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Expanding Your Photographic Style(s)

2/28/2017

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Photograph of the many reflections in a car headlightIntrospection
Chris Fedderson — MacroFine Musings
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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
 
I’ve written in the past about experimenting and expanding your photographic style(s), either as a self-discovery process or simply for the fun of it (Where Does Your Brain Go? 8-9-2016).  Well, I recently put my money where my mouth is with a submission to an exhibition of an image completely different from my usual — and even my not so usual — imagery.
 
I strayed away from Nature to experiment with the mechanical/industrial side of life.  I was walking around Old Town Alexandria, VA — founded 300-ish years ago — where many of the old buildings have elaborate stonework and intricate wrought iron fence and gate details.  There is a marina there, too, rife with ropes and riggings and fabrics and peeling paint.  And, of course, among all this city stuff, there were also modern mechanical/industrial elements; bicycle racks, street lights, modern architecture, and cars with shiny bumpers and space age-looking headlights.  This is where I found my image.
 
In looking closely at the detail of all the reflective surfaces within a headlight fixture, I saw my reflection.  I wondered which of the many different points of view I saw was the “right” one?  If each one represented a separate interpretation of me, then which one was most correct?  Were they all correct in their own ways? Was any one of them really correct; or were they all skewed to some degree?
 
Introspection was born.


The rest of the images I shot that day were also interesting.  Some showing a way of life long past.  Some showing newer technologies.  But to me, compared to Introspection, they were all just catalog shots.  Just recordings of what I had seen. They didn’t really have much to say.  No “reason for being”.  No “hook”. 
 
So I learned a little something that day.  By stepping outside of my box and leaving my comfort zone, I got a glimpse of me reflected in a subject I would have said I had zero affinity for.  A glimpse both literal and metaphorical…
 
Thank You for visiting,
 
— Chris
 
P.s.     What have you tried lately that pushed your boundaries?  Either photographic or otherwise.  Try a new ethnic food?  Go see a “weird” movie?  Jump out of a plane?  Let’s hear about it!





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Joani Bean
3/1/2017 01:09:51 pm

Very much enjoyed this post. Very interesting. I have some of the same insights with raindrops. We have had a lot of rain lately.
Didn't know you were sick! Glad to hear you are better.
Happy birthday to both you and Kathy. Blessings, Joani

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Chris Fedderson link
3/3/2017 09:34:30 am

Hello Joani,

Thanks for the well-wishes -- and right back atcha! It is interesting to see one's reflection in things like raindrops and chrome as they appear different, changed, yet somehow, the same. Much like the various aspects of one's self -- all slightly different, yet all parts of the one single self.

--Chris

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    I am a Virginia-based photographer and gather my images while hiking in parks and natural areas here at home and in the locations I travel to.  I also love to visit arboretums and botanic gardens to find unusual and exotic subjects.

    With my photography, I explore intricate textures, repeating patterns, visual rhythms, and the emotion inherent in the infinite occurrences of Nature’s minutia. I find these are the fascinating, fundamental elements that integrate into our cohesive, synergistic — and essential — ecosystem.

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