Urban Symphony

Street photography is a symphony of different elements.  It is the urban landscape in a composition of shapes and people.

As you walk down the streets you find reflections of the city in its buildings, an alley with a wall painting that seems to reach out at you and various inconsistencies that add to this collection of symphonic images.

The photographer is the composer of this operatic symphony - as he leads the viewer through this landscape, stopping along the way to point out various parts the viewer should listen to.  You don't need a camera to take part in this symphony -just a desire to observe and enjoy the world around you.

Story Frames

I recently found an old painted frame -and decided to use it as a containing device for some still life images.  I used a black poster board, window light and reflector -arranging items in a display of multiple objects making a sort of story like diorama.

Frames can be used as a window -that enables you to see some things while others although visible are hidden in meaning.  Some frame scenarios can contain a puzzle of symbolic items -while others are simply a collection of material. 

However, both of these types of framed subjects allow the viewer to construct their own story depending on how imaginative they are.