Subjects for simple photography are everywhere. Go down on your knees. Bring yourself to the same eye-level of the subjects. You will see something good. Just LOOK and SEE. They were both shot with Micro Four Third camera, Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 pancake lens.

Fresh, after the rain. Images of leaves taken after the rain using Panasonic GF1 and 20mm f/1.7 pancake lens. All shot at f/1.7 and ISO 100.

All these leaves had fallen and died. They are no longer in their glorious color of bright green. They are now brown, torn, curled and soon they will be decomposed. But they are always remembered as the vital plant organ responsible for the process of photosynthesis. The process that produces food for the plant and produces oxygen for us, the human beings. We need oxygen to breathe and to live. They are always remembered for the good things they did during their lifetime.

So, how about us? How do you want to be remembered? When I viewed these photos as thumbnails in Adobe Lightroom, they sent shivers down my spine. Imagine looking at them as dead bodies and then you try to remember what each of them had done during their lifetime. Those dead bodies can’t do anything anymore. They are helpless regardless who / what they were.

So again, how do you want to be remembered?

Remember, we cannot just make no sin, but we need to continue to practice virtues. Like these leaves, they had done good things for the entire plant by producing food and also producing oxygen for us and for the animals to breathe in. They are fallen leaves, but they are remembered for all the good things they did.

God bless you all.

I’ve always been fascinated by fallen dried leaves on the ground. There is something about them that I can’t explain that I always want to shoot them. Maybe it’s their simplicity.

So, when you are strolling along the beach with your camera, don’t forget to look down. There could be lots of simple stuffs you can shoot.