Assignment 7: Life and Death

This assignment was a bit odd for me. I eventually decided on my favorite place to shoot, the pool. The lifeguard room and the scenery at the pool and center provided a good place to take pictures. The light was good and I was able to get some pretty good shots in. The weird part was my camera rewound the film before I shot all 36 frames. This left me with a bit of a shortage of images to use for the project, but I pulled through. My personal favorite is the close-up of the tree branch. The light from over the building represents hope and life from above. The rest of the tree is the rest of the world, filled with life, but the branch is the most important. The branch is the sole individualism of life, standing out from all the others. Just a symbolic picture in my mind. The contrast of the trunk is absolutely phenomenal, and I do not think the light could have been better. Another interesting occurrence was the glare on the Pool Rules sign. Rules keep you safe, they keep you alive, and they have a spirit to them. The glare on the sign acts as that spirit in the picture. I will admit it is slightly blurred, but still it is a very interesting picture. Not my best, best work in the world, but it hits the top ten on my assignment list. I could not hit the creative milestone the "Fish Out of Water" allowed me to make, but I still rather enjoyed it.