Following the Birds: Design in Photography by Deby Dixon

Following a Dream

Some day, some time, during my childhood, I looked into the sky and saw a bird flying free and wished to be soaring beside it. I dreamed about escaping a childhood filled with hate and abuse into a world of peace. The freedom of birds soaring with the clouds, the tips of their wings glinting in the strands of sunlight and the vastness of their world captured my childish imagination and has only grown over the many years. Today I shoot any bird that happens across my path with a Nikon camera and a lens that doesn't get quite close enough. My dream is to load my dog and cameras into a small travel trailer and follow the birds as they migrate South and North.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Design in Photography by Deby Dixon

These photos are an illustration of how Photo Design has changed my experience of making images with my Nikon cameras. Before taking this class I took a lot of CYA shots and hoped that something usable came out of them. During a recent trip to Yellowstone National Park, I had never-ending opportunities to design my photographs in camera and have enjoyed the results. It is one thing to take a photo and quite another to make one with purpose, deliberation and intent.