From Above

I am very grateful for the weekly assignments that I receive for this seminar class. It is helping me to grow as a photographer and forcing me to shoot outside of what I would normally take pictures of, and in the process I am taking some pretty good photographs. The assignment for this week was to post two pictures which have been taken "from above." The first was to come from a timed on campus event. As far as campus goes I, as a lifer feel as if I know most of the areas that a person would go to take pictures; therefore, I decided it was time to try something different. I went to the parking garage next to the boys high rise dorm. The picture that I ended up selecting to post is interesting because it shows a part of campus that is not regularly shown. Lipscomb University i shown for it's clean campus, but this pile of trash hidden at the bottom of this garage would make it seem otherwise.

For my second shot I selected one of the many pictures I took on my weekend trip to Charlotte North Carolina. I have to admit I thought it would be easy to find a "from above" shot in the middle of a large city, but what I did not take into account was the fact that all of the large buildings require some sort of ID to get to any floor other than the lobby. I found myself wishing on several occasions that the assignment was to take photos of things looking up. We eventually stumbled upon a parking garage that had a very interesting perspective and I am very happy with my results. It took many hours to find the right shot, but I believe it is worth it.