Digital documentary portrait consisting of

5 photographs.

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Mother nature is far more powerful than man because of a secret weapon: Time. Nothing can stand against it with even the strongest objects being cracked and uprooted by its fist.

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First, I determine where I want to shoot. For this project as well as "Capture" I shot images at public parks. When shooting, I am generally drawn to angles created by objects, shadows, and even the composition of the scene itself. Afterwards, I culled around 200 images and found the commonality with manmade objects being ruined by nature. After editing the stronger ones I arranged them in a narrative style then had them printed and framed.

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The largest challenge was having to eliminate photographs that had technical issues but were otherwise well shot. For example, the first image (the large shadow) is a substitution of for the original which had depth of field issues. Also, the uprooted pole had white balance issues. I was able to fix this and similar issues in post processing. 

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This series was printed, at 11x14, placed in matted black frames, then displayed at my Senior exhibition "Circadian".

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Summer and Fall 2023