Abstract Images Found on Cars

A few weeks ago I shared some abstract photos I took in the town of Palouse, Washington during a workshop with Art Wolfe. Later in the afternoon of the same day that I took those photos, we ended up photographing on a farm with about 25 old cars and trucks – and our assignment was once again to photograph abstracts. We were looking for the contrast of lights and darks, shapes and anything else that caught our eye.

Looking back at my photos from that afternoon – they seem to be split into two categories – patterns and shapes I saw in the car and truck windows or in the paint.

There were bubbles in the glass of some of the windows. In this first image – the bubbles reminded me of a line of people dancing

In this next image – they reminded me of the leaves of a plant – as I edited this one I changed the colors from the original to blues and purples. That’s one of the fun things about editing abstracts – there are no wrong or unreal colors 🙂

Bubbles and cracks that reminded me of cracks in the ice on the pond where I skated as a kid

And two bullet holes that reminded me of an owl’s eyes.

 

And then in  paint – I saw rivers and mountains – a landscape seen from above

 

And finally two that reminded me of some of the abstract paintings Art Wolfe had shared with us during his lecture that morning

 

I’m not likely to see out other yards full of old cars – but if I ever come across one again – I’ve got some idea of what to look for if I want to photograph something a little different.