Today’s assignment is to concentrate on landscapes. Given the dump we received on the first day of spring, I thought it appropriate to revert to the black-and-white composition once again, since there is not a whole lot of color in the landscape yet in my part of the world. I did find a bit of…
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 15
Today’s assignment is to concentrate on landscapes. Given the dump we received on the first day of spring, I thought it appropriate to revert to the black-and-white composition once again, since there is not a whole lot of color in the landscape yet in my part of the world. I did find a bit of…
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 14
Today’s assignment was “Scale”. I had hoped to shoot some images on the local golf course, with the ball, the pin, and the hole all lined up in accordance with the “rule of thirds.” Mother Nature thought that was pretty hilarious, so I had to improvise a bit and create my own “hole”. Maybe I…
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 13
Today’s assignment was to capture “motion” and also a “moment”. Motion is a subject I used to spend a lot of time trying to capture effectively, when I attended Formula 1 races in Watkins Glen. These photos also capture a “moment” for me, as these races were an activity I enjoyed attending every year with my…
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 13
Today’s assignment was to capture “motion” and also a “moment”. Motion is a subject I used to spend a lot of time trying to capture effectively, when I attended Formula 1 races in Watkins Glen. These photos also capture a “moment” for me, as these races were an activity I enjoyed attending every year with my…
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 12
Today’s assignment was to capture architecture, and experiment with a more monochromatic approach to lighting. Thanks to Photoshop’s capabilities, it is not too difficult to render an image in black and white, and compare it to the original color image. I didn’t quite do that here, but I took two very similar shots, and converted…
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 11
Today’s post is brought to you by the theme “A Pop of Color.” I was pretty busy at work today (I do still work for a living, when I can’t avoid it), so I did not get out to shoot anything new. The view from my office window is pretty monochromatic and uninspiring on these last…
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 10
Today’s assignment is to capture “mysterious light”, creating a mood by the nature of the light. This first photo is one I shot today, while shopping for coffee. The texture of the burlap sacks, juxtaposed with the dark beans, and the angled sunlight coming in from the left, give this a somewhat mysterious look. …
20 Days / 20 Photos – Day 9
Today’s topic is “Warmth and the Quality of Light.” Photography is indeed all about “seeing light.” Capturing the correct light for highlights, shadows, and all of the in between shades, balanced properly, is the essence of a good photograph (along with composition, of course). Outdoor light moves and changes by the hour. What you see at…
20 Days / 20 Posts – Day 8
Today’s topic is “the natural world,” with a special emphasis on “leading lines,” created by natural objects which direct one’s vision to different regions of the photo. I was playing around with that same idea a little while ago and thought I could use these for this assignment. The idea of leading lines, combined with…