This has been quite a week! With the first round of tests and homework galore, there hasn’t been much time for picture-taking. However, in my photography class this week we had to turn in a project where we took pictures of letters that “happen naturally”. Up above is one of the one’s I turned in. All of these things I found in my house. For the H I used the bottom of a bar stool, the O is an old camera, the W is a spur-like thing we have on a fun Texas lamp, the D is the handle of another old camera, and the Y is a chain that hooks the three legs of a tri-pod lamp I have in my bedroom.
The fun part of this project is it really made you look at things in different angles. Had I gone looking for these letters at eye level, I wouldn’t have gotten a single one. But when you look at things sideways, from the ground up, from the top down, it completely changes the way you see things.
This picture for instance, is a nice enough picture.
This one, however, is a much more interesting picture.
My favorite rule of photography: Never be afraid to lay on the ground if it means getting a good picture.
Great rule, and great picture!
So glad to hear I’m not the only one who crawls around on the ground to get the perfect shot. Totally worth the odd looks from other folks.