Reflective teapot
Toronto, Ontario, January 2007
I think I've figured out the trick to the artistic photography thing: the key is to be always on. To that end, I constantly find myself looking at the world around me as though it's framed in a viewfinder. I wonder what a given scene would look like if I shot it. I wonder who would be interested in sharing the scene with me. I wonder what memories it might trigger years later.
So when I'm chatting with friends and spot a rather large spot of tea on their kitchen counter, I sometimes find myself wanting to capture a surreal slice of that image. As I did here. Thankfully, they know me well enough to let me have free rein: Bless them. I hope you like it, too.
Your turn: Please click on this image to enlarge, then look deeply into it. What do you see?
Wonderful as always. I will never look at a pot of tea the same way again!
ReplyDeleteBTW, you dont have to post this but I went with the NIKON D50 again. I have always loved their cameras and I just feel I cant go wrong. I am so excited I can't wait. High resolution is back! :)
ReplyDeleteYou sound a lot like me in the ways of thinking when looking at ordinary things around you. I always imagine them as photographs and just how can I capture what I am feeling? Sometimes I achieve it, other times I don't.
ReplyDeleteGreat clear photo of the teapot. A happy, homey, warming picture...
cool... is it your kitchen sink?
ReplyDeletecool! Is that your kitchen sink?
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting..
ReplyDeleteI love that the items reflected are upside down; in true optic fashion. What dissapointed me was that I couldn't see you in the reflection. For years, I've looked at photos in magazines and searching for that one reflective place and then searching for those things that produced the photo: the mirrors, lights, flash reflectors, camera or the photographer. It's like seeing the unseen or the secret part of the photo. It's where the photo shows that it knows it's a photo, if that makes sense. It's kind of like when a cartoonist occasionally writes about the cartoon within the cartoon - the cartoon shows that it knows it's a cartoon. I don't know if that makes sense, but I've always appreciated when you can see layers of of something within itself. And that's how I saw your picture.
ReplyDeleteOh, and what's the story behind the "closed" sign?
The reflection of the kitchen is nice but I can't get over just how cool looking the water level is in the enbiggened picture!
ReplyDeleteHey Carmi,
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I just bought ourselves the Cannon S3 as an early anniversary present. Do you know anything about this camera?
Kitchen sink, paper towels, potted plant......a new perspective!
ReplyDeleteMust be smart friends -- it looks like they filter their (Lake Ontario) water with that extra tap.
ReplyDeleteMust be smart friends -- it looks like they filter their (Lake Ontario) water with that extra tap.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I see in the picture is MY teapot... :)
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