Often when you meet other photographers, they ask you relatively quickly what kind of photography you do – nature, people, man-made, other… Currently I find that a hard question for me to answer, as there are soooo many cool things to capture in any of those categories. Applying the principle of exclusion, you will hardly ever find people in my pictures. I do not want to intrude peoples’ personal space. Also, people rarely behave natural on pictures and posing does feel too staged and inauthentic to me. So people photos are not in focus at the moment and maybe something to explore in future.
The obvious one is nature. Being an outdoor-y person, nature is my natural habitat. At the moment many shots are landscape and wildlife. Working on improving my skills in Macro – man, there are fabulous macro and close-up pictures out there! You find objects to capture literally anywhere, the technical skills needed are NOT to underestimate though. So definitely an interesting field to develop and improve in.
And then there is man-made photography. Like still life, food, and … architecture. At any range, from small details on buildings to large cityscapes. Often involving straight lines, perspectives, strong contrasts and light/shadow compositions. I always had a thing for that, and gathers pictures in cities in Europe and the US. Lately though, traveling to Boston, MA, I realized that this is something to more consciously focus on in future. Boston is absolutely awesome for architecture photos. I only had a few hours to spare and my smartphone. Hence, my pictures by no means capture the range of architecture styles, weather conditions and what you can do with a proper camera. But they create an appetite for more!! Both in terms of exploring Boston, and of course doing architecture photography.
Left: Freedom Trail view from Boston Downtown. I was so mesmerized by the scenery that I literally forgot to note down location. Phone tracking says Milk Way, Financial District.
Right: Winthrop Building, historic skyscraper at 7 Water Street with a great combination of lower floors in a deep green and the upper floors in terracotta bricks.
