Photo Assignment: Seeing the Ordinary in an Unusual Way

I am working with my friend Anna to rekindle my photography spark. The first assignment had two parts: 1) to photograph things I see in my every day life in the way I see them every day, and then 2) to photograph them in a way that I don't ordinarily see them.

Here are the most successful images - using a iPhoto to edit so the contrast, color balance and saturation are not ideal. I loved this assignment because it started to get me out of my comfort zone and to move around a bit. In fact, for several shots I was under the bed or laying on my kitchen counter.

My every day life as I see it every day:

Out of the ordinary views: