I’m open to the idea that I photograph like I do only or almost entirely because I think it’s beautiful or interesting or fun. I also wonder if there’s something more, if I’m trying to “say” something. An example of the “something more” is in the title of this blog. I have never hunted for the perfect light. Occasionally I get it, but mostly I don’t because I’m too lazy to go after the perfect moment–e.g., at sunrise or sunset. And I like the idea of seeing what is interesting with the light I have in the moment.
Perhaps that’s what I like about images with reflections and multiple exposure images. They force you to think about what you’re seeing and see with different eyes, whether in viewing the photograph or in framing the photograph in camera and envisioning what it might look like when it’s done (taken, processed). Like the functional geometry of the windows in this mill in Lowell, Michigan.
Or how the surreal amped up colors and chaos in this one makes you stop and look at a lovely historic building in Lowell.
The high key impressionism of this image (Greenville, MI) is just plain lovely. But the movement in it also hints at the way the moment is always changing. The next one aims more directly at time, setting a contemporary image of Greenville inside a historic image I found on a sign along the sidewalk.
And then some just plain loveliness. It’s sometimes just about the colors and shapes, as in these last two (Greenville and Ionia, MI, respectively).
Enjoy!
No Ordinary Light 