Time

My focus was on time this week. I wanted to tie into the final project theme, so I scanned some of the photos and found some that represent the progression of time. Faded blue jeans and the "wrinkles" from the folds of the fabric suggest progression of time ...."wearing on all of us". My son actually took the photo of the glasses and clock which I love. Children do such a great job of not overthinking things and often get a much more interesting focus of an image. The glasses and section of the clock immediately made me think of time marching onward....glasses meaning aging to me and the clock's image of the mortality of us all. The image of the side mirror on our car as we drove through the rain is one of my favorites also because of the combination of the sleepy, dreamy state created by the rain, the message on the mirror of "things my be closer than they appear", and the image of the pavement markings projecting movement forward.

chandeliers

I just thought this image of a chandelier was cool and pretty. Kind of reminded me of a dandelion.

Reading

I had the great good fortune to have some time to read some escapism stuff and decided to take a random picture of the book pages themselves. I love the way the picture draws the viewer into the book even though the whole book is not in frame. The line of the text and angles of the book created an interesting, slightly diagonal plane. The words vary in size and seem distorted. It is a view from the reader's perspective.

More shadows!

a few pictures of bubbly water and shadows that i thought were cool!

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I took this picture down town on the side of a building. The rays of light that come out of the center and make a continuous patter is really cool.

Water Spout

I took this picture in Branson. There was a coulorful fountain tht shot up water in a row and I wanted to try to get the water in the air. As you can see it worked. Whats cool, is that even thought water is clear we can still see it in mid air.

Fire and Lights

I took this picture by the Keeper of the Plains Statue when the fire was light up. I thought it was really cool how the lights on the left look like they alomost jump off of the page. The fire puts a haze on the picture but some of the lights pop out of it.

Lights on the River

I took these pictures on the river and I waited for the traffic lights to change. I thought the reflections were really cool so I took a pick of what the water looked like when the lights were green, red and yellow.

friday's performance....

Lost Dog

I'm sure all of us have seen posters or flyers of missing pets taped to light poles, etc. but seeing a lost dog flyer under water just gave me a whole other feeling. I always feel sorry for pets that are missing and wonder why they are lost but I also feel some hope that the animal will be found and returned. This photo brought on a whole different feel. It made me feel that the dog was somehow dead and the situation was hopeless just from seeing it in a different environment.....under water. It felt like the dog was forgotten....truly lost. Of course, as I looked throughout the neighborhood, I also saw the same flyer on posts, so it was just an extra that got away. I hope the dog was found. It's funny how the presentation of an object can affect its meaning and feeling.

What is it?

I have to say, one of the best things about the camera is the negative feature that it has; it makes everything so much more weird than it would normally be when seen in the regular view. I also like how it can make things the opposite of what they really are, like white turns black and black white...etc. I always enjoy this feature. Can you guess what some of these are?

More shadows and light, but this time in color!
These were taken at the Picasso museum in Paris. I really liked the intensity of the colors and the way it bends at the corner of the floors and walls.

Beyond Us

Enlightenment comes at the strangest and most unexpected of moments sometimes. While walking my dogs and the neighbor child that I watch, we started a game of I Spy. When it came to the girl's turn, she picked yellow. I guessed all the yellow objects that I could see and then gave up, asking her what the object was. She replied that it was the sun. I told her that I couldn't consider the sun because it wasn't something that I could look at without hurting me eyes. It was true that it was in my range of sight as we walked, but it wasn't something I considered to be an object in my field of vision. I never thought to look up....just wasn't within my idea of space to search. I realized that my viewpoint was quite limited and that, in the scheme of things, what we consider to be our focus can be quite limited in every sense. I decided to take a picture of the sun with the camera...to let it do what my eyes couldn't. The resulting images were quite beautiful and reminded me that humans are such a miniscule piece of existence in relationship to the infiniteness of what is beyond us.

Where are all the comments?

Just wondering why I'm not seeing any responses to photos. Am I missing something? I've been commenting but not seeing many responses to any student work. I miss reading them! Tag; you're all it!

Dale

Friend or Foe

There is such a controversy in the areas of the country where wind turbines are now being used. Some people love the idea behind the harnessing of naturally available resources and some claim that it produces headaches and illness. I decided to snap some photos on our trip to Hays as they have a large grouping of them outside of town a few miles. Although they are innocuous looking at a glance, the longer and closer you look at them, they take on a new look. As the weather changed from sunlight to heavy showers, they began to look more and more imposing, alien-like, and sinister. When they were partially covered by clouds, they reminded me of a cluster of crucifixes. They made me feel uncomfortable but I think they are a good thing. I just wouldn't want to live by them....kind of creepy!

Americana

My family and I went to Hays this weekend for family time at Easter and ended up following a CNN Express bus. I wanted to get a photo of the license plate and insignias around it but my timing wasn't the best. So, I ended up with this photo which still proved to be very interesting. It reminds me of a map of the midwest portion of the U.S. and the colors and lettering move the eyes around the image. It's kind of disorienting but very vibrant.

Art?

These were taken downtown, I was fascinated at how the runway lights reflect on the bridge so I decided to play around with the negative effects and the different rotations of the picture because it looks interesting from all angles.

Frozen Spring

I was very interested in how the branches and pipe had the frozen water on it. They had this glossy layering appeal to them and I found it quite beautiful. Like everything was somehow frozen in time.

Had a Bad Day?

My son's first full blown black eye happened recently. As a mother, you have to understand that a call from the nurse's office alerts you immediately but, after you're old like me, age adds a buffer of calmness to the reaction which actually helps you be more effective when you arrive to deal with the adults and your child who only wants to be reassured that you are there and going to make sure they are taken care of.....in summation...they will not be dieing that day. I assure you, it is an honor to be in that type of position and elevates your worth for your 15 minutes of total fame to your loved one. This is a documentation of that first black eye for my son who, along with another vivacious boy, never saw the "train wreck" until it was too late on the Maize playground. I was a hero for a day.

window shadows

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I don't know why but I always find shadows very interesting. Probably because of all the different and interesting shapes they make. The first one I really liked because it was pattern from the light on top of the pattern on the floor. The second one I thought was cool because it looked like it as bending.