photo friday: symmetry

Package with butterfly  © 2012 Amber Schley Iragui

Wave Hill, New York © 2012 Amber Schley Iragui

Wave Hill, New York © 2012 Amber Schley Iragui

Two photos of opposite sides of the same large hedge, Wave Hill, New York © 2012 Amber Schley Iragui

The original idea for this week's theme was a photo I took of Genevieve a few weeks ago.
I usually avoid symmetry—it just begs more symmetry.
It's far more pleasing to work with off-center images—
balancing incongruous objects and sweeping diagonals.
But every once in a while a burst of
symmetry is rather, er,
centering.
And then
Wave Hill Gardens
is full of delightful,
almost-symmetrical scenes.

Next week's theme is one I'm particularly looking forward to:
work—desks and tables.

photo friday: doors and windows, entries and exits

How to choose only five entries and exits? I had so many windows and doors to choose from, even after I limited myself to shots I took this week. We visited Wave Hill over the weekend—as we often do—and the first, third, and fifth shot were taken there. The blue-framed window in the last shot may be my favorite window to photograph (if you find yourself as taken with it as I obviously am, you can see other images of it here, here and here). And the shot of Isaiah looking out the window at the Hudson River was taken from our garage (that is, the parking garage where we pay good money to house our car—there are reasons to be glad you don't live in Manhattan).

Next week's photo Friday theme: all things patriotic and national, Rockwellesque, or just red, white, and blue. This way you can do double-duty at whatever barbeque or picnic you might find yourself—that is, if you happen to be in the United States for the Fourth.