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A plane to positivity
I took this picture on the last day of the last decade. 31.12.2019. I was flying home from Spain to London after spending Christmas with family. 2019 had not been a great year for me. I was struggling with a back injury that was not healing at a rate I was happy with. I had been feeling pretty negative about life and felt I was missing out on a lot including spending time with my children. I also felt a lot of guilt about how much extra my wife had to do as I was incapacitated.
By Kate Mackay6 years ago in Photography
Crosshairs. First Place in Mobile Moments Challenge.
Kareem peeks timidly around the archway, into the frame. The man drops his camera and smiles at the boy, who ducks back into the vestibule of his home. The man snaps a few more photos of his wife sitting, standing, strutting up the stairs. The man and his wife depart; two more take their place. Kareem peeks timidly around the archway, into the frame.
By Alex OT6 years ago in Photography
Lifeblood
During the summer of 2017 British Columbia, Canada. BC experienced some of the largest and most devastating forest fires in the history of this province. A state of emergency was declared as what started as several small fires quickly turned into a raging inferno that swept across 3 million acres of land, leaving in its wake a vast, eerie landscape of ash and dust. More than 65,000 people had to be evacuated and leave their homes across the province. Smoke became so thick one could barely breath, engulfing everything for several weeks and spreading across the entire country as a gigantic cloud so large it was clearly visible from space. Fire crews from around the nation and other countries were battling what seemed like a one sided war, reclaiming and protecting towns and cities only for the next storm and heatwave to fuel the fire once again, during a time of year where there was little hope for rain. Over 300 homes were damaged during the blaze and many more damaged. After what seemed like an eternity, some rain and change in weather did come but the fire had spread out to its own limits. Slowly the smoke started to clear, revealing the real aftermath of what is now known as the 2017 BC Fires. Where once tall and lush trees stood, only a haunting dark silhouette of a forest remains, so still and quiet, stripped of all colours and life yet mysteriously beautiful in so many ways.
By Jesaja Class6 years ago in Photography
peach margarita story
I don’t necessarily understand all art. I accept that I’m not meant to know or understand everything, and people laugh when I say that, but it’s true. Art that I do understand, is something I can touch or taste. I don’t get anything out of going to museums and looking at paintings or sculptures I can’t put my hands on. If I can’t actively engage with it in a way I like, I’m not interested.
By Alyson Lewis6 years ago in Photography
Fifth Symphony
I was hiking in a local state park called Balboa Park in San Diego, California and I had just finished hiking one of the easier trails and was making my way off the trail when I came across a bunch trash and scattered records on a bridge that leads from one set of hiking trails to more advanced and deeper hiking trails, and amongst the records was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Being that I'm a huge Beethoven fan I felt like I had to capture this image, I thought how lucky am I to have come across such an amazing image. My initial thought was why would someone break a Beethoven record and leave it here like that. I’ve always loved classical music and have been lucky enough to attend a number of orchestral performances so my inspiration for capturing this image was partly inspired by wanting to capture a great scene and because I love classical music and this cover was lain across as if it were waiting to be photographed. When I take a photograph, I try to find things that you wouldn’t come across every day or that people would ordinarily miss.
By Eric Jenkins 6 years ago in Photography
A Moment in Time
Today, I woke up and I immediately jumped out of bed and ran into my day headfirst. I did not stop to think or breathe or anything, I knew where I needed to go and there was no time to waste. And that is how most of my days are now, a constant state of GO-GO-GO. But there was a day not so long ago when I got to flip this routine on its head. And this photo is the most beautiful reminder of that time.
By Salma Abdussalam6 years ago in Photography
resilience
I adore this photo. Editing was simple because it was a perfect day; I simply adjusted the angle and brightened the whole thing because I love light. I’m a fan of centered photos often, but I adored have the subject at the center as the path in the woods and the girl being off to the side. Sometimes, most often, life is lopsided and not perfect so I like that to show through in photography too. When pictures are too symmetrical they just don’t speak to my heart.
By H.6 years ago in Photography
There's a First Time For Everything
It was the first time I was going to be attending a concert as a concert photographer. I had a great camera, a nice big SD card for the camera, my phone (thank goodness!) as backup, and my media pass stuck to my sleeve. The only issue was that I had to buy new batteries for the camera. And a charger, because it takes a specific type of battery. Okay. Not a big deal. Hit Best Buy, hit up Amazon, got four new batteries and two chargers. That should do it. I'll just charge them for a little while before we leave for the concert.
By Gayla Ber6 years ago in Photography
Humans Are Like Typewriters
It’s true when most people say “words cut deep.” Words do cut deep, even when someone doesn’t mean to it accidentally slips. There is so much meaning behind this picture. For starters I wish I can own a type writer. More than anything I wish I can live in the times when technology wasn’t known. Back to the image, a typewriter is nothing like a laptop or iPhone that you can just press the backspace button. You would need to start all over because if you don’t then that word that you didn’t mean to say or just screw up on would be there. That’s why when typing in a typewriter you have to be very cautious, taking your time is important. These days people don’t write letters to people as much as they did decades ago, they would even get a pigeon to send a letter to someone. I myslef still write letters to important people in my life by hand. I believe a hand written letter is everything to someone, if someone would write me a letter by hand I would be smiling so much my cheeks would start to ache. Once I laid eyes on this typewriter at the Last Book Store, I knew this was the subject I wanted to capture. I myslef love to write! Writing how I feel, about my day, or anything random makes me feel so good about myself because I can be me without anyone having to judge me. I’m my own author and I’m in charge of what I want to say at that moment. I used my iPhone XR, no flash needed. The lighting was perfect, the picture came out exactly how I wanted it to come out. Not too bright or too dull, gave it a vintage look. A look that touched my whole soul. The typewriter reminds me of my own self and what I want to become. Someone who can tell endless stories, stories that would touch others in a way that makes them cry of happiness or laugh until they pee themselves. When it comes to pictures I don’t like to use any filters or even edit the picture in any way. Why? Well because it takes away its original form. I wanted my object to be itself not a thing that it is not. The more real it is the better it is. For example you are on a dating app and you match with an Angel. They are perfect, white pearly teeth, curly hair, and very tall. According to the picture of course. Then when you meet them in person you are disappointed. Bummer right? It would be terrific if a dating app or any social media app wouldn’t allow you to post a picture with a filter on because like that you won’t be fooling anyone. People should feel happy the way they look. This typewriter doesn’t decide on its own how to appear to others or pleased itself. A human designed it and choosed it’s colors, size, length, and it’s weight. Through this picture you see more than a typewriter. I see the whole picture, it’s colors, pages, and words. This typewriter had a life. A life that was taken away, now it lives on a corner for people to see not to just pass through it but to noticed it. That writing is a beautiful thing, you don’t know when would be your last days when words are taken away from your mouth. Paper is what we have still. We should all use it to write amazing things. If not then your voice won’t be heard. I want my voice to be heard, the tone I used that’ll get people wanting more of future books I am capable of writing. More than anything being real is important just like this picture of a typewriter, used as a display.
By Yesenia 6 years ago in Photography
The Bellwether Curtains. Second Place in Mobile Moments Challenge.
I shot this strange photo on my iPhone 6plus while on a weekend getaway in Bellingham, WA in January. My partner and I had booked a room at the Hotel Bellwether, looking to de-stress for a few days, and to explore a new city. We got the key to our room, and when I walked in, the first thing that immediately caught my eye were the floral curtains across the room. That's a lie. The first thing that caught my eye was the complimentary chocolate on the bed, and then the curtains. They caught my eye because of the pattern on them; the kind of pattern that you aren't sure if you hate because it looks like your grandmother puked all over it, or if you love it because it's so ugly. I decided that yes, the curtains were ugly, and I loved them. The peachy/pink tones in the fabric matched the retro orange color of the armchair in the corner of the room. Seeing the two pieces together got my creative wheels turning, and I wished I had brought my digital camera to take pictures with.
By Georgianna Nielson6 years ago in Photography
Trees I Have Loved
Even though it is difficult to choose from so many of my photograhs, I decided to go with one that is dear to my heart. There are other ones of my photos that perhaps are more impressive, with dazzling sunsets or more exciting subjects of nightlife and bright lights of the city but I decided on entering this photo, that in some ways is rather simple.
By Linda Mia Stall6 years ago in Photography
Phone cameras VS DSLR's?
Hello all! Welcome back! This week we'll be looking at phone photography and DSLR photography for Vocal's "Mobile Moments". I think that the path I'll be taking with writing this is a little different to what Vocal and Moment intended, but it wouldn't be my writing if I didn't do it slightly different. So what is the competition? Vocal would like us to take an image with our phones, share our creative process to the finest detail we can; from concept to product.
By Justin Clark6 years ago in Photography
