Vegies at Eye Level—©DTR
I'm getting really tired of photographing this CSA stuff. The assignment for the CSA blog is to show every vegetable that we get so I feel limited to a bird's eye view of the lot. I would prefer to see this photo but it I couldn't get everything in from this angle.
When you go to take a photo of something, after you have the shot you feel is right—spend a little extra time photographing your subject from every angle and side. Sometimes a more interesting image emerges.
Happy shooting!
Really interesting, Donna -- my emotional reactions to the two photographs are very different. The eye-level shot is strangely intimidating!
If you're looking for some inspiration for your CSA shots, I'd like to recommend that you head over to Flickr and look at Ranjit's market set http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/sets/54841/ He actually doesn't photograph the food: he lays it out on a flatbed scanner! Interesting shots that make me look at food and photography differently.
Love your photographs. Glad you've picked up blogging about them again, so we novices can learn from your thoughts and experience.
... if it's sunny I can use the Aperture only and if it's cloudy I can only use the auto indoors mode....however each and every time, now, I have taken to try and 'style my shot'. I think 'how would this look this way and perhaps I should go a little off angle....' in other words you have given me some inspiration in my photographing. And, I must, sometimes I am actually happy with what comes out. You know why? Because through your photography I am learning, albeit slowly.
This is not nearly as exciting as the Neo-Renaissance version that accompanied Michael's post. This one is utilitarian, the other is in your face. The moment I saw that, I thought Caravaggio and gasped for breath.
Much respect!