The last rose of Summer...

"'Tis the last rose of summer left blooming alone
All her lovely companions are faded and gone
No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes and give sigh for sigh"-Celtic Women, 'Last rose of Summer', verse 1.


"I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem
Since the lovely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them
Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o'er the bed
Where thy mates of the garden lie scentless and dead"- Celtic women, 'Last rose of Summer', verse 2

"So soon may I follow when friendships decay
And from love's shining circle the gems drop away
When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown
Oh who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
This bleak world alone"- Celtic Women, 'Last rose of Summer', verse 3.

A change of perspective...

My favorite subject to work with is landscape. The nature seems to present itself for a photograph is amazing! But I didn't select a landscape for my favorite.
My favorite of this project is a street photo. I took others in landscape and portrait but none captured me as much as this. Perhaps it's because I'm not used to taking pictured like this. Perhaps it's the new aspect of things that I am seeing. Something in me see's this picture and I can't peel my eyes away.
I never would have found myself venturing out into the world to capture a photograph like this, until this assignment. I've never been drawn to taking street photo's before, but now I find myself yearning for more.
There is a mountain in the background, representing scale and a satisfying backdrop. The various types of people in photograph draw my eyes. The small boy in center frame, alone in the middle, the two women on the right side, talking to each other, the man crossing is front left. All of these things show life as we know it. Every day activities we all can recognize, human life, carrying on, not knowing that I'm capturing their movements.
I believe these photo's may have changed my opinion. I find myself thinking now, that street photography is my favorite.

This photo is titled, "A look into life as we know it"



The photographs I took were narrowed down to 5. The above photo won, but I couldn't help myself from sharing the others.

"Autumn Weather"




"Morning Shadows"



"Puppy Pose"




"Workers of Utah"



Thank you for viewing!

A little about me

My name is Abigail but I've always gone by Abi. I'm 14 years old and a freshman. I was raised to see the beauty in everything, in nature, in people, in things I couldn't understand. You don't have to look very far to see something beautiful. I've been a dancer for 12 years and I love to make art with my body and movements.
My mom has always had a passion for photography, she passed said passion down onto me. I love the way the world looks behind the lens. The fact that I can capture a moment of beauty is incredible. I like taking unique pictures. Pictures that not everyone would be able to understand. But I love it.
Here is an introduction to my photography blog, and myself. This is my life, I choose to share it through still images of beauty.

My cat, Arista, is positively not a fan of having her picture taken.

Halloween is so much better with art!

Quails!!! We've got quails everywhere in our yard!

On a trip to Tahoe I spotted this little fella! What acute little bunny!

Outside, on the front of our rental cabin...

I'm sure that wasn't there yesterday!

A little bear cub paw print!

When dad's in charge of making dinner...

A friend and I invented a new cupcake!!!

Arista has her moments of beauty!

I like copying pictures with pencils. It helps me remember the picture.

When my imagination runs wild...

I get inspired by the craziest things!

Ahhh, 7 years ago we had this little baby Dallas...

Now we've got this big baby!!!

She thinks she's a lap dog!

Thank you for looking at my blog. My posts after this will be more landscape centric with a few portraits.

Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon.
All photography, by me.

 

A relaxing rest stop, or a photo shoot?

I would seem to have a hard time figuring out the difference.

The contrast of a brothers shoe to the waterfall run off.

My dad was kind enough to snap this picture of me in front of one of our last destinations!

As the trip came to a close, I managed to find one more photograph opportunity. Our last vacation sunset. One thing is for certain, it was not an opportunity wasted...