01.05

Playing with images

Capturing a fleeting moment in a way which one day will take you right back to that place, the smells, the sounds, the feeling. There is magic in photography. I love taking photos and I think something in me helps me take some sweet shots with the occasional flukey great one, but I don’t really know why I like the ones I like, and I know there is so much more to learn. So I have just taken a class with photographer extraordinaire Susannah Conway, learning more about composition, light, and all sorts of other things I never really think much about.

I photographed my cup of tea, and then played around with some editing tools. Which one do you like best? And which one do you like least? I’d love to know which and why.

Original photo:

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Altered versions 1-12:

 

1.Playing with images 4567837945 80bc1ea96d o
2.Playing with images 4568473926 914076035c o
3.Playing with images 4567837789 38a3b3dd45 o
4.Playing with images 4568473762 22670b4849 o
5.Playing with images 4567837575 8e48382679 o
6.Playing with images 4568473564 1d0146b408 o
7.Playing with images 4567837367 977d71304c o
8.Playing with images 4568473356 82034faa6b o
9.Playing with images 4567837183 54ec9fc699 o
10.Playing with images 4567837089 023f96fb22 o
11.Playing with images 4568473096 7dcd1eac3a o
12.Playing with images 4568472932 f4889c7ba7 o

I quite like the original photo, but think altered version number 12 is my favourite. I love the difference in texture either side of the diagonal line, and the pattern in the bottom right corner would make fantastic wrapping paper!

Photography actually runs through my family (right back four generations) so maybe this is just awakening something that has always been there… more on that another day.

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