"My outer body deserves to be admired because it's gorgeous but, quite honestly, the least interesting thing about me…." author unknown
When it was my turn to come up with a word ~ I chose CIRCLE. A simple quote that kept coming back to mind when I started to brainstorm ideas. So I went with it and made a photograph.
I headed to the grocery store and bought a bermuda onion, kiwi fruit and some tomatoes.
All of these items have a fairly plain exterior ~ but when you cut them open you will see a different story. Each one of them has a unique character all their own making them interesting in their own right.
When I ever cut open the onion and saw the heart center I knew my choice was the right one.
My next step was to play around within Photoshop to see if I could find a combination that spoke to this feeling. First I went to Emboss and that produced an interesting effect but wasn't quite catching me the way I wanted it to. On to Extrude. This one was trial and error as I couldn't see how the elements I applied were going to effect the photo. After a bit of back and forth I came up with this rendition. It made a connection with my thoughts from the quote above.
Selecting the "block" feature gave the appearance of many individual spines coming out from the image - this I relate to an abundance of people.
Each one reaching out from within to show themselves to the world.
As a society we place so much emphasis on that outer shell. Perhaps we'd all do a little better if our emphasis was on what's inside.
Food for Thought!
More to chew on ….some of the "traditional" style photos from this shoot
enjoy,
k
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