Commendations on a still life.

So...I have no real reason to start a blog. Although I intend to start using this blog later when I go to Ukraine for the summer. I guess you can just take this as an outlet for my thoughts and feelings as I am going through life. I may be honest, or I may hide what I really think, but it will all hopefully be me.

Anyways...I felt like putting my two still life pictures for my current class in photography up. I really like them, and they speak to me. I like the still life genre, it is very easy to control, and the ultimate message is up to the artist. I like having that kind of control over what I am saying with a piece. For instance, with a landscape one is limited to the fickleness of the weather, with similar limitations for portraits (instead with humans). But with a still life, I control the light, the content, where they are placed, and what I want it to say. There are no accidental gusts of wind (although those can be beautiful in the proper perspective). Anyways, off of the rant and on with the pictures (I won't be so arrogant as to call them art).
This one I labeled "Fade to Black". I like it because it has a dark and gloomy aura around it, and I think it conveys my point pretty well. The dolls represent a family (which is what the babushka's represent anyway). The fallen doll is a member of the family that has passed on. The light is fading from it, while the other dolls move on and keep facing the light of light. This doll is lost in the darkness. I guess it could be a metaphor for salvation as well. It's really easy to add this kind of stuff after the fact. The next picture isn't my actual piece I turned in, but it is similar (my computer restarts whenever I open my cd-rom, so I will not attempt it for my other photo). Sorry it's sideways, use your imagination.
This one is called "Trash Heap Beauty". I like this one because it represents how life still grows even out of something that should cause death, like this aluminum can. Anyway, I'll try to keep up with this blog, although I'm not making any promises. I'll most likely use it a lot while in Ukraine, which I have mixed feelings about but am nevertheless excited.

David

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis