A different perspective
The photography group that I lead at the Senior Center, the Senior Snappers, has been following a series of photography challenges. It was designed as a weekly challenge but we have been taking it more slowly, since we only meet every two weeks. A couple of weeks ago, the challenge was "Abstract" which the group found rather intimidating. After all, what makes the difference between an abstract and a bad photo? The definition said, "An abstract photograph typically displays the subject somehow changed not to look realistic, or a picture of something unrecognizable." The grammar is questionable but you get the idea. Everyone had a different notion of what makes an abstract, for example, a cropped close up or patches of light and dark. On the day of the meeting, I showed the group how to make abstract pictures in camera by using a long exposure and moving the camera while the picture was in process. The results were pretty cool. We found that you needed a subject ...
