Catch The Moment
I reflected back to Op Art Artists. I saw dots on Cheetahs, stripes on Zebras, boa patterns on a clouded leopard: she is reptilian. Animal parades, painted optical illusions, are here.
I noted how the drinking glass, partly filled with water, fractured the light and bent it into monochrome prisms. If I had planned this shot or tried to paint an image like this would it have happened?
"I have 3,000 photos on my iPhone," someone told me. We love this! We love breezing through fields of images, like a walk through gardens of the imagination. We love being armchair tourists and call up sacred sights on our computer/phone/tablet etc. Instant search brings infinitee study of a building or a painting.
Photography 101
Just recently I saw an add for the 10 o'clock news. A professional photographer was going to give hints about how to use digital photography. I wrote a note remainder to watch the program. (Yeah, I still write notes on paper.) Never understanding my camera manual or even looking online, I watched the presentation.
The clip was fun and informative. Using pocket digital cameras/phones the best hint I learned is to not use the zoom! Get as close as possible to your subject! Yes! This way the focus, clarity, and composition are much better. I am a zoom in and shoot photographer! I prefer cropped images and close up details. In the film SLR days, I used the zoom option and loved it. Now I am getting the images I want with my pocket digital!
I am grate-full that my photography question was answered and all by the intuition of seeing an add for the news, on a channel I have never watched!
I love digital, I love deleting instantly. I love editing, yet the best photos, like the best paintings, are unretouched.
Get the Picture!
Related Posts:
Angels in the Architecture
Resources:
Op Art patterns: Ansel Adams Photographer, Andy Warhol Artist
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Photo:
Through the Glass Looking, by Dahlis Roy
