Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:12 pm
This is actually a study in simple photographic formalism. It's all texture, tone, composition and light. I loved how it all came together in one picture. It was taken in the city of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, while walking down a narrow corridor. I loved the double arches and the shadows they threw on the wall. Seeing it in black and white accentuated the texture in such a way that would not have been as apparent had it been in color.
Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:05 am
As we came over the ridge a great expanse of distance opened up. Mountains receding in the distance for miles. A cloud bank listlessly drifting at the edge of the horizon. The air was warm with anticipation. The summit could be very near or we could have miles still to go. Trees pointed the way to the deep valley below.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:43 am
I shot this portrait of my young niece in the style of the WPA (Works Progress Adminstration) of the 1920's. She is a very beautiful girl with these piercing blue eyes that I hoped to capture as a monochrome image. Sometimes a portrait says more about the photographer then the subject, and I think in this case it's true, as I was intending to depict a child of a different era. She is very quiet, very content and inquisitive, as I suppose all children usually are at this age.
Monday, August 25, 2008 11:45 am
This was kind of unexpected. A tarantula on the trail while I was hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:11 am
We were walking around the city of Utrecht late in the afternoon. The sun was at an angle, shining through the bottom half of the archway near the old church in the center of town. I asked Tyler to stand in the archway as the lighting was spectacular and dramatic. He struck a pose or rather looked down the passageway and I snapped the photo. I love the details in the upper half of the photo. Making a photo monochrome really helps to bring out the texture. I sent the photo to Tyler and he loved it. It captured his wanderlust at the beginning of his journey around Europe.
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