.

Photo 4

Reflections

Cities such as New York City, are very unique and stunning. One of the striking characteristics of cities are the reflections the huge buildings cast. While this may seem simple, reflections require a particular amount of light to hit it evenly, and the affect is simply beautiful. While I took this photographs, I was thinking of how unusual these buildings looked all lit up, reflecting the sky and displaying optimism in the mass of hundreds of dark and crowded buildings that were around them. These buildings add hope either reflecting others, as in photo one or adding new opportunities as in photo two, with the construction of what will become the tallest building in North America.    

Photo 2

Photo 1