No promises that any of these photos will be any good. The only promise is that I took them, which would be in direct contradiction to any sort of promise of quality anyway. I had a hard time picking out a picture for my first entry, particularly since I had to eliminate all pictures of my amazingly adorable nieces and nephews, since I would get angry calls from the parents whose children were not featured in the first Thousand Words Thursday.
So here is my first Thousand Words.
I have a sort of fascination with reflections in photography. I am constantly taking pictures of myself taking pictures of myself taking pictures of myself...you get the idea. Basically, I think bouncy light is neat.
This picture was taken in Dobson at the Surry County courthouse. I had just eaten dinner at The Lantern and I had some extra time before class. I find that if I take a walk with my camera, I am amused for a good while, because I can spend long minutes taking pictures of things like doors and park benches and parking deck stairwells (all true examples).
I think the thing that I like about semi-reflective surfaces is the fact that you get to see three layers. One, you see the surface itself, in this case, the door. Then you see what is reflected - me, Dobson, and the water tower. But you also see through the door, and you can dimly make out some stairs with a patterned floor, a water fountain, and the opposite exit. It's like three pictures in one.
Hey! That's like three thousand words! And I wasn't even trying.
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