photo-a-day 2 10/20

The light conditions for this ended up being exactly what I wanted.  A case of being at the right place at the right time.  The angle was low as this odd plant is more of a bush shape that only comes up to mu chest or so.  A macro setting was used to give a different focus to the whole as I wanted to un-focus the rear of the image even more to create a more abstract feel to that part of the frame.  I think the light lent itself to help the greens' vibrance not diminish in this.

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photo-a-day 2 9/30

I took a couple of photos of telephone poles stripped of years of flyers.  Rusted staples and various color washed paper torn and shredded made for some modern art.  These were taken at dusk giving them a more overall blue tone.  What most people tend to ignore can become art in the right composition and framing.

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photo-a-day 2 8/20

I was going through some transitions in my personal life when I took this.  I was feeling very introspective and thus felt the light through the petals reflected my mood at the time.  The focus was chosen to give the rest of the flower a more ethereal out of focus look, something a little more somber.  Unfortunately the light was not cooperative as I feel this would have been way better at dusk or dawn.

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photo-a-day 2 7/20

Architecture is one of my favorite subjects, especially larger buildings.  Their glass sides lend to reflecting other large buildings adding depth and character that wouldn't be there if they had no neighbor.  This also creates more intersecting lines which I'm also very fond of.  This time around though I forwent the reflections as the uncover awning created enough intersection.  The glass windows behind this nakedness moving away at a not too extreme angle, keeping a calm almost order to the over all piece.

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photo-a-day 2 6/20

This low angle shot I took a couple of times to frame the "V" structure of the grate the way I wanted it, as well as getting the focus just right to have a little foreground fuzziness.  This created a greater depth giving the subject a more cavernous feel than it had in real life.  Also present is more corroded man made forms, this time taken over a little by nature, both in the cobweb and the moss.

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photo-a-day 2 5/20

I always find man made materials decaying a point of interest.  This was rusted parts on an older VW Bug.  What also caught my eye was the juxtaposition between the shiny "new" metal trim and the rust so close together.  The texture of the bubbling paint is also something I enjoy and I think it adds a lot of character to what would have just been chrome on white.

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photo-a-day 2 4/20

This monolith is somewhere downtown Portland, I want to say it is a parking structure but I'm not entirely sure.  The sun was perfect for this shot allowing for a great deal of contrast between the side it was throwing itself on and the shadows it helped the structure cast.  It reminds me of oppressive communist architecture, or a large thudding pound trailing off into a blue wash of silence.

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