The thought of “Slow Seeing” is a very interesting concept that Rebecca Solnit brings up. When I first read the article I had the questions, “Is that seeing something slowly? Or just taking your time to see what exactly you are looking at?” I have the understanding now that “Slow Seeing” is soaking up one’s surroundings, noticing all the details one might miss at a glimpse, and letting the images you see sink in. This way of looking at images is completely different than what the average person does, which is spend little time looking at an image (more time if they think it is beautiful) and then carry on with their day.

I chose to set up my camera looking out of the window in my room. I am very fortunate to be able to wake up to this view of the marsh every morning and I wanted to capture this vista at different times of the day, starting at sunrise and ending at midnight. Through this project “Slow Seeing,” I did realize how the sun moves around the porch and the house, meaning that at certain times of the day there will be sunlight coming through on the porch and as it gets later the sunlight is blocked by the roof.