Thematic

The intent in my photographs was to show nature as a whole. I believe that going out in nature and being surrounded by the natural beauty helps to find who you really are as a person. The news and media portray beauty as makeup and show true importance as technology and what’s going on with celebrities. As humans we can naturally become wrapped up in even trying to be someone else. By taking yourself out of the people around you and the fast life that we live we should take time to gather ourselves. Rather than feeling discouraged by the models and other’s view of beauty, it’s good to go see the natural beauty that we come across everyday but don’t notice. I shot to capture the freedom of being able to let your problems go and to look inside yourself for an answer. I shot to capture the ability to be your own person and have great aspirations in life. I feel that we go through life trying to find out who we are and what we are going to become, but we are sidetracked by the pressure to be perfect; yet, not maybe what we truly want. Outside we can learn what choices may be best for us through the thoughts in which truly provoke us to be who we want. Nature doesn’t judge, it lets us be whom we want by enjoying its presence. It doesn’t tell us what to look like or how to feel but rather tells us to look inward as to what motivates us and inspires us.



I enjoyed shooting for my thematic. I was able to grow as a photographer in many ways. I learned that to get the best pictures it takes more than one or two times to go out and shoot. Some pictures though are from the same place and I wish that I shot even more and could have maybe gotten an even stronger body of work. I’m also very happy that I was recommended to go forward with the idea of creating the pictures to have a fish-eye look to them. It also took me a while to truly find out what it is that I wanted to capture, but when I found it I focused on it and grew from it. I learned that a body of work takes a while to really come across and it takes more than a couple of days. Overall, I'm very proud of my work and I'm happy with the outcome.