Finding the Contrast
Share Your View: Visual Contrast
The Athens flea market is, for some reason, full of chairs. Lots and lots of shops selling piles of chairs. No tables, just chairs. I was drawn to this scene for the contrast of the nicely restored chairs against the graffiti. (Athens is also quite full of graffiti, more of that later.) I’m not sure how I would describe the contrast, but it makes a striking statement to me.
I’m off in England right now, so no sharing from the Flickr pool today, but let’s check in on our Exploring with a Camera theme of Visual Contrast. Have you found contrasts in your archive? How about when you go out with your camera? I’m betting that you are finding more contrasts than you ever expected, so come and share. We already have a number of great images in the link up and Flick pool. Do some exploring of other’s images and see what cool interpretations have been found.
And the Light Fades
Ahhhh, finishing up Exploring with a Camera: Rimmed with Light today. What did you think? Is this light easier to find now? I know a lot of you didn’t have much sunshine in the last couple of weeks, but I hope that when you do you get out in some directional light you will try to capture rim light. I’m sharing a few of the beautiful images from the Flickr pool today, but take a few moments to go and look there along with the link up to see more. Thanks to all of you who participated with this exploration!
Even as the rim light fades away today, I have a new Exploring with a Camera topic in store tomorrow: Visual Contrast. See you then!
Share Your View: Rimmed with Light
It’s been a week since I posted Exploring with a Camera: Rimmed with Light. Have you been seeing your subjects outlined this week? If so, share them here or in the Flickr pool, we’d all love to see!
I’m on vacation this week so today I’m not able to post images from the Flickr pool today, but I’ll share some of my favorites next week as we wrap up Rimmed with Light. Instead, today I’m sharing this spring image I captured on a morning walk in Parco di Monza. I loved how the trees were outlined by light coming from the left, defining each one. As I prepped for this topic, my morning walks recently became study time. Can you imagine me, stalking people in the park with my camera as I learned the angles and backgrounds it takes to capture rim light? Unfortunately, the people moved too quickly for me to capture images good enough to share, but they sure helped me learn! Keep my experience in mind if you are struggling with capturing rim light, sometimes just observing for a while can help you learn enough to eventually capture the image you are seeking.
I hope you are having a great week, I’ll be back here on Monday!
The Wait is Over
Well, our Waiting to Click is over for now. How did it go? I enjoyed seeing all of the images in the link up and the Flickr pool, thanks for your participation. You were waiting on everything from animals to people to water to the sun! This is not the easiest concept to come up with a picture on demand, so I hope if weren’t able to capture something now you’ll be aware of the movement and change in our world and see more photographic opportunities in the future.
Tomorrow will be a new Exporing with a Camera post, and we’ll be exploring how to get our subjects Rimmed with Light. See you then!