I am so far behind on blogging that I’m writing about week 3 while thinking about taking photos for the week 5 assignment. Maybe I’m not THAT far behind.

So week 3 was about color surprises. I had some existing pictures that I thought would be good examples but using them would defeat the purpose of taking the course. Instead I decided to combine taking pictures with our trip to Boston for a wedding.  This means I would have to use an opportunistic method of photography since we don’t heavily schedule our trips based on my photo plans and this one was about a wedding and seeing friends.

However, I did get some good pictures from the trip including the picture to the left.  This photo was taken from the pier at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art.  For those not familiar, it’s the new museum cantilevered over Boston Harbor.  There was a floating barrier and the orange of the barrier provided a nice contrast to the dull ocean.  You also got a nice contrast of textures from the ripples.

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