I was fascinated by this broken window at a nearby abandoned farmhouse. It brings to mind the subject of "point of view".
Recently I met local high school student Shannon and her family for lunch. Shannon is taking the advanced photography class at school, her dad Dave is the publisher of a new local blog entitled, Mill Creek Times. We got together to discuss photography, blogging, culture and community. It was an enjoyable discussion.
Shannon's class is doing a project on abandoned and decaying properties. I shared the location of a few prime spots to photograph and her and some of her classmates visited the various properties. Shannon remarked that she was surprised how each photographer came away with very different photographs of the same subject.
I have experienced the same phenomenon after a photoshoot with fellow members of Chicago Photobloggers. I guess we all see with a different eye and perspective. In my case I try to "see" what might otherwise go unnoticed. This broken window is a good example. Looking around the place I noticed the trees reflected in the remaining shard of glass and thought it might make an interesting photo. The next step in the puzzle comes in the way in which the photographer crops the photo. There was a bit of annoying tree branches on the upper right and I cropped them away.
Good luck to the Geneva High School photography class on their very interesting project.
2 comments:
I love how you captured the tree's reflection in the window. It's a great shot, and I'm glad to see that your computer is once again up and running. I've been checking back here almost every day, and I was really excited to see an update. :)
Thank you so much for your help with the project! It turned out wonderfully, and I'm really glad that I got to spend some time in those forsaken (yet hauntingly beautiful) locations.
-Shannon
That is an amazing shot...I noticed the reflection of the trees right away. Strange how individual points of view affects how we see the world around us.
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