Artist Statement: I was taking a walk with my mom through the park in my Neighborhood when I saw this very tall pine tree that looked like it could reach the sky. On the pine tree there was many pinecones on it and I decided to take a picture of all of the different pinecones. I chose to take a picture of the pinecones because I used to love to collect them when I was little. What I am trying to convey in this picture is that there is lots of beauty even in small things like pinecones. One thing that I liked about the end result was the lighting that I captured in this photo.
Artist Statement: This picture was taken while I was taking a walk with my Mom. This tree stood out to me because it was one of the very first trees that I have seen that has buds on it. I also noticed that it had a freshly made bird's nest in it. Both of these pictures give me hope that spring will eventually come and that soon everything outside will come alive. I enjoyed taking this picture because I like to capture the sky in many of my photos that I take.
Artist Statement: I was playing outside this weekend when I noticed one of the first dandelions that I have seen since the end of Summer. It was one of the first things that I have seen with some natural color on it. I took this picture in my backyard because it was one of the only things that looked alive outside. The feeling that I am trying to convey is that there is hope that spring will come! Something that turned out well was the color of the dandelion and how "alive" it looks.
Artist Statement: I took this picture by the pond just outside my neighborhood. This pond is special to me because my sister and I used to ice skate on this pond during the winter. The feeling that I wanted to convey was peacefulness. I thought I could convey this through the picture of water. To me water is very peaceful so I thought that a picture of water would help convey peacefulness.
Artist Statement: I took both of these pictures while I was walking on a nature path with my Mom. I enjoyed this walk because I could hear lots of birds which made me think of spring. One thing that I liked about this picture is the reflections of the trees on the water. One problem I had was that I was trying not to get any reflections of cars on the water in the picture. I liked how the lighting of the picture turned out though.