a/symmetry

Asymmetry: For this part of the series, I tried to use the idea of symmetry, but rather than having an image where the two or more pieces of the image are mirrored, it's not actually mirrored. In each of my photos above, you can see that in each picture, the pieces are almost exactly the same/mirrored, but there is something different added that changes the picture to make it asymmetrical. My approach for this was to find something, like a garage or doors, and chose one that was almost exactly mirrored on both sides. From this I found great examples of asymmetry.

Balance: For this part of the series, the point was to find balance/to photograph balance. What I mean by that is just by simply looking around you at all the people, nature, buildings, etc. you can find a certain amount of balance between all the different elements. Most of my pictures have nature (or trees) and buildings, and by holding the camera at different angles, you can find balance between those things. Balance can be defined and can be seen and observed differently by each and every person. One person might find balance, for example, between the trees in a picture meanwhile another person could see balance between the trees and a building (both the same picture). My approach was simply to look around me and try to find what I consider to be balance-which most of the time involved trees and buildings.

Symmetry: For this part of the series, the objective was to find symmetry in whatever forms. Symmetry is when there is something, like a door for example, that is mirrored (there are two or more of exactly the same thing next to each other). My approach for this was to try to find something, like a building for example, that has an exact replica(s) next to it. In all of my pictures that are above, there are exact mirrors-like a door that has the exact same door right next to it.

lines

The point of this series was to focus on lines, but more specifically on three things: design arrangement, decorative addition, and leading the viewers eye to the subject. Every time I found an excellent line to photograph, I tried to take is at different angles and tried to take it using all three things-but most of the time one thing worked better than another, so I chose that one. One of the streets we walked down was very sunny and had beautiful shadows, so I tried to capture those shadows as lines, among other lines in the picture itself. I noticed that it was fairly easy to photograph the telephone lines/wires and also trees and branches as well. I also noticed that for a lot of pictures, changing them to black and white made them stronger.

still life

For this series, we chose an object, or multiple ones in some cases, to photograph. I chose to photograph a purple artichoke because of the beautiful textures and the many layers to it. Every time you peel off some peels or a layer or peels, you can capture a completely different texture, which is truly amazing. I tried to photograph the artichoke at different angles, each time with different lighting. The point of this series was the capture both light and shadows on the object or on many objects, but in a controlled situation where you can move the lights around to find that perfect picture. One example of how different casting light onto something can make a huge difference, are my last two photos. They are taken at almost exactly the same angle, but since I moved the light around and cast different, dark shadows, the two pictures are actually quite different. 

textures series one

The point of this series was to try to photograph textures. I tried to get as much variety as possible (different colors, different patterns, etc.)