Friday, September 30, 2011

More Photography

These images were made using pixlr-o-matic, something I discovered a while back and obsessively fed my phone's pictures through. It didn't take me long to discover that a bad picture would look better with a vignette, but it still didn't make the picture good.



So by now it's pretty obvious that I like to take photos of things.

More specifically, I like how photography can make you see things that you don't usually see, like the stars or the rest of the moon. It's easier to make pictures of these things and have them be attractive, since 1. people don't usually see them. and 2. they're naturally pretty. But I like best those photographs of ordinary things that force you to notice them. That's probably why I like the top photograph; it's a little plant growing at the window above the staircase from the hall to the canteen. I noticed it growing for more than half a year before I decided to take a picture of it. The bottom photograph is of Uncle Jack, who was untying the flagpole under the heavy rain.