My Creativity, Inspiration and Originality...

First Task: To upload three images. One showing my most creative piece of work. One of a great piece of Architecture. One of something beautiful that is an original photograph.

My Creativity...
This is one of the main pictures I used as a part of my Senior Photography Major Work. This self portrait comes from a photographical miniseries on vanity. The series focused on the effects of colour also. All together, there were 7 images each with a certain edited dominant colour and a caption. The unifying quality across the series were that the eyes always took on the chosen colour that was edited into the image. As you can see, the eyes in this picture are red. Even so, this is the most subtle artificial colouring present in the series.
It's simplicity and subtleness are what I feel contribute most to its overall creativity.

My Inspiration...

Andre Nax, (2009). Tree House [online]. Available: http://www.naxmix.com/architecture/2009/10/26/tree-house.html [accessed 5th March, 2010]

Please click the above picture to see the full image. Formatting technicalities...

To be completely frank, I am not one to overly enjoy the outdoors. Even so, I absolutely love the idea of living in my own little tree house. It's this apparent dichotomy that initially leads me to love this structure. Other than this though, I love the overall "vertical seashell" shape as well as the fact that it stands out in a dramatic way, especially with regard to lighting. The structure was designed as a promotion for the yellow pages. Dubbed the 'Yellow Treehouse', it's a restaurant that's raised 10 meters above the ground which facilitates 18 guests.


My Originality...
The iconic cityscape of George Street portrayed the way I choose to see it...
I took this image late in the afternoon a few months ago. Living way out west, I rarely ventured to the city. This separation is probably what contributed most to the adoration I have for it now.

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When I look down George Street, I see the colours and shapes intermixing in various ways, but late the afternoon, the shadows take over. Even so, I still know what's there. Unfortunately, my camera does not. However, with the help of choice editing software and a high resolution image, the deep shadows and washed out sky could be removed and the vibrant, busy lifestyle that I have grown to love can be translated exactly how I see it.