...in a Pear Tree

I know, I know, I'm going to get my license to shoot revoked if I keep snapping flowers. It's just that time of year when everything is screaming, "Shoot me! Shoot me!" And every time I snap I hear the photo police in my head saying, "Step away from the flowers..." This one has some sentimental value - this is the last tree my dad, an avid yard guy, planted. It was just a tiny, spindly twig when he gave it a home in the front yard. The following spring it was still standing and growing. The last photo he took before he died was of his latest "tree rescue," the pear tree in the front yard. It's growing and flourishing, it gets prettier every day and blossoms magnificently.

Told ya.

One thing I notice, though, obvious in this shot, is that designers tend to observe the world, everything they see, in terms of layout and selling the product. Marketing baby, marketing. I have to fight the urge to set up/frame my shots leaving room for (and good juxtaposition of) text. When I was shooting the pear tree blossoms I had to keep reminding myself, "You're not actually selling these pear trees..." Still...it does leave me with a huge archive of shots ready for layout should the need arise. (Read: Clip-art hoard.) Because, you know, you never know when you're going to get a call to do some ad work for a pear tree.