Another week of not having time to devote to creating a concept. I'm almost over with finals, but still swamped with so many things... I haven't even had the pleasure to take some quick shots of a wonderful Spring beginning. That's right, leaves are now beginning to return and flowers have started to blossom only this week! In the middle of May!

         Since it's Mother's Day tomorrow, I wanted to do a photo that encompassed aspects of love and warmth. Thought about doing a selfie with the cats, but couldn't find the time to execute an image to capture what I had in mind.

         So for this week's photo, I tried a few shots of leaves and flowers from my neighbor's yard. After some editing... I didn't particularly like the results. So I decided to use something from around my house for my subject. Since I was hooked on the flowers and leaves concept, I thought I'd use some yellow flowers that I still had lying around my desk from a shoot three weeks ago. Granted, the flower was a bit dry, but it made the intricacies of the petals pop even more. Hence, the theme for this week is Salvage.

           I chose Salvage as the theme because it highlights the fact that not all photos need to be created from scratch or from entirely new concepts. Rather, some subjects can be re-used in a different way to create a new concept altogether. Also, I thought the slightly dried out flower served as a nice reminder of when I first started with this project. That is, my Week 1 Photo: Stationery. The dry petals seem almost like paper if you look closely. Sorta reminds me of that multi-colored rose. I used a Macro lens to add some depth to the petals. Then, to make the yellow rose "pop" some more, I edited the petals using Lightroom for added sharpening, clarity and some saturation. I also dimmed the light in the background so that it wasn't too distracting with the stems and leaves. When I was reviewing this image, I contemplated cropping the the flowers on the upper left because it may have distracted away from the center flower. However, I don't think that it necessarily interferes with the center flower, as the focus and the details on the rose draw your eyes the middle of the shot. It's only after that you seem to notice the other flowers in the background. 

           Hopefully, I'll have some time to devote to a more developed concept next week. Fingers crossed :)

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