One Image Per Day-Part One

During this period of COVID-19 semi-quarantine,  I have explored the idea of making one image per day within my limited space called house.  It is a means of keeping my sanity as a photographer and allowing me to experiment with the art of seeing.

So, for seven days I decided to create one image for each day of the week.   Picking up the camera each day has a positive effect on my psyche.  I find it to be a way of rejuvenating my visual senses and challenging my creative thoughts.  

All images shot using a SONY A7II camera.  You can address all comments to me at nymacc@gmail.com

 

Designing with Light

I firmly believe that design (composition) is an important element of a photograph. However, it is the use of light that helps to define this element.  Light can create strong shadows, which define the shape and form of the subject and therefore the composition.

My preference is natural light photography - therefore since I do not own this light nor can I control it, the time and where I choose to shoot are my only controls. Most of the examples of light and subjects I am presenting are all using natural light at different times and directions.  I have chosen black and white images because it better demonstrates light and its properties with relation to the subjects.

While light is one of the elements of the eight elements of design, it is really light and how it is applied, regardless of the other elements in the photograph that can make or break what the photographer wants you to see and react to.

 A way of viewing a photograph is how the photographer used light in capturing the subject.  Is the light falling from the back, side, and front or above?  How does this light help in defining the subject and what the photographer wants you to see or not see?  How does the light bend, envelope or twist around the subject?  Therefore, it is what you want to say or show that determines how you use the light that you find available.

Into The Light

The Greek roots of the word Photography is photos (light) -graphe (draw or write) -in other words photography is drawing with light.   A photographer is really capturing the light and creating a mood that is created by the quality of the light. 

One of the main ingredients in my photographs beside the subject is the light.  Many of my images are made with the light coming from behind my subject.  As a photographer I want you to see my subject from my point of view and light is an important tool to do this.  You might say I am designing my image with light.