Shadows, light & lines captures the eye from this weathered wall. Believe it or not, this photo was made with the iPad Mini camera. Something that I always love to see is elements that create strong composition in the square format.
The morning sunlight through the trees casts a shadow onto the wall of this vintage garage in my neighborhood. The vertical lines provided by the plants create an added touch of the grid pattern needed to complete this moment in time. I chose black and white because not only of the drama of the light, but also to concentrate on the elements of the subject.
If you add color to this image I think it would be too distracting, as I try to give my images three-second-impact when you first view them. I can only imagine what this wall has seen since it was first built, and, as in life, the beauty that comes with age.
Thank you for reading.
Frank J Casella
www.frankjcasella.ipernity.com
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Bee Orchid said:
They walls have ears, but if only they had voices...
Sami Serola (inactiv… said:
Yes, black and white makes one to focus on forms, textures, light and shadows. And I like that idea of three-second-impact. I suppose that is what Philippe Halsman was also after, when talking about his six rules of photography:
keepsnap.com/blog/post/philippe-halsman-biography
There are of course always exceptions, but in general black and white probably allows one to include more details, whereas color photography often requires simplifying things.
And the exceptions is what I like to call as "maximalism", where one intentionally embrace or underline the chaos and mess:
www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/29717381