Sunday, March 27, 2011

Out of the Ordinary



From day to day we condition ourselves to routine.  While routine helps us feel comfortable, it dulls our perception.  As a photographer it is vitally important to observe that which is around you to find things you otherwise might have missed if you locked your mind on to your daily routine.

In the case of the picture above, I did not expect to find meaning in it.  I realized what the picture meant to me only when I viewed it a few weeks later on my computer screen.

We sit at and use desks daily, and as a consequence they become filled with the things we use every day.  We keep both items that we treasure and items that hold no value to us in the same place, depending on the level of maintenance the owner devotes to organization.  Looking at a desk you can get an of the owner's personality, and a snapshot of the events occurring in their life.