For this shoot, I photographed several locations in northern arizona with the goal of capturing textures. One thing that most people do not notice when they look at nature is texture. Everything we see has texture and below are some of the amazing ones I found. For
Golden Sands, I feel in love with the contrasting colors in each texture. The bottom of the photography is a grassy field with several dark bushes. Then as you move up the photography, the colors lighten and become much lighter. The dark brown rocks become a nice golden yellow. Then as you continue moving up the photo, the yellows turn to pale reds and blues. As you look at each part of the photography, you can almost feel the textures. The grasses look prickly, the brown rocks look rough with the golden rocks looking slightly edger. The top half of the photography looks more mellow, appearing smooth and lightened.
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| Golden Sands (2013) |
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Creating a Path, I wanted to show how everything you do leaves a mark. As you find your path in life, you leave marks behind and affects others lives. In this instance, as a person walks across this land, the land becomes indented. While this photography is quite simplistic, it perfectly carries this message. I also love this photo because it shows several different textures. The miniature brown stick looks quite sturdy but its cracked end, gives off a sharp feel. The white sticks, on the other hand, look flexible and quite smooth and the sand looks soft as a foot easily stepped though this spot. Last, I loved the lighting in this photography. With the sun only hitting bits and pieces of this photography, the foot print appears almost 3D. If you concrete, it comes hard to tell if the ground was stepped on or if whether the foot print is coming from out of the ground.
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| Creating a Path (2013) |
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Uneasy Ground, I wanted to symbolize the hardships life presents us. Throughout life, we all experience rough patches and times where everything seems uneasy and hard to walk with. This pile of rocks and an old building symbolize this. It also represents overcoming the struggles and hard times. Nothing lasts forever and as you climb pass these rocks, sunshines appears as seen by the corner of blue sky in the upper left. In addition, the varied rocks and concrete, give the viewers a sense of multiple textures. Some areas appear softer and smoother with others as rigid and sharp. In all, these three photographs display just a few of the amazing textures found in nature.
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| Uneasy Ground (2013) |
