“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
Elliott Erwitt
Directing my focus
Whenever I take photos, I start out with a list of decisions to make, with one of the most important being my subject. There is a plethora. Yes, I said it, a plethora of subjects available to anyone at any given time.
Over the years, I have taken a lot (plethora) of photos with varying subjects. Sometimes I just look up and need to take a photo to remember something. Other times, I see something at a different angle than usual and it makes me think of the subject in a different way. To make a long story short, I narrowed down to a focus. That’s not to say I still don’t experiment, but I chose a subject that will work on my schedule and has the best lighting because lighting can be expensive.
Perspective.
After years of practice in the arts and especially in photography, I’ve noticed one thing that I really become obsessed about — perspective.
It’s fun to imagine how the world looks from a bug’s eye view. I like to take that photo and share it with people.
Nature.
Since I moving to northern Wisconsin with my family in 1996, I have grown to really appreciate the nature around me more than ever.
Nature seems to tell a simpler story than the chaos surrounding us humans on an daily basis. Sometimes taking time to smell the roses — literally and figuratively — is exactly what I need to bring myself back to reality. With that also comes appreciating the little things around us.
Mak's Vision 