Five photos on the fifth of the month - a no pressure photo project with like-minded photo friends (and a sister). No rules and no themes, just tell a story with some favourite photos from the previous month, and link to the next person in line.
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Life can get out of control sometimes. Too busy and not enough breathing space. When that happens, I begin to notice that the types of images I'm drawn to making have some element of that space lacking in my daily life at any given moment. I turn my camera away from people and focus on small vignettes with a simple focal point or maybe some delicious light.
I've realized that as much as I love to interact with and photograph people, it's simple scenes and objects of daily life that fill my camera in between shoots. Or when weeks go by without any photography at all.
I photograph things that I want to pick up and whose texture I can almost see and smell.
And light ALWAYS draws my eye.
At a recent portrait shoot, while I waited for the makeup artist to do her magic, I got up close and personal with her tools of the trade.
And again, light.
The holiday season approaches and I've been filled with the need to slow.... down. To not get caught up in the chaos and madness. So I plan to take some time every day to see small visual stories around me. Maybe I'll capture them and maybe I won't, but I'm hoping that keeping my eye on space and balance will reflect in my daily walk through life too.
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Please visit the lovely Janice of Shine Photo & Design next for her autumnal 5 on 5 story (with a sleeping chipmunk no less!!), then click on to the next person in our blog roll (and so on...) to see where we've all been and what we've seen.
cheers,
kim