As I have said, I don't have to go very far to get photographs. I only have to look around my apartment. Writing with Light is Photography Light creates shadow and shadow creates interesting photos out of the mundane. Matthew G. Beall  Shadows on a Wall  201...

 Copying examples from the Italian Renaissance, Karl von Effiner, the director of the Royal Court Gardens, created the gardens and fountains at Linderhof Palace in Bavaria, Germany.  Neptune's Fountain Matthew G. Beall  I Am King  20...

The Renzo Piano designed Foundation Beyeler building is a piece of architectural beauty.  Water, a pond,  plays a role in the design. There's something about water, isn't there. A bit of a departure from black and white. Matthew G. Beall  Beyeler's Lilly Pond  2011 Matthew G. Beall  Beyeler's Pond  20...

I was at Art Basel 42 from June 17 - 19 in Basel, Switzerland. I tell ya, walking around an art fair for two days can really make you tired. Matthew G. Beall  after a day at the art fair - self-portrait  2011 Like any other European city, Basel has it's share of old buildings. Matthew G. Beall  Basel City Hall  20...

The German Alps in Black and White Matthew G. Beall  Alps Distance 2011 Matthew G. Beall  Alps Meadow  2011 Matthew G. Beall  Alps 20...

Bloom in June Matthew G. Beall   Flowers in June  20...

It grew dark. The storm came. Rain. Wind. It grew light. Matthew G. Beall  The Rain Storm: It Grew Dark  2011 Matthew G. Beall  The Rain Storm: Rain  2011 Matthew G. Beall  The Rain Storm: It Grew Light  2011 ...

“ Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph." – Matt Hardy All objects have beauty. All objects have qualities. Yet, we look at objects differently. We see them not objectively, but subjectively. This is where the beauty, the quality if you will, if defined by the viewer. Matthew G. Beall  A Rose in Germany  2011 Matthew G. Beall ...

You don't take a photograph, you make it. - Ansel Adams Sometimes you simply snap a shot. Sometimes you set it up. I call this setting up: Conscious Composition. It is the recording and interpretation of moments of thought and experiences visually translated through my eyes to my camera. These three black and white photographs were taken near...