It feels good going back to my roots
I have taken a long hiatus on what makes my photography the way it is—my brand. For a few years I have taken photos based on the liking of what other people want me to take pictures of. It’s not a bad thing if that’s what makes income, right? But for a while I have felt as if my art wasn’t being portrayed through my photos as before.
I was inspired to take this photo during my morning drives to a summer professional development site I was going to for my teaching career. Everyday I would pass by this vine hanging off of a tree trunk with the sun hitting directly at it, and did I ever think I would soon take a photo of it?
No, I did not. But something about it always made me stop my car and just stare at it for a few seconds more.
”I have to create a photo with that vine. It’s oddly captivating.”
Normally, whenever I have those little moments where I know I have to do something, I would stop and think it over just in case it was only a weird idea playing in my head that would soon go away. Day after day, I would pass by this same vine and say the same thing to myself yet I never did anything about it.
Up until a week later was when I actually DID something about it.
In my head, the original idea to this photo was for me to touch the vine slightly from the side. But as I actually took the photo, it didn’t come out the way I wanted it to be and since I was all by myself, no one was there to help me in the positioning of the photo. That didn’t stop me from taking the picture though, so as an afterthought, I decided to insert my arm through the vine and take shots in that position. After about 9 tries, I finally got the shot! As I looked at the photo, I knew it was the start of a whole new concept to my photography—emidyllic, which stands for Emily, my name, and idyllic, the state of something pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity.
Because of this little vine that caught my attention, this picture represents the brand that stands for who I am, and I am proud of it.
