26.02.2019
Tag: Shadows
Abstract photography with shadow or shadowgames
Illusions
On January 19th 2018 I was still travelling, when I stumbled over shadows. And because I like illusions, I decided to share my view with you. 365 days later I am not able to return to the same place, but Read More
Thwacked
Straight Photography and Paul Strand Straight Photography was a movement that developed in the early 1900s, marking a movement away from the Pictorialist emphasis on painterly composition. The Straight Photographers sought to capture their subject-matter with a clarity that only Read More
Life on a wrapping paper
On December 2nd 2017 I was curious. Grabbed the first new link and started to read: “Abstract photography is something that cannot be defined with words. This is a very elusive subject and as the name suggests, this type of Read More
Long time ago
On November 1th 2017 I found the picture of a naïve painting in the abstract photography group. It showed two empty chairs in the corner of a room surrounded by a bleeding heart. Wondering I started to read the comments. Read More
Music
“Music was my first love And it will be my last. Music of the future And music of the past. To live without my music Would be impossible to do. In this world of troubles, My music pulls me through.” Read More
Art
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” (Pablo Picasso) We were a bit late for errands, so we did stop in a do-it-yourself shop. Sometimes they happen to have animal food, but this one didn’t. Read More
Wings
“Beauty is a heart with wings.” (A.D. Posey) Can you hear palm branches in the wind, the waves and can you see the sunset? Found this beautiful lampshade in a shop window. Of course we do not have palm Read More
Realism
“I learned that realism can comein all shapes and sizes.The world is big enoughfor different values to coexist.”― Haruki Murakami As we have been more intorealistic photography the lastdays 🤨😉let’s go on with somethingthat is not realistic, even if Read More
Illusions
“I am interested in the tension that exists between the visibility of artifice and the generated illusion. When the artificial assumes the status of the believable, one experiences a projection into the imaginary.” (Holly King) I like illusions. Also optical Read More
Forgotten
“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” (Norman B. Rice) “Only the forgotten are truly dead.” (Tess Gerritsen) Found on a stop during a trip. There was a construction site and Read More
Upstairs
“Each step you take reveals a new horizon. You have taken the first step today. Now, I challenge you to take another.” (Dan Poynter) My windows update and the data transfer did finally come to an end! Time for a Read More
Upside Down
“Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will use our brief lives on earth positioning ourselves for the turn.” (Randy Alcorn) Got up Read More
Life on a wrapping paper
“Skin is nature’s natural wrapping paper.” (Anthony T. Hincks) Went on a sweet little christmas market yesterday. It was very nice but very cold. Found a few gift ideas and also a nice wrapping paper with a lot of faces Read More
Enter
“You’re about to enter the future gate. Come in now, or later will be too late.” (Toba Beta) Actually a color shot. But when colors and nuances are missing, the world turns into black and white. A door, the sun Read More
Less
“To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.” (Dejan Stojanovic) Saw this facade three times before I was not sitting in a car and could go out to catch it on a sunny day. A perfect Read More
Don’t follow this path
“The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.” (Barbara Read More
Long time ago
“Things that have worked for a long time are preferable – they are more likely to have reached their ergodic states. At the worst, we don’t know how long they’ll last.” (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) When I started photography I loved Read More
Shadowgame
Of course it were the shadows and lines that catched my eyes. And since I do also like stairs everything was perfect to push the shutter. And even if you can see what the subject is, it is abstract. (Day Read More
Reflected
A rainy autumn day, but I wanted to go out with my camera. I finally did end up in a coffee shop somewhere in the industrial area of Ulm. That’s when I found this ashtray that was so nicely clean Read More