Something Familiar and Lovely

There is something to say about recognizing that something is familiar. When something is familiar, it's considered treasured and prized in one's stores of memory, even when he or she does not realize it.

One thing I consider familiar is my favorite pair of Converse high-top shoes. That may sound like a cliche, but I really do love these shoes. Three things make them favorites: their blue color, the bright and happy details, and the adorable bunnies printed on the sides. These shoes make me happy every time I put them on and wear them because I feel that they reflect the creative and optimistic sides of my personality.

To take this picture of my shoes, I tied the laces together and hung them over my doorknob in my dorm room. I tried to create good lighting by taking the photo in front of the mirror. At first I tried making the flash reflect off the mirror by placing my camera in front of it, but I had a hard time getting a good view of the shoes in the frame. Overall, I like this final composition because it is off-centered and shows off my shoes at a good angle. I did apply some photo editing: On my camera, there is a forest setting that brings out greens and other foliage colors to enhance pictures taken of nature. I used that feature to bring out the green in my shoes.

I took this picture while my shoes were still hanging on my door. I absolutely love the detailing and how happy the bunnies look. I have always loved bunnies since I was little, so I was drawn to these immediately. The way the bunnies are screen-printed onto the shoes resembled hand-painted work on canvas, which gives the pair of shoes an artsy feel. The details cover a part of one side of the shoes, which are high-topped to accommodate fun designs. There is a vibrant style added to the photograph to bring out the bright colors.

I decided to photograph my shoes from a different perspective from the other two photos above. I like the two outside pairs equally, but I wanted to show my favorite shoes in the context of shoes I just like. All of the pairs of shoes that I wear have some sort of story behind them. My flip-flops came from a place I love to go to in Florida, I wore my silver flats to my high school graduation, and my "bunny" converse are my favorite shoes of all time because of various elements in them that make me smile. I wanted to switch things up, so I used a black-and-white setting directly on my camera and snapped the photo.

In conclusion, my Converse shoes with bunnies printed on them are what I consider familiar. I loved taking pictures of this pair of shoes because the shoes themselves evoke feelings of positivity and happiness. Anything in general that evokes those feelings draws me in. I believe that it's a part of my personality and the way God made me, because I strive to be positive and cheerful in all that I do. I also believe that we are drawn to familiar things because they make us happy and secure in who and where we are. Since God draws us in and makes us feel happy and secure, that's a sure sign that He wants to be familiar with us as well.