These are my images that I took that covers the last verses of the book of Genesis:
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
In this shoot I had a particuler consideration towards lighting which I wanted to use in order to bring the colour, “life” and “spirit” out of plants and nature. Because stereo typically, plants are generally first referred to when someone mentions nature, I wanted in my images to capture the beauty of the spirit whilst also showing this as a natural powerful force. This can be seen through my use of bright lighting and exposures that are effective as they almost replicate angelic activity. Furthermore I wanted to also capture the abstraction found within shapes of nature that show and highlight the individuality of each element, but also the similarities as well. Below is a link that I found useful when researching before I embarked on this shoot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterns_in_nature#Trees,_fractals
Overall, I believe my images were largely successful at capturing spirituality. This is because up to this point I have explored the “how” in terms of evolutionist/scientific theories. However in this shoot I believe I have successfully captured the “how” in spirituality as well as the “why” in which the processes of change dictated by time, exist.
I really like how the colors are quite washed out in this image. For this reason, it almost appears similar to a watercolor painting. Furthermore the lighting is bright, yet also quite dim whilst the focus is very soft. In doing this, I believe how I have captured a sense of spirituality as these techniques convey a sense of warmth to the image. In doing this, along with the very detailed textures of the plants, this combined shows a strong variety of elements that describe the features of the spirit. I particularly like how there is a sense of wonder that causes for us to be curious, yet also feel a sense of calm as we immerse ourselves into the image.
I like this image as it depicts flowers arising from the Earth. The light also shows the idea of new light. From this there is a strong sense of purity, much like the birth of the world in how everything is new, delicate and pure. The use of colour among the flowers particularly stands out because as, colour is starting to blossom, it shows what potentially could be created out of this. This links to change in nature as it shows that change is yet to come. However spirituality which Ive tried to depict such as the golden lighting also show elements of creationism such as that that God is specifically causing for change to occur. I took this particuler image from a low, close up angle to show how cretionism occurs at the smallest as well as the larges of levels, and how small elemets can imapct larger ones – as all part of the purpose of God’s plan for humanity as he imposes change onto humanity.
