31 Photos in 31 Days: Day #14

This photo is taken in a wood next to the Mooi River, Potchefstroom. I wanted to capture the shadows the trees casted over the autumn colored leaves. I used a brownish warming filter to enhance the warm autumn colors of the leaves. 

In the righthand corner there are shoes lying in the leaves. I wanted this to be my focal point with the shadows of the trees leading the eye to it, but unfortunately the shoes is not that visible between the bed of leaves.

31 Photos in 31 Days: Day #13

The photograph of day 13 is taken in our garden in Pretoria. The girl in the picture is my sister, Marelize Jansen van Vuuren, clothed in her autumn wear :) I used a yellow filter to take this photograph, enhancing the color of the autumn leaves lying on the bench in the foreground. 

Once again the focus is on an object in the foreground leading the eye to the blurry figure in the background. In this photo it worked better than in the photograph of day 11.

31 Photos in 31 Days: Day #12

Photograph 12 is taken on the NWU Potchefstroom Campus. I like the perspective n this photograph. The lines leading the eye to the focus on the chain and lock. I also love the texture of the paint tearing off.

I took the photo using a warming filter which contrasts with the blueish color of the wood and steel. These two colors creates a nice atmosphere. The warming filter also enhances the brownish dust on the wood. 

31 Photos in 31 Days: Day #11

This photo is taken at sunset on the rooftop of  building. The girl in the picture, Iske Conradie, is one of my good friends who is always ready for  photography outing. 

In the picture I focused on the textured wall leading up to Iske. Afterwards I thought it would have been a better photograph if I'd rather focused on Iske instead of the wall. On the other hand the picture captures an essence of her personality. I dreamily person who is always in her own world. I also love the sun shining through her hair.

31 Photos in 31 Days: Day #9 & #10

Day 9's photo is once again taken in my room. In this photograph I experimented with freelensing and the fish eye lens. The dark circular form on the righthand side is due to the side of the fisheye in front of the shutter. The photo has a greenish look, but I didn't use a filter at all. I assume it is a greenish color that reflected from some object inside my room.  

The photograph of day 10 is taken in a field next to the Mooi Rivier in Potchefstroom. I also used the fish eye lens in this picture. I usually kneel and crouch into different, weird positions to take the picture from out of an interesting perspective. On this specific day we have a visitor, peeping from behind I tree. It was so weird. Moral of the story: Never go on photographic adventures alone, the journey is meant to be shared.

I love the small appature, focusing only on a very small part of the dandelion. 

31 Photos in 31 Days: Day #8

This photograph was taken in a small forrest next to the Mooi River in Potchefstroom. The trees are all painted in red up to the blue sky. The figure in this photo is Alexa Swart, one of my good friends who usually joins in on the photographic adventures.

This photo is taken with a brownish filter, which enhances the feel of autumn and the warm colored leaves. What I love about this photo is that there is only an implied  form of a person in the photograph and that it is taken from a very low perspective, tracing the path leading up to the figure.

31 Photos in 31 Days: Day #7

Photograph 6 is taken ind-side my room. The day was so hectic, the sun went under before I knew it. In this photo I used the technique: Freelensing. For this reason there is a light leak on the upper right side and a very small focus. 

What I love about film  is that the photo has a green overlay without me even putting a filter over the camera. Film always surprises me. You see the picture through the view finder for the first time and when it is developed, it is a whole new photo all over again.