I wanted to share some of my in-depth thoughts of some of the houses that are featured in my ‘Homes’ collection.
This was the house that started this collection. What drew me to it was the shutters on the window. They were unique. At first I was trying to only capture a single window with the shutter but I was on the other side of the street with the kids and couldn’t get closer. I was also using my Canon EF-M 15-45mm lens and couldn’t zoom in very much. So, I reframed my composition and took a wider shot with the road and the whole house. I ended up quite liking the photo with the different layers - the road, fence, and the trees in the back.
In this next one, there was one specific part of the house that I loved and that was the sun room that you can see off to the right of the house. I was too far away to see how they use this room but I like to imagine a room full of beautiful plants, a chair off to the corner where you can read a book. On the other side of this road is a lake so you’d also get a beautiful view of the lake. Again, I was on the other side of the road with the kids and couldn’t get closer/zoom in further with my camera so I reframed with a wide shot at a slight angle.
The last house that I want to talk about for ow is this one. What drew me to this was actually the juxtaposition of a small, cute little home against the modern looking apartments towering in the back. When I originally framed up this composition I was trying to just get the house straight on but as I kept walking with the kids to the park I noticed the opposition of the apartment buildings and just quite liked the shot.
Hope you enjoyed this closer look at what drew me originally to some of the houses featured in ‘Homes’ and what I was thinking compositionally. Stay tuned for Part 2!