New World Photographs

I've been rediscovering photography, starting with my little digital camera and my trips to the DBG. Some things inspire me towards basketry; all the cactus forms, the colors, the natural fibers. Other things have inspired me to take a new look at perspective. Close-up shots and low-to-the-ground angles have become very interesting to me, creating a new way to look at a scene and changing the viewer's relationship to the scene. I call this the New World series, as to me it's presenting the world on a whole different scale. And then, some of the photos are just pretty. Some of the cactus flowers are so beautiful close up, and we don't really see them as we're passing quickly by. Like the Ocotillo, the tall green spikes shooting up to the sky, with red tails at the end of each stalk. They actually are a beautiful, delicate cluster of red and yellow flowers. I'd never seen them up close before.

Amazing textures in the garden....

 

And somehow I've developed this series of bees.....

New World Series

There are more pics on my facebook page, too.

Random thought: How does my iTunes so often know exactly what songs to play in regard to my state of mind? I love that! In the gallery, at 5pm when it was almost time to go home, it got in the habit of always playing Rage Against the Machine to let us know we were almost done!