Trees. I undeniably have a tree obsession. I don’t know what it is exactly, but when I see a solitary tree in the middle of a field, on a hill, on the side of the road, I want to photograph it. I am fascinated by the shape and silhouette. I love to capture the sun flare coming through the branches. When I first started shooting with my “big girl” camera several years back, it was trees that I photographed. They were the perfect subject. They didn’t move. Maybe that’s why I love them so much. They represent strength. Unmovable strength. My kids are always making fun of me on road trips. Without fail, there will be this magnificent tree we pass by and I get all excited and point it out to the family. (insert eyes rolling here) Yep. They think I’m nuts. LOL
That brings me to a recent group I joined called “Develop on Fridays”. It’s a group that was started by a couple of amazing photographers that wanted to help inspire other photographers to “exercise” their eye and master their craft. It’s about finding who you are as an artist. It’s very easy to be influenced by so much imagery out there that sometimes we lose sight of who we are, and shoot for everyone else.
This weeks exercise was about shooting a subject that represents you, and something you are passionate about. We were supposed to shoot 75 images of the same subject at different angles, and choose our top 4. I doubt anyone reading my blog will be even slightly excited to see my “Tree shots” LOL, but thought it would be a great place to document my assignments.
The first 4 are my favorites from the exercise, and I will follow the post with a few of my favorite shots from past sessions that contain TREE’S.
Thanks for stopping by!!
They’re kind of like old friends when I go back to a place I haven’t been in a long time.
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