Had fun taking Andi’s pictures. Andi is graduating from Canyon View High School in Cedar City. She actually finished up a bit early.
My goal was to take a familiar location and make it not-so-familiar. In other words, I didn’t want the location to be immediately obvious, although I’m sure it isn’t too hard to figure out. I think as photographers we need to be able to re-use locations and make them look fresh each time. At least that is how I feel and what I try to do. In reality, it is a good skill to have. Sometimes we don’t have a choice where the location is. We may be given a really crappy location, yet still expected to perform (make good looking pictures). Sometimes all you need is 3 feet of background. Think of it in those terms and new locations will start appearing everywhere.
I am not a real big photo tilting fan. I don’t tilt the camera just to look creative. I tilt when it is necessary for the composition to work. For example, if by tilting the camera I can eliminate something in the frame that takes away from the composition, then by dang I’ll tilt the camera. But no tilting just cuz. In this first shot, by tilting I was able to eliminate the edge of a building and still keep Andi’s elbow in the frame. I think it works.
