Quote of the day: “The camera always points both ways. In expressing your subject, you also express yourself.”—Freeman Patterson
Obligatory self-portrait - thinking sideways
This week’s exercise was a simple “thinking sideways” activity. The assignment (from Photography and the Art of Seeing) was to lock yourself in the bathroom with your camera, a tripod, and a standard lens (I didn’t use a tripod). Give yourself 20 minutes to make 10 pictures. According to Patterson, the resulting photos, when he has given this exercise to students, have been hilarious and instructive.
I found this a challenging activity. Aside from making funny faces in the mirror or doing self-portraits, I was stymied. What to make a photo of? What to make a photo of? But as I looked around I found various objects and angles that interested me.
Here are a few of my results. Try this yourself and see what you come up with. It fills me with wonder that each time I pick up my camera and prowl around my house, I find something that I want to photograph. I never tire of seeing things through new eyes.
Towel and shadow - simple but it has it's own charm also
Foot on Counter - I like the bright light on the basket and it's contents
Doors - I like the open shower door contrasted with the wood cupboard doors and the bands of light and shadow
Toothbrush reflections - ok, so I need to clean the mirror 🙂
Hand on heart with camera lens - symbolizing how much I love photography
Almost a monochrome color scheme (except for a couple of stray fingers in the photo)
Gracie, waiting patiently right outside the door
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