Capturing Maine

I took all of these pictures in York, Maine. To take these pictures I used my digital camera with my 50mm-200mm lens. I chose to capture different parts of York including the view up-river, a lobster boat, a deep-sea fishing boat, tree tops and the woods by a pond that is connected to the river. In each image there is color, positive and negative space, a variety of textures and contrast.

In each image there is rule of thirds because the subject isn't in the middle of the picture, it's in 1/3-2/3 of the picture. There is selective focus because different parts of each picture are in and out of focus. The bottom two pictures has silhouette lighting with the trees. The top picture has a low horizon line and the lighting is high-key. The lighting is also high-key in the third picture. There is grouping of flowers in the second image. In the fourth picture the trees frame the water and the reflection. To edit these pictures I used Photos to adjust the contrast, exposure, brilliance and saturation. I wanted to make colors brighter to emphasize the green of the trees, other plants and the water.

York is where my family has a summer home and I have spent parts of every summer there. Our house is right on the York river where lobstermen, fishermen and other boat traffic travel up and down. Growing up I have heard stories from my grandmother, her cousins, my aunts and uncles and old family friends about York and how much it has changed over generations and I wanted to capture how it is now before it changes. Even though many parts of it have changed since they were all my age there certain parts that haven't changed in my lifetime which I think is pretty amazing, I return each summer to a place that seems untouched by time. I like all of these images, but I think there are other parts of York that I could have included in this series. I would have included pictures of the old houses, the different beaches, the bridges and maybe some of the people that are part of York. Even though people aren't part of my concentration for this independent study, they are still an important part of York.