For the elements, I honestly ended up pretty lost and the only thing that I could think of was to use flowing water. Though this is a bit of a simple idea, I thought that the form of the water was still interesting and it came out okay- though it was pretty bland in general.
This is a prompt inspired by Thanksgiving, and for me, I knew I wanted to do something food related. I am grateful for the economic position my family has, which allows me to eat everyday, and a variety and excess at that- and I hoped the eclectic set of kitchen supplies would help show that. In thinking about it, kitchen equipment is something I take for granted- they are tools, but they are a luxury in that some tools are meant only for specific styles of food, which though they help make the food more varied, are not a necessity by any means.
I post a lot of oboe-related pictures for these photoblogs, but for this picture, I decided that oboe was a fitting (and obvious) answer for this, as my oboe teacher is a pretty stalwart driving force for my life. So I think that this knife, which I’m borrowing right now, is a good subject for the photo- especially with the leopard-pattern sheath which is very characteristic of her.
For this picture, I thought I would like to highlight my bad organizational habits with my reeds, having them not being put in the right spots and such. I also used a kit (zoom) lens, instead of prime lens, and it worked a lot better than I thought- though I should also work on managing my lighting much better.
This is the bridge at the back of my old middle school- which in one way, may be seen as a sappy, metaphorical figure as not only does it serve as an entrance/exit, but it also arches over a concrete chasm (which, technically, is just an overgrown waterway, not too intimidating at all.) But on top of this, I feel as though the weeds and fence around it frame this bridge exceptionally well- it’s lucky that since the school doesn’t use herbicides around the campus, it allows for these accidental spatial juxtapositions.
For this prompt, I chose a photo from an old shoot i did around downtown- when normally I go out specifically with the prompts in mind. Despite the bland color and plain cookie-cutter quality of these houses, I thought it spoke out “No news is good news…” which seems like a fittingly peaceful, serene message.
I thought it would be interesting to do a knolling photo for one of my photoblogs, and I thought it was alright until I started writing this caption- I didn’t notice just how fuzzy the shot was. It was kind of ironic- though this was the shot that was not supposed to be filtered and I normally don’t edit, there are a bunch of things that I really did want to work on with this shot- but no matter, too late now…
Though this photo should really be considered “trash and recyclables,” I wanted to juxtapose the idea of waste with the concept of cleanliness- which is why I tried to gather up clear glasses and plastics to force those two sides of a coin together.
