Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Different Types of Shells

This summer holiday I was on a beach walking beside the sea. While I was walking on the soft sand I picked up different kinds of shells. Some had an amazing shiny inside which reminded me of a pearl. I started looking at other interesting shells that were lying on the carpet of the golden sand. Once I have collected them I looked at how they differ. The pattern, shape, the colour and the cavity of each shell differed and so it made each of them individual. As I realised how amazing and different shells can be, I started to get some inspiration and thought of the things that also contain shells. I looked at snails, seashells, egg shells and sea animals such as crabs and objects that look like shells. It really interested me because shells vary with shapes, sizes, pattern, texture and structure.


This idea about shells helped me consider what kind of things I will be taking pictures of.

In our art lesson we made this amazing sculpture from which we took amazing and unique pictures.
















I have looked at pattern and shapes that remind me of shells. With this idea in my mind I took the first set of pictures then edited them. Here are some of my taken photos:
















After taking these photos, I started to have a better idea of what kind of things I am looking for. Therefore after this set of photos, I took another set with more close-up photos.