I had a funny moment not long ago, where I was standing in the middle of a field while rally cars were flying by, and I wasn’t paying attention to a single one of them. Instead I was pointing my camera at a tiny lone “naked” tree, that almost looked like it was longingly admiring a background of much bigger evergreens. It wasn’t until after I got the shot of this “scene”, that I realized that I do this a lot, and honestly I think it’s kind of cool. I could be in the middle of a big city, hustle and bustle surrounding me from all angles, and I’d be focusing on a flower, a bird, or some other animal. I’ve also yet to make it work, but on many occasions I’ve tried to compose a scene where city and landscape meet, living in Washington state you’d think I’d have found a way to accomplish that by now.
I’m not going to say I’m the type of person that’s “one with nature”, or craves time away from less concrete and glass. I like my city adventures, just as much as I enjoy getting outside the hustle and bustle to explore landscapes, flowers, and animals. I’m also not going to say I’m any good at Nature and Animal photography, because I haven’t done much practice in the way of that style to be called any good at it yet.
I will say though that growing up camping, hiking, being outdoors, connecting with animals all my life, and having a love of gardening, it doesn’t come as a surprise that I’ll randomly stop to take a picture of a flower, a bird up in a tree, a mountain range that is lit up, or snap a quick shot of my dogs or someone else’s. I have no doubt that I point my camera in the direction of what I’ve grown up finding comfort in, and I also have no doubt that in the future when I’m ready to grow even more as a photographer, it’ll be much harder to photograph things I have very little to no comfort with.
I’m going to end this blog with a quick explanation. These writings are just thoughts and feelings that bounce around my ADD riddled brain, sometimes they’ll be greatly formed, other times they’ll seem to skip around disconnected, and I could continue to blabber on and on about this topic I’m sure. But I think this is a good enough stopping point, before I get too far off topic. So I hope you enjoyed reading this shorter blog today, and I hope you’ll enjoy the photos that I’ve added as well.
If you’d like to continue the conversation, were I’d love to talk and take inspiration for future writings, feel free to email me at grimlockmedia@gmail.com
Until next time, I’ll catch y’all later.
Andrew Hoyle - Grimlock Media
