A to Z (Photography)

During class, we were given an hour to take an image inspired by every letter of the alphabet.  An interesting challenge given the time.  Some images I was quite proud of, others not so much.  


A is for Alex.  So, I didn't start of seriously.  I tried just to take a nice plain picture, subject centre of the image, etc.  He did say cheese, for which I am grateful.


B is for Bricks.  Simple brickwork on a college wall, I liked the patterns and dull palette.  


C is for Couch.  Again, pretty plain image, just tried to make it look nice, central, low down. 


D is for Drinks.  I loved the repeating nature of this image.  Especially how the colour of the bottles reflects the pattern of the rainbow.  Whoever did this in the shop has a keen eye.


 E is for Exit.  Pretty literal here, as with most of them so far.  Again, I just wanted simple clean images, focused on a simple subject.  I'm also ashamed to say Exit signs appear in 3 of my images...


F is for Fire Alarm.  Not central this time, but the colour contrasting with the white draws the eye.  I tried a few with fire extinguishers, which in my mind are the more exciting object, but the images weren't great.


G is for Garden.  This looked better on my phone, but up close, the focus is off.  I wanted to convey a vast garden, hence the low angle.


H is for Hedge.  I tried to get a clean crisp image here with a repeating pattern almost.  I wish the colour was more vibrant.  It was a cold day and some of the leaves were still carrying frost.


I for Information.  I struggled with an idea for I.  I went looking for a notice board or something after I thought of information, and liked the repeating pattern of this information stand.


J is for Jugs.  J took me a while.  I'm not happy with it overall.  I tried to frame it like I would a still life.


K is for Knife.  I liked this one.  The chequered background and this is the only image I took that has a literal letter in it.


L is for Leaves.  Again I feel this looked better on my phone when I took it.  Ideally, I'd have tried this one a few times.


M is for Marshmallows.  I like the look of this image, but it is squint, and I wish I'd taken a few more to get the composition right.  I like asymmetry, angling a subject to one side of the image.


N is for News.  I originally thought this would be similar to Information, but I could only find one paper.  I was hoping to have headlines and text fill the whole image.


O is for Orange.  This is the back of a chair in the canteen.  It looks more vibrant in person.  O was a tricky one, and orange was really the only thing I could think of.


P is for Pool.  Pretty literal this one, just tried to take a nice balanced image of the pool table.


Q is for Quiet.  I struggled with Q for a while, and eventually had the idea for quiet, immediately heading for the library.


R is for Reading.  Issac Asimov's I, Robot, to be precise.  I thought this would look better than it did.  For some silly reason, I actually tried to make sure it was a book I liked... No clue if that actually adds anything to the picture.


S is for Street.  Low angle, tried to get a good image of the road.  I love the derelict yellow lines on faded tarmac.


T is for Tree.  This one feels rushed to me.  I think I was running out of time and panicking a little.  I liked the silhouette of the leaves and tree against the sky, but I'm not too happy with the composition.


U is for Underneath.  U was hard!  I couldn't find or think of anything.  Except umbrella, for which I couldn't find one.  This was looking down over our staircase.  I was hoping to frame everything central, but it didn't work out that way.


V is for Vector.  Vector, an arrow signalling both force and direction.  ...Not going to lie, this one was cheap.  But I really struggled for V, and was very aware of how little time I had left.


W is for White.  Image shows white chef's coats outside the restaurant.  I like how simple this is.


X is for eXit.  The last image to use an Exit sigh.  I tried convincing myself the design of the man looked like an X, but I failed.  I couldn't think of anything else for X.


Y is for Yellow.  Yellow sign, tried to line it up right.  I like the bright yellow against the dull blue tones here.


Z is for Zesty lemon drink!  I tried finding a lemon.  The cafe helped me, but we couldn't find one.  I had to settle for iced tea.  Still, not the worst photograph I took.

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