I must admit, I did cave to using the easy way out of shooting matching furniture for a symmetry post. In my original attempt, I tried arranging rocks and other things in a symmetrical pattern, but this made it hard for the transition to an asymmetrical photo. I then switched to the subject you see here, with the symmetrical photo on the left and the asymmetrical photo on the right. Personally, I like the asymmetrical photo better, because you can see the texture on the statue. I also feel like it is a better focus on just one object, instead of the objects around it as well. The challenge in this was definitely in the backlighting coming through the window, as it was hard to have it balance with the rest of the picture. I feel like they connect, but they both show very different aspects not just in symmetry vs. asymmetry but also in things like blur. I'm not super happy with the symmetrical picture, but I do like the asymmetrical one.
A common theme I found myself shooting this summer was the ocean. I've lived in Vancouver my entire life, and always been drawn to the natural beauty of the ocean and all the life in it. I mostly stayed in Vancouver this summer, but spent a week at my grandmother's house on Vancouver Island with my sister while our younger cousins were visiting from Toronto. We practically went to a different beach everyday, and most of them were the kind of beautiful Vancouver beaches I know and love: full of rocks, tide pools, and driftwood. My favourite kind of beach. Nicole and I enthusiastically showed our cousins all the marine life we could find, mostly starfish, sea anemones, crabs, and unusually large barnacles. It brought back memories of going to these same beaches when we were younger, and spending most of our time poking through tide pools and flipping over rocks to hunt for shore crabs. I still have yet to edit and post the last of my pictures from this trip, but I'll hopefully finish up soon.
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