Landscapes Essay

The photographer I chose for this essay is John Corney. I just love the places he photographs. I enjoy seeing sunsets and sunrises. You can photograph them over and over and you always capture a different picture. John Corney has mand photographs of places like the Grand Canyon. Places that take your breath away. Just like the photographs I took Corny shows how beautiful things around us are and we sometimes take for granted. I like to see that we still have such beautiful places that are taken care of for future generations. It's a way of reminding us what a beautiful place we live in and how we need to care for it to continue enjoying it. The United States has so many gorgeous places to photograph that we can take pictures all our lives and still be surprised.

The photographs I took were of Lake Titloe. I chose to photograph Lake Titloe because it is a really beautiful place near a wooded park. It is across the road from my house and it is also next to where my daughter is buried. I'm sorry to keep bringing up my daughter, but special places always include her in one way or another. Lake Titloe is a special place for me because it is where our family has had special memories made. The sad part is that as you can see from my photographs is looks beautiful but the beauty doesn't go skin deep. The water was tested and they found ecoli, among other things. Slowly our beautiful lake is being ruined. This is one of the reasons I believe photographs can help inform and teach people about what is happening to our lakes, rivers and oceans. Photographs are a very powerful tool. I think this is why I really like the photographs I saw of John Corney. They are breath taking and at the same time it reminds us of the beauty we somtimes miss in our everyday lives.

For me it was a little difficult to take photographs that are beautiful and that catch you eye. At first when I went to the lake I thought it would be easy because everything looks nice out there. But then when I began taking photos I kept deleting some because whe I was seeing with my eyes wasn't being photographed. Some looked boring. On the other hand some of the pictures I didn't think would be good ended up being some I chose for my project. It is definitely a tough job capturing both the things up close and the subject chosen at a distance. Keeping both in focus is not an easy task. It takes time to get the perfect photograph. It does help to know the place you are photographing because this way you know which places might make a better photograph.

I really enjoyed this project. Being outside and looking around at how much beauty there is makes you want to take even more photographs. In my case, I hope our lake is still around for my grandchildren to enjoy. I hope the city is successful in cleaning it up.