Over summer, I spontaneously bought a whole collection of succulent plants. My best friend from high school always loved succulents and had all of them lined up on her windowsill, and always she named all of them and acted like they were her little friends, each with their own unique personality. I remember there was a fuzzy one she called the grandpa, and whenever one grew a flower, she acted so proud of it like it had just had a child. She moved to California two years ago, so buying my own little plants reminded me of her from across the country. I always notice mine sitting in the light of a window at my house, and every time I look it seems like they've grown in a different direction. Succulents are very reactive to light, and therefore will move their position in the matter of a few hours to be in the best position to catch the rays. I see why my friend always acted like her plants had personalities; each of them grows and moves in a unique and interesting way that makes them seem almost humanistic. I wanted to take pictures of them for this project to try to capture their personalities and see if I could do something interesting with how they almost grow and interact with each other.
For me, this project was most challenging because I wanted to make the succulents look really interesting rather than just like some boring plants. I wanted to get unique viewpoints and see how I could play around with aperture to make the photos more interesting. This project really helped me understand what aperture is and how I can use it. Before this, I was scared to use the manual mode on my camera because I didn't know what I was doing. Now that I've experimented with using aperture I finally understand how I can use it to create a different effect. I also learned how I could use Lightroom to edit my photos to fit a particular color scheme. I like to work in complementary color schemes, so I stuck with mostly oranges and blues dominating the photos with touches of green. I also played around with switching the same photos to purple and yellow to see how I could manipulate color for various effects.
For me, this project was most challenging because I wanted to make the succulents look really interesting rather than just like some boring plants. I wanted to get unique viewpoints and see how I could play around with aperture to make the photos more interesting. This project really helped me understand what aperture is and how I can use it. Before this, I was scared to use the manual mode on my camera because I didn't know what I was doing. Now that I've experimented with using aperture I finally understand how I can use it to create a different effect. I also learned how I could use Lightroom to edit my photos to fit a particular color scheme. I like to work in complementary color schemes, so I stuck with mostly oranges and blues dominating the photos with touches of green. I also played around with switching the same photos to purple and yellow to see how I could manipulate color for various effects.