Lines that are perfect except for that one perfectly pefect imperfection...
I
love capturing organic lines when they reveal their organic-ness...
their potential for disorder... for something, just one thing, to get
'out of line'...
And when it happens it just makes the line so much more interesting...
It can happen at the back of the line...
I love the contrast of everyone else
looking dead straight forward and him in the back looking very intently
and in a line perfectly 90 degrees off the rest of them...
It can happen at the front of the line...
I love the 'organic line' components of
this photo - the obvious one but also the little smirk on her face that
make her dimple just bend the line of her smiling face...
It can happen in the middle of the line...
I was always the shortest - no, this is
not me in the photo but I always made every line I stood in look pretty
much like this...
It can be a simple tilt...
That last hat - "I just gotta' be me!"
It can be just a set of two and two - where one of the two of the two just decides to have a little fun...
I just hear the hat on the ground
saying to the hat up on the harness in a drone of a voice - "Phil, would
you quit playing carnival ride and get back down here so we can take
the photo..."
And then there is this line - which is perfectly in
line but still a favorite because the standout in it is the amazing kid
right in the center...
Yeah - I might be a little biased on this one... ;)
I love the framing of the face in this one but also
that each instrument of the three you can really see is at a slightly
different angle...
People all aligned... Horns: First one - 90 degrees... 2nd one - 85 degrees... 3rd one - 80 degrees...
And then there is 'line of sight'... "Twofer" on this one...
The smiles really make this photo, obviously... and the line of sight is subject to subject...
While in this one, which obviously
still has that amazing smile component, that has line of sight straight
off to the right broken with the one right into the camera... I actually
got several of these three young ladies in similar composition - two
looking one way and the other looking another...
But of course there has to be a break in this line of
examples to prove my premise by contradiction - some nice conforming
lines to be the standout in my examples of non-conforming lines......
The band in a line - beautifully (IMHO)
bokeh'd, the line of the turf, the blue line, the lines in the football
seams... okay - I give you that the white stripe on the football does
not complete the loop, but it is straight (in a consistent curve) and
ends perfectly at two seams with one in center.
I recently saw someone's photo here on PhotoBlog that reminded me of my favorite Siberian Husky photo I've ever taken of a Siberian Husky that was not my Siberian Husky. Whew - that was a mouth full! We have had Siberian Huskies in our home for the past 20 years. We currently have a 13 year old Husky that still leads the pack. Bandit, the "old man", leads the pack every day, all the time, rain or shine - no questions asked and no discussion. Our 'pack' consists of Bandit, my wife, my son, our 3 year old Husky (Tucker - who is twice Bandit's size) and 4 year old Husky (Raven), and me. There was a brief discussion between Bandit and Tucker when Tucker arrived. Tucker put on quite a show and was talking up a storm. If you've ever been around a Husky then you won't bat an eye at the 'talking up a storm' statement. It's just something you have to see and hear. They talk - it's a Husky thing. When Tucker was done, Bandit said...
This is not a photography blog - though my understanding of this topic is based on my study of photography and audio/video... this is more an observation than a blog... An observation on how we see ourselves. A chat I had to have with a friend many moons ago that I think might be good for people to hear today. What you need to hear: When we all look at you we don't just see your beautiful smile - though it is beautiful... When we all look at you we don't just see your beautiful eyes - though they are beautiful... When we all look at you we don't just see a series of parts of you... We see YOU! We see all your dreams and hopes and loves and joys and sorrows and frustrations and struggles and passions and all the potential and all the depth and brilliance that is you. We see ALL of that - all of YOU - IN your beautiful smile and IN your beautiful eyes. It is all of that beauty in you that gives you that beautiful smile and those beautiful eyes... no one could look in...
So I was doing some photos and video for a project and decided to shoot some extra images for myself... Of FIRE... and SMOKE! Well, just a bit-o-fire and a bit-o-smoke... And, did I mention, I had to set things on FIRE! Okay, it was just candles... Small space... Daylight... Ya' know - my usual... So first I wanted the fire - the color, the texture, the symmetry (of my candle holder thingiemajiggie)... A little depth-of-field playing aroundness... Again, my usual... But then, as I was photographing the fire, I realized there was SMOKE! Oooooh - COOL! Yes, I am easily entertained... And my lighting was already setup to make the most of said smoke! Light arranged in relation to smoke to shine through it. Extra COOL! Yep - me, easily entertained... again. First shot - pretty much straight on from above... Next, some angles to see how much I can do with perspective... this impacting not only the depth of field but also how the candle holder did or did not reflect the candle light - w...
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