Forgettable

Alright, so this image confuses me. Sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't. I think it's cause I really love the scene but the hill in front of it did a lot for me in person but I'm not sure if it's gnarly in the image. Forgettable. 

Stairs

So this image doesn't WOW me as much as it did when I took them. One of my friends said it was worthy though, so I decided that I may be being too hard on it because I got use to it already. I liked this image a lot because of the shadows I think. I always get frustrated when shadows aren't the way I like them, but these I liked. Maybe this image doesn't really satisfy me because of the angle. I don't know though. I took a bunch and I decided this was the best. 

Men

I took this image on a day where a lot of people were around the pier. The day before this I went to a festival at the pier and there were street performers and everything and I was upset I didn't have this camera. I was also nervous to take images of random people because I was in a place that I wasn't familiar with and I didn't know what their reaction would be. These men looked harmless though and I really liked the guy's tye dye shirt. They didn't seem to know eachother so that also made me curious. 

Street

As I was leaving the pier I saw this sign, and there wasn't any like it back home so I thought it was cool , well gnarly because I was in Cali. So I wondered how I could make it an eye catching image and as I played with prospective, the palm trees and everything made this image the obvious one to choose. The sky was going a really cool...gnarly thing that was like it was just really cloudy but the sun was coming back. 

Pier

So this point of the pier really caught my eye because since I live in Gloucester, on the coast, with tons of beaches and a boulevard around me, taking pictures of the ocean gets kind of repetitive and hard to make interesting. So I appreciated that the scenes going on around the ocean are just as entertaining, and of course the leading lines wouldn't be ignored. Now that I look at it though, it would be a cool image with a bunch of people walking on it too, it would speak different though. 

Bike

This scene caught my eye as soon as I saw the bike, but the hard thing was to find where I liked the angles and stuff. I was crossing the road when I fist saw it and i knew i wanted to get closer and then when i captured this image it was obvious that it was the best angle. the palm trees in the background make it more interesting but not overwhelming which i really appreciated. the guy was actually walking toward his bike to get on it i assume and i was lucky to get this image. 

Beach Go-ers

I really liked this point of view. I was on a pier type of thing and people were swimming below me and I could see really far both ways. People were under umbrellas and they looked like it was just a normal beach day for them but it was awesome and different to me that they were swimming in April. I really appreciated how the line of palm trees make leading lines for me. I always like when nature does it. It's like it was meant to be photographed.

Waves

This scene really effected me because the waves and the palm trees got this beautiful reaction to the strong winds that day that made it not your typical beachy picture. I kept wondering if all the other non-tourists there lost appreciation for it; I hope I never do. 

Soccer

So this picture is awesome because I have finally learned the art of creeping on people legally with the inner artist of me. 

Bench

Like the lion, the bench interested me because of the shape it is in. I thought about what has been on that bench, positive and negative. Maybe a homeless soul sleeps at it at night, but who is to say that by day it wasn't a spot of magic for a new couple.

Sign

This sign was really cool, it talked about a president who once lived on the land there and that thats why they made it as beautiful as they could and it should have been massachusetts capital. The spot to me did feel like it should be the capital. It took my breathe and words away, and while I was there, I felt not inspired but now that I look at the pictures it's obvious that I was feeling something

Family

The family in this caption was arguing about leaving, of course the kids just wanted to stay but mom probably had a growing list of things she had to do that day. Just imagine being naive enough to not realize that, and to be the boy in the plaid that just wanted to be with his best friend and play and 'ride the lion'

Lion

I really like this photo because the lion is beaten down from obviously being through the weather that beats on new england. The bench in the back round looks as if it's been there through it all right with him. Also, it reminds me of the wizard of oz and I love that movie. So the hill and the bench is what made me take it, and it helped make it not just a normal picture of a stupid lion statue.

The Park

I really like this image because the colors and the leading lines and the bricks make geometric shapes and they lead to the tree and im proud of this one. WOOH!

Riley

I took this photo because I liked the road acting as a leading line. The sun was coming onto the road from in between the trees and it was really inspiring.

It's a stick

I chose to take this image because the stick was left behind in the water from a dog that got bored with it. I thought the way that the waves kept moving it was really interesting. 

That house

This photo was taken first because I loved the reflection. As I was walking through the beach and the back shore though, I kept noticing how nature created copies of things it made. For example, all the sand is identical to eachother, all seagulls are identical and it evens creates a reflection of what nature didn't make to make it uniform on the water. So I got all deep and decided to change the reflection and perhaps show the truth