Mosaic

Damian

This picture was taken of a young boy who has, as one can see, two different colours in one iris. This is a rare and rather amazing condition known as heterochromia iridis. According to Susan Gross,  co-director of the Division of Reproductive Genetics at the Montefiore Medical Center, this is caused by different levels of melanin in the eye. There are other causes but this is the most common. People with two different coloured eyes are called Chimera's, Mosaic's or Cerebro. It is a rare phenomenon that really is something amazing to see. The full article on why this occurs can be found at this link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-does-someone-get-two

Kei Beach River

River Tree

Wooden Bird

Lost

Below the Surface

These photographs were taken in Kei Mouth. At the beach there is a bridge that crosses a small river and the setting was so beautiful. I decided to use the sepia setting because there is no other way to get that aged look in a photograph better than using sepia. A colour photograph is nice but it would be missing that look. The first photograph is a tree that was growing out of the bank of the river and half of its trunk was completely submerged by the water. The "Wooden Bird" photograph shows a little bird sitting on the log, this bird was exactly the same colour as the log on which it was sitting and didnt move until I reached about a meter from it. The lost photograph is meant to depict a young boy who's parents had left him behind and now he is waiting for them to return. It shows the blind faith that young children have in their parents and how this creates the basis for all trust in ones life.

Photoshoot 1

Photo 1 - Damian

 Photo 2 - Jessica

Photo 3 - Kirsty

The setting in which these photographs were taken was found by chance. I was walking on the beach in Kei Mouth and saw the graffiti on the wall. The graffiti was placed perfectly to be a background for a subject, so I decided to use three subjects. In these photographs I decided to play around with sepia as I am by no means a professional photographer. Let me know what you think.