The theme for this week’s 52 week project was A Flower … yep, just one. Because I take a lot of flower photos, I thought I’d try something different.

The theme for this week’s 52 week project was A Flower … yep, just one. Because I take a lot of flower photos, I thought I’d try something different.

Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower
– Hans Christian Andersen
Here’s a little flower …

I keep returning to the sunflowers – there’s something captivating about them: the depth of colour, the detail, the symmetry of each petal (or perhaps the lack of symmetry).
As I wrote in my long post on Monday last week, I enjoy the creative process. For me, photography isn’t capturing the scene in front of me – it’s not ‘taking a photo’ – it’s creating an image with a deliberate creativity that explores and plays and experiments with light and shape and form and style and depth.
What is photography to you?

Another from my series of sunflower photos. Something to brighten up what has been a pretty dismal afternoon.

From the archive (2009).
Looking back at my early work has allowed me to reconnect with the elements of photography I enjoy the most, and has allowed me to find the excitement in creating images … an excitement I haven’t felt in a while. Stay tuned for new images. In the meantime, here’s an example of my early work when I was still new to photography.

From the archive (2011).
I can feel my mojo returning!

From the archive (2011).
The beauty of nature up close.

From the archive.
Still thinking about taking more flower photos. I’m looking for inspiration … or something. Perhaps I’m just trying to work out if I have any talent for this.

From the archive.
I’m thinking of doing more flower photography – just for fun and to continue learning about telling stories through images – and so I returned to some of my early work to see where I was ‘at’. I think I still have a lot to learn!

On the last day of spring there’s still so much promise.
