Lines in Photography

Lines Part 1

What do you need to know about lines in photography –is that lines are what leads the viewer to the point of most importance.  They are for the most part basically invisible, but can divide picture elements or simply stand alone in a given image.  Lines, of course are most visible in architectural images while subconsciously they are there in other images.  So here are the obvious lines I found around Exit 270.

Camera Nikon D7000, lenses Tokina 12mm-24mm and Pro Optic 8mm Fisheye.  Most images shot at F8, ISO 100-200

Keeping It Simple

Keep it simple.  Alfred Eisenstaedt

This has been a basic philosophy that I have followed in my photographic endeavors.  What attracts my eye is often the simplicity of some object I see –whether it is something in a landscape or an everyday object that I come into contact with. I endeavor to eliminate unnecessary detail while trying to distill it down to the form, light and composition that attracted me to the subject in the first place.

The following images were shot mostly using window light - and Opteka Close-Up Lens filter +2 to +4 where required.   The camera is a Nikon 7000 with Nikkor 18-70mm lens. Very simple application of basic photographic techniques incorporating ISO, Aperture and a dash of imagination

Faces of Exit 270 Part 2

More faces of the people of Exit 270.  While most of my photographs are of still life, abstracts and various architectural shapes –I do like to step out of this comfort zone and try to captures the faces of the people that I share this exit with.

 

Soda Cans -a study

This is a series of images of empty soda cans.  It is an experiment in conscious perception –the processing of what I see into a visual presentation. This is my observation of familiar things and expressing the experience photographically.

Camera Nikon D7000 -70mm on 18-70mm lens –ISO 200 –F4.5 –F16 -Optica +2 close-up filter combined with Cokin Spot color 1 filter –B&W conversion in PS – all shot using window light

Light

Photography is light –and the act of “seeing” this light is what determines the photographic experience.  This experience of seeing is enhanced by the quality and direction of the light falling on a given subject.  I maintain that the simplest subject can become dramatic by the controlling of the light falling on it.  I have always found that what attacks me to a given subject is first the light and then the subject itself.  If you understand the quality of light -that shade on a cloudy day can render softness to an image, and direct sunlight coming from a side direction can accent detail –therefore when you choose to shoot is important.   Unlike the painter who can, through paint and pigment, choose how light is used in his work –the photographer is limited by time of day and quality of light that it produces.