1ST EDIT: Brainstorming phase
I took each season and defined them to get a better understanding of what each season consists of. For example, Spring would be water, rebirth (revival from winter), greens, pastels, sunrise, slow to fast interval, moist, etc. Summer is hot, fast interval, excitement, bright, sun light, fun, beach, sand, fruits, sunglasses, lemonade, swimming pool, flip flops, etc. Fall would be dying, fading, transitioning, fast to slow interval, browns, falling, Thanksgiving, pumpkins, etc. Winter would be death, cold, dark, snow, tree branches, white, old, fragile, snow capped mountains, texture, stiff, ice, glass, frozen ice cubes.
After jotting all these words down, I would pick a couple that stand out to me and branch off from there. For example, ice cube. How many ways can I take a photo of an ice cube? Can I break it so it creates a unique jagged edge? What about the little tiny bubbles trapped inside of it? How can I make a transition from that? Ice cubes remind me of glass, then I would examine how I can interweave the two items. Right now it's just about jotting down whatever comes into my mind when I think of a specific season and taking the words I have brainstormed and generating new ideas from it. Then I would do a rough sketch of how I want to compose the photo.
2ND EDIT: Shooting and evaluating photos
After getting a general idea of what I want to shoot based on my brainstorming, I would take several shots of my subject at different angles to create more variety and more options within that one subject. If I noticed another object that had a similar subset of my subject (for example, the wavy lines of water and wavy rings on wood), I would snap a couple of shots of that object as well. My main goal while shooting was to capture images that I felt best connected with each season, while trying to capture some abstract photos as well.
After a careful evaluation of my photos, I realized all of my photos were the "same" and I needed to establish more relationships between them. I didn't have enough white space in my photos and they were mostly full frame shots. I learned that subsets in photos can make the eye distinguish that two images belong together, or are related. So if one image in a composition has a prominent zig zag shape and another image, three images down has a zig zag shape that's more subtle, we can immediately make the distinction that the two photos are similar even if they are not placed together. This not only applies to shape, but color, texture, white space, etc. I also learned that to make a composition visually appealing, you need some sort of interruption. One way to go about defining an interruption is to map out the opposite of the subject. So if you have an image of a green leaf, what would be its opposite? Black leather. This creates contrast within the composition.
3RD EDIT: Reshooting and putting together sequences
My main goal for this shoot was to shoot more contrasting images that contained elements that my photos during my first shoot didn't have. I kept in mind to create more white space within my photos and made sure they had a visual appeal. I noticed most of my images from my first set contained images of Fall/Winter so I tried to take images that illustrated Spring and Summer as well.
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