Macro photography
On occasion I feel like a change of perspective, to explore the natural world in a different way. To do this all you have to do is change your lens, this opens up other possibilities. Put on a Macro lens and all the intricacy's, patterns and geometry that we miss most of the time become available to shoot. Macro photography opens up a different kind of image. For me it's the patterns and geometry that occur throughout everything in nature that are of the most interest when it comes to shooting macro. The reason being is that they are caused by the same mathematics that we see across the entire universe, there are certain mathematical constants which express themselves in the form of 'patterns' and 'cycles' in nature, these are known as sacred geometry. The word 'Geo-metry' comes from the Greek words Geos meaning 'Earth' and Metron meaning 'To measure', which together translate as the 'Measuring of the earth' or 'Earthly measurements. For example such constants would be Phi 1.618 or the golden ratio which can be seen everywhere. Obviously the subject can go a lot deeper than that but that's just a quick snippet into why I find it interesting to shoot, it's essentially woven into everything around us and demonstrates the connection between the microcosm and the macrocosm.
“learn how to see. Realise that everything connects to everything else” - Leonardo da vinci -
You can see this in everything from the way a tree grows to the veins of a leaf, from petals of a flower or to sunflower seeds. From waves in the ocean or how rain droplets settle on a leaf, these same mathematical and geometric constants are at play in the way these form.
Here's is a couple of images of opposite ends of a sunflowers cycle that display this. The first photo being the bright yellow flower we probably all would first think of, the second the seeds produced towards the end of the cycle. I love the geometry at play here and really enjoyed photographing them both.
When out in my local forest I can find myself out in the rain, which I love in the summer months, there's something about the smell of rain in the forest that creates a different feel, a sort of extra aliveness to things as these cycles continue. Below are two images of rain drops that fell onto leafs taken in such a trip to the forest.
When the sun hits a leaf from behind you can clearly see the pattern the veins of the leaf makes, branching out in much the same way as the branches of the tree it grows on. Both can look chaotic but both unfolding an inherent mathematical constant that exists across the universe.
Also in News
Reflections on Autumn
