Behind the Digital LensMusings of an Amateur Photographer

29th Sep, 2010 A Different Perspective

Too often we take a particular view for granted just because it is what seems to be natural.  I try to see the beauty in objects from a different perspective.  Since I have limited resources and opportunities at the moment, I have to utilize what is around me, mostly within the back yard, but also around the side and front yards from time to time, too.

So often we forget there is always another side to things we see, good and bad, beautiful or ugly.  Just as we forget to look up, we also tend to forget look behind, from above, or beside an object to see it from a different angle, and many times we end up seeing a beauty from this perspective we did not know exists.  It opens a whole new world of photography, of discovery and excitement.

I love flowers, my favorite being tulips, but our yard has only 10 small tulips that bloom in the Spring.  My wife, though, loves roses and so our yard has beautiful rose bushes on three sides of the house; they produce gorgeous blooms that we get to enjoy for a large portion of the year, and that I have the good fortune to photograph – from all angles.

The next time you see an object you really want to photograph, don’t forget to see it from above, from below, from behind, and from beside, and enjoy it in all of its beauty – or ugliness.