The beauty of the ordinary

So many times we look for exotic locations or spectacular subjects when we can easily find beauty in ordinary things if we just look. We don’t just have to limit it to nature but we can include people and man-made objects. Beauty surrounds us every day we just often pass it by as ordinary and uninteresting. Spend time looking at the world around you rather than thinking you have to travel to far-off exotic locations or find supermodels.

I think back to some of the exercises I did from my photography school, such as 10 different photographs of one subject. This doesn’t sound like much until you start doing the exercise. The first few you can get done quickly but as you approach the last few you may find yourself really thinking about angles, composition, light, perspective. When I performed this exercise I often found the photographs I took towards the end were the most compelling.

Look for the beauty of the world around you and photograph it to share with the rest of the world.