Reflecting on my work throughout the album cover project, I've learned that simple ideas make the best ideas. At first I took very complicated shots that I put way too much thinking into. The result was a picture that looked forced and stiff. They appeared to be awkward most of the time, I eventually had no more shot ideas in mind. I then began taking pictures of simple things such as; trees, flowers, dirt patches, any pice of scenery that would catch my eye. The result was much more relaxed looking and seemed to have meaning. I decided to name my album cover "The Chernobyl Incident", to honer the victims of the Russian Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. The scenery in my photography reminded me of when I first heard about the Incident, I had seen images in books of the the land turning to waste and dying out as a result of the nuclear fallout. My photograph made me feel as if I where seeing images of Chernobyl for the first time again, it captured an eerie feeling that I had felt when I had first heard about it. I am very pleased with my work and look forward to doing another project.
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