Dont look at them, look INTO them

Sometimes I'll notice things, and then I'll puzzle on how to deal with it, until it all becomes an unconscious reflex.

For this exercise, lets assume we're talkin' photgraphically.

Im still learning and grappling with compressing distance and depth into one shot (zoom), and macros, but after many, many months Ive gotten more familiar with them , so I can noodle around without thinking too much.

Now, its reflective surfaces. Taking pictures of reflections.

Fred calls it an Art Student exercise, emblematic of stereotypical and cliched approaches..

But.

There is something subtle about capturing sights and images in reflections, that.. I dont know.. intrigues me.

The hard, bright light of Cali, as well as the car culture here - with the often gleaming surfaces of their vehicles, is giving my idle eye food for thought.

Something'll often immediately attract my attention, then I have to LOOK, and try not lose it amont the distractions of the foreground.

Then I have to tease it out.

Its as if Im training my eyes to see, from another perspective. Maybe only interesting to me, but a nice noodle to chew on.

Im not even sure what it is exactly Im trying to achieve (or trying to say), but it seems promising.

Its a reflective pursuit.

















































(dont be distracted by the chrome, look at the gas tank..)





















































But Im still not sure what Im looking for....
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Now, go back and look at them again.