Shadow and Light
Is there a reason why people call it "Light and Shadow" and not "Shadow and Light" ? I suppose the former sounds better. Well, I decided to call it the latter, it just evens out the playing field some.
Pardon the minor digression. This is my attempt at the recently made-popular phenomenon of blogging. Maybe not so recent, considering that people have been writing about their thoughts forever, but I find it quite amazing to be able to read about the musings of someone many miles away. I can visualize images of old, where as a child I was encouraged to keep a diary and it never happened. If only we had blogging then ...
I've decided, upon the suggestion of a good friend who also inspired me to create a blog (finding a username for which would be a story for a separate post), that I will focus - pun intended - on my photographic ventures. Hence my username and title. I might even post some photos of mine, if I can figure out the ins and outs of html.
Back to "shadow and light": it's as much of an anlogy as anything else. Shadow and light, yin and yang, good and bad, the dark side and the light side. Photography is all about balance, as all life is. One can make a slew of theological analogies, spritual analogies and so on. Personally, it helps me focus my mind (and my camera lens) on the subject, giving me that elusive clarity of thought. Hard light, soft light, shadow edges, lines, texture, shape, Energy .. so there it is - photography - it's all about light and the lack of it.
Pardon the minor digression. This is my attempt at the recently made-popular phenomenon of blogging. Maybe not so recent, considering that people have been writing about their thoughts forever, but I find it quite amazing to be able to read about the musings of someone many miles away. I can visualize images of old, where as a child I was encouraged to keep a diary and it never happened. If only we had blogging then ...
I've decided, upon the suggestion of a good friend who also inspired me to create a blog (finding a username for which would be a story for a separate post), that I will focus - pun intended - on my photographic ventures. Hence my username and title. I might even post some photos of mine, if I can figure out the ins and outs of html.
Back to "shadow and light": it's as much of an anlogy as anything else. Shadow and light, yin and yang, good and bad, the dark side and the light side. Photography is all about balance, as all life is. One can make a slew of theological analogies, spritual analogies and so on. Personally, it helps me focus my mind (and my camera lens) on the subject, giving me that elusive clarity of thought. Hard light, soft light, shadow edges, lines, texture, shape, Energy .. so there it is - photography - it's all about light and the lack of it.
posted by lenscrafter at 3:09 PM
2 Comments:
I hope to see more of your photos and the interesting anecdotes that you might care to share about them. I like the composition of the photo in this article. What do you call it? 'Shadow and light'?
I call it "lines". It's a picture of a partially covered pathway in Dumbarton Oaks, D.C.
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