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| Load me up London, ON July 2018 Photo originally shared on Instagram |
Sure enough, it wasn't long before I stepped in a puddle. Some cursing may have been heard as brackish water that may or may have been contaminated with ickiness soaked through my left sock, but I soon refocused on the photographic task at hand. Wet feet may suck, but puddles offer up some pretty cool reflective surfaces.
This one, if we're being brutally honest, it's terribly fascinating. A loading dock at the back of a supermarket doesn't exactly scream, "Shoot me!" But that's why I decided to take the shot anyway. Because it isn't conventionally photo-worthy. Because no one ever wanders back here and takes the shot. Because places like this never get any attention because we've deemed them not worthy of it.
And yet - I say these two words a lot - I found myself drawn to the wrong side of the store. I never even bothered to walk around to the front. I'm sure plenty of other photographers have already picked that side clean.
Your turn: Do you focus on things others might ignore? Please share...
Actually, I have to admit, that's a pretty neat photo of something that people normally don't even notice.
ReplyDeleteYes. I went to a group shoot once and watched as folk shot the wrong side, the underside of some flowers. The flowers were quite delicate, like lace, and the photogs were capturing the sun shining through the flowers. The images were wonderful and revealed something most of us ignore on an almost daily basis each summer.
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