My Kind of Landscape » - urban landscape photography

ARGH! How did this happen?! I’m so, so behind – just shy of 600 photographs to go through from the last two weekends. And… more planned. Yes, I know it is self inflicted, but sometimes life is a little bit more important! A few things lately have shown me that my taste and things I find interesting is changing… for sure – straight lines and colour are a given, but there are a few other variables that are different. Some of this is a conscious decision, some not – and it is very very strange (quite literally) watching the way I see things develop.

Today, I’m posting one photo only. There’s a few reasons behind it, and to be honest… the majority of that is because I took a lot of photos over the weekend (more than 300. gulp.) and going through them all is making my head spin! Part of me misses posting a single image every day – and part of me doesn’t. It truly is a bittersweet process – culling images down to choose one final ‘favourite’… especially on days when I know full well there’s images I’ve had to remove from my shortlist that are much better than ones that have been posted on other days! That said, I do love concentrating on one image only, and actually ‘seeing’ what is in it instead of just scrolling to the next photo… not even pausing for a second to take in what is on my screen. I’m guilty of it, and I know you would be too. Sometimes I wonder if it’s obvious what I ‘see’ now that I’m not writing about it?

2:23pm, Indooroopilly.

Scroll up and down the page a few times while looking at the photo. I dare you.

I’ve only got one real reason for posting these today… clearing the slate before the weekend brings either the inevitable photo drive or the bits and pieces I find whilst out and about. 2 x crate photos in this lot – the first taken in absolute solitude, and the second surrounded with lots of people! I’m pretty hesitant to take photos while others are watching – and I know I’ve explained that before! The photo doesn’t do it justice, but I’m comfortable with the fact that I actually took it – and any image that exists in ‘real life’ is better than just the picture I’ve got in my head.

Sometimes I know what I’m going to write – some random story that has been inspired by my photographs. Other times it comes to me when I sit down to post them (in my ‘box’ as my husband calls it – he knows not to try and talk to me when I’m in it!), and other times I’ve got nothing. The latter is generally when I’m feeling least inspired – i.e. tired, stressed, hangry (yes, that’s the correct spelling… you know when you’re hungry and you get angry easily? think about it…) and, in particular – when I haven’t been out taking or looking for photographs. The creative process is such a strange thing – previously, I would never have classified myself as a ‘creative’ person, but I now know if I try and stop myself taking photos or making something I get a little agitated over time. Well, maybe a lot agitated. I have withdrawal symptoms. I get grumpy. What the hell?! Easiest thing to do is get out there and find something, but I have no idea why. I guess I could be addicted to much worse things, right?!

Today was all about shadows, and fabulous light. Well – amazing light on one hand, but headachey light on the other hand! (except for the first photo, that was yesterday…). Bright light is amazing for shadows and colours and contrast, but it sure as hell isn’t good for a tired brain or trying to see things! I found lots of interesting places that I hadn’t been (mostly) for a very long time, so it was good to refresh myself with my surroundings… especially on a Sunday when I’m generally the only weirdo cruising around industrial areas or empty parking lots by myself. Nothing much else to say, since the previously mentioned headachey light has rendered my brain useless for the rest of the day!