I began looking at textures/ up-close imagery and the surfaces of different natural elements, e.g. tree bark, fungi, plants/petals etc. I wanted to capture features of different life process, looking at growth, decay, destruction and reproduction. Of course I could only begin simply - until I visit botanical gardens and wildlife reserves - but I could easily find examples of all stages of the natural life cycles all around me. It is not so hard to find them if you look closely.
Then I began looking more at the natural world around - looking for signs that I felt reflected natural elements such as water and growth. I wanted to explore the elements and represent aspects of them so I began working with my new fish-eye lens to express the idea of captured elements sealed within a frame (the lens warps the edges of the image slightly so they appear to be within a sphere - contained).
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