Ansel Adams is often on my mind. Two quotes of his that speak volumes.

You don't take a photograph, you make it. - Ansel Adams

 Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. - Ansel Adams

Matthew G. Beall Photography       Alps        2009/2011

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Just thinking. Just reflecting. Just wondering.

Matthew G. Beall       2010/11

Me, myself and I - Portraits on the afternoon of April 15, 2011

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"Life is like a good black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between." Karl Heiner

The Ulmer Cathedral in Black and White 

Spiritus Sanctus

Matthew G. Beall  In Namen des Vaters   2011

Matthew G. Beall  A Bit Closer Up   2011

Matthew G. Beall  For Thee   2011

Matthew G. Beall  In Namen des Heiligen Geistes   2011

Matthew G. Beall  In Namen    2011

Matthew G. Beall   Spiritus Sanctus    2011

Matthew G. Beall   Zusammen   2011

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If your home is your castle

Matthew G. Beall    Neuschwanstein Castle 

Then nature is your kingdom

Matthew G. Beall  Nature  2009 (2011)

Look, See, Think

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Patterns, textures, angles, tones, shadows and light, perspective all contribute to a dynamic photograph.

In black and white photography shadows and light creates mood. It is dramatic. The photograph is often more dynamic. For example, a photograph with dark tones tends to be somber and/or brooding, and a picture with light tones seems to be more delicate and even upbeat.


A lot of light means shadows. Shadows and light create a range of tone. A black and white photograph is tonal.

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April Fool's Day. A cold and cloudy day. Cloudy is good. I grabbed my camera and headed out to shoot some pics. Turned out not to be the best conditions for shooting. I asked myself, " Am I fool for walking around in the cold?" I ventured on. I snapped a few, only a few, shots. These two (they are two separate shots) were the only ones that "worked."  How I love black and white!

Thing to remember: You're never a fool to go out and shoot.

Ulmer Münster (Cathedral)

Matthew G. Beall   Poisson d'Avril?, 2011

Matthew G. Beall  Je Ne Crois Pas,  2011

A rainy day in late July, 2009 at the  Denver Art Museum.

Everywhere I go I visit art museums. Some are better than others, some have incredible architecture, some are plain, and some are expanding or renovating. Clyfford Still Museum

Sometimes you get lucky with a shot. Conditions perfect. Snap. A little post-production work and it's a wrap!

Matthew G. Beall  Wrap it Up (workers), 2009 - Denver, Colorado

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Photography

"Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art." Ansel Adams

 I am a visual artist. I am a painter. I am a photographer. Photography is art. It is about visualization. It is composition. It is context. It is mood. It is creative vision. It is fine art.

Matthew G. Beall - taking the shot

Matthew G. Beall  Fischerplatz Gallerie

Matthew G. Beall  Im Namen des Vaters,  2011    Ulm Cathedral

Matthew G. Beall  Stop Thinking,  2011  NYC

Matthew G. Beall  What is, What was - The Reflection,   Chicago

Matthew G. Beall  - Cape Cod

Matthew G. Beall  Yes, Sears Tower

Matthew G. Beall  All at Rest - Hell's Kitchen Parking, 2010  NYC

Matthew G. Beall  Von Unten nach Oben - Irgendwo in der Mitte,  Chicago

Despite the haze, there's still light

A bottle of water and sun

  Even when it seems completely bleak, there's still a flicker of light

Hope

 

And out of the darkness we begin to see things a little more clearly

 Looking up at an element in San Francisco, California.

The Golden Gate Bridge is an icon. Often we see it as a whole, yet it is made up of many elements.I decided to take a look, a unique look, at an element in Black and White.

Matthew G. Beall   Element ,  2008 -2011

The next time you cross the Golden Gate Bridge, Look up.

See my previous post about Looking Up

Kunsthalle Weishaupt

Kunsthalle Weishaupt

Architecture: Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

When I first heard that art collector Siegfried Weishaupt was going to build a Kunsthalle in Ulm to share his collection and mount exhibitions, I was like a little boy waiting for Christmas to come. I thought it would never get here. Kunsthalle Weishaupt opened on Nov. 24, 2007.

The 4000 square meter building, designed by WWA - Wolfram Wöhr Architekten of Munich, is geometric. It is a beautiful design that contrasts perfectly with the traditional architecture of the city. It is balanced. It is art itself.

Walking on air
A bridge was built between the Ulmer Musem and Kunsthalle Weishaupt. I can tell you it is cool. You really do feel like you are walking on air, it's surreal.

Matthew G. Beall 'Bridge' 2011

Click to see my post about the current exhibition Robert Longo

Front of Kunsthalle Weishaupt and one of Longo's drawings

 The beauty of architecture in black and white

Matthew G. Beall  2011

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Now, don't forget to take a look at my art. 

Continuing my Looking Up adventure, I went out on yet another nice, sunny day to take a few shots, looking up. Again, you sometimes find things that you never noticed before such as a clock at the top of a building around the corner from my place. And, to make it even more interesting, there's a chicken, or is it a rooster, sitting atop the clock.

Then I walked over to a circular parking garage and, for the first time, actually looked up from the bottom to the top. The sun beating down on the architectural elements of the structure from this perspective is perfect  for a black and white photograph.

Tip:  Look Up!

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Matthew G. Beall  Atop the Clock,  2011

Matthew G. Beall  Elements  2011

Matthew G. Beall  Elements 3,  2011

Matthew G. Beall Art :: Inside the Studio: My Photography

Today I walked to the camera store to take my camera in for a good ol’ fashioned cleaning (it really does need it). The owner said, “der Techniker  ist im Urlaub.”  So the tech is on vacation this week and I can bring it back on Monday. ‘Scheiße’ I thought to myself and then I thought, hey, I can go out and take a few pictures. It’s such a blue, sunny day after all. And so I did.

We often go out and about without ever looking up. I decided to look up. Looking up can sometimes lead you to discover things you’ve never seen before. Looking up can make a picture more interesting. 

Matthew G. Beall  Shadows on the Wall,  2011

Matthew G. Beall  The White Stripes, 2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Windows, 2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Contrast, 2011

Matthew G. Beall  Irgendwo in der Mitte, 2011

Matthew G. Beall  die Ecke, 2011

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