Photographer's gallery: Shooting your own backyard
Pointing the camera upwards also lets us clean up the photograph by including the broad expanse of a dull January sky and avoiding the view of naked trees that are void of leaves.
This overturned kevlar canoe is thin enough to allow some light through, giving it a warmish cast as it's photographed from underneath.
Again, there's the repeating pattern of the deck boards, but the rather grainy-looking snow adds some detail to the picture.
This photo has different textures in it and the shovel's blue handle contrasts with the weathered wooden siding.
A colourful garden hose left outside for the winter twists and turns, frozen in place.
Looking upwards from below a pergola affords us a very geometric composition comprised of stringers and a coil of hose sitting atop.
A very shallow depth of field brings viewer's eyes to the bow of an overturned canoe and the gunwale ends, which need repair.
Dead vegetation clings to a neighbour's wall making for a stark and simple composition.
A leftover stump from a recent tree removal offers a peculiar detail, showing the chainsaw marks and shavings.