Well fall is pretty much out of here and there is very little in the way of leaves on any trees (but a few hang on). At this same time I am wrapping up my work on a Portfolio Development class with William Neill. It has been good and forced me to really focus on shooting for specific themes. Focusing on a theme forces you to think hard about ways to vary and add depth your portfolio: - Different lighting.
- Different perspectives or lenses.
- Different ways of expanding the theme outside of your initial thinking.
- Variation of colors.
- Variation of the subject overtime.
While varying all of these there still needs to be a consistent style and vision behind the portfolio - not always easy.
I have included with this blog three more images I have added to my tapestry theme. Believe me at times I couldn't think of any more ways to expand it, but I made myself go out and see what I could find. Sometimes I had to shoot and reshoot the same subject multiple times to get something the fit my vision of the theme. Other times I had to work on the post-processing to get the image I envisioned (the oak leaf image for example). Now and then a new creative perspective would result (like the closing door image at the start of blog).
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