We recently returned from our Springtime on the Outer Banks workshop where our participants worked at seeking their own vision and making great photographs. We get such good response from our Same Place — Different View blogs, that I worked on another with students’ work. All of these images are copyrighted by the individuals, as noted in the image metadata, and used with their permission.

I’ll just pick two scenarios taken from exercises and challenges we gave our participants.

Arnie introduced light painting to some of our students. It is a great way to bring life to flowers on a heavily overcast day.

Jack picked an unusual side view of this flower, focused on the near petals, then lit the stamens.

Tony took this flower and worked magic with some side lighting, then darkened the background slightly.

Arnie and I have a favorite place to photograph that is full of textures and colors. There is a wall with a roughly ten-by-ten-foot section filled with all sorts of photographic possibilities, so I asked those who were with me to make an interesting photograph there. The following images were created within four feet of one another.

Dolores found a brass padlock and rusty chain and homed in on the glowing lock, letting the chain go out of focus.

Erinn took that same chain, twisted the camera on an angle, and made a nice pattern with it, using the light to make it glow.

Also tipping the camera, Inge chose a different part of the wall and used part of some lettering to create a graceful sweep.

Lesley took the same lettering, but took a different angle, using the reflective surface to add punch to her photograph.

So, once again, by looking around, and seeking their own vision, each participant made a markedly different image. They challenged themselves to take ordinary items and turn them into something much more interesting.

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