Do
you Experience what you are looking at?
Sometimes things we look at appear and disappear because we don’t really
see them. Maybe it is because we don’t
take the time to examine or appreciate what we are looking at.
Photography
or the art of photography requires a certain amount of sensitivity to your
surroundings. There is a marvel at what
appears to be the ordinary. Seeing is
the ability to look at a scene or object and appreciate its form, shape and the
patterns.
In
my backyard there are several of those plastic lawn chairs, which for one
reason or another never get used. I
observe them every day on sunny days, overcast days from dawn to dusk. On windy days they are blown from one side to
another. And after several years of
looking at them I decided to photograph them at various periods during the
times of day, stormy weather and how they appear under different lighting
periods. So while this blog is about
seeing and the photographing of a somewhat ordinary subject...it is also a study of
light and how light can change the appearance and mood of a seemingly
ordinary subject.
All
images were shot using a Sony A7II and Sony Nex-7 cameras. I can be contacted at nymacc@gmail.com
for comments or questions. As a
photographer I have a willingness to loose myself in what is before me. This
process is part mechanical and part creative.
