1093! What a number, and this number is the date of the founding of the Benedictine Wiblingen Abbey. Europe is full of very old buildings. Being from the States, and although I have lived in Europe for many years, I am still amazed by these numbers. Old here is very, very old. Places like the abbey are always so awesome to photograph.  Here's a story in Black & White Matthew G. Beall Photography  ...

The Danube river, the Alps and a valley help to make Ulm a foggy place. Fog can be gloomy as well as mysterious. Fog can affect mood.  The foggy way through the German forest. Matthew G. Beall Photography   The Foggy Way    2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Inside the Forest   2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography  Deep Inside the Forest   2013 Matthew G....

Food for thought  (On a Sunday) We see what we call black, which is the absence of light. If black is the absence of light, then how can we see black? In the complete absence of light, our eyes could not perceive black at all because no light is reflected off whatever object there is. Hence, there is no reception, so to speak, to our eyes. The same would be true for white. Nevertheless, Black and White are colors...

Winter day  breeze calm Winter day wind strong Leaves sway Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Calm  2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Sway  2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Swaying  2013...

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Shadow on Leaves    2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography    Silent Leaves    201...

 From Capturing Exposures Magazine Making Photographs :: Quantity or Quality? Digital cameras allow us to take more photographs in a shorter space of time and to publish them within seconds. It's literally a snap! Less is more. You won't really become a better photographer by simply snapping off a lot of random shots. And simply snapping away doesn't mean that you can replace quality...

When I think of Colorado, I always picture two things: Downtown Denver and the Rockies.  This time round it was Denver for its highrise buildings. Walking up and down and looking up on 16th street with my camera on a cloudy Sunday in July.  I learned some time ago that you should always look up. Look, See, Think! Matthew G. Beall Photography    16th Street Denver 1    2013 Matthew G. Beall...

Black and white long exposure photography The sea caught. Rocks wrapped in white. Time ever lasting. A Fiction of Nature. See more here: Fiction of Nature: California Central Coast Series Matthew G. Beall Photography Monterey Shore 2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography Monterey Shore Rocks 201...

Most of my work is black & white. It's fairly hard for me to break away from it. Yet, when there is no choice, you go with what works best, what makes the photograph you envision it to be.  Matthew G. Beall Photography   Ulmer Münster :: Flowers on a Table    2013...

Late fall 2012 I set up my gear on the banks of the Danube at the hydropower station in Ulm. My idea was to convey three things:  Different view, different take, different mood.  Matthew G. Beall Photography  Ulm, Dam  Through the Lens    2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Ulm, Dam  Gritty Mood     2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Ulm, Dam ...

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       ...

The Big Five Light and Shadow = mood   Contrast = attention   Shape and Form = interest   Pattern = interest   Texture = emphasis     The QUALITY of light affects the mood of the photograph.   Matthew G. Beall Photography The Old Cemetery in Ulm 2013         &nbs...

 Black & White Photography Working with light and shadows in the late afternoon on a fall day. Love the Light Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wonderful Light   2013...

A fine art photographer makes a photograph by interpreting what the reality of a subject will be.    Matthew G. Beall Photography is one form of visual language. When I use this language I am expressing, through light, form and color, my vision of the reality of the subject.    Matthew G. Beall Photography    Landscape Visualized    2011 ...

In my previous post, A Rocky Shore Caught in Black and White, I presented new photographs of Monterey. And now the next two of  Rocky Shore Monterey. Matthew G. Beall Photography   Rocky Shore Monterey 3    2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Rocky Shore Monterey 4    2013...

Two new pieces of my California. How I miss it.  Continuing the Fiction of Nature: California Central Coast Series. And check out: Central Coast Long(ing) Time caught stretched  the ebb and flow of the sea  on a rocky sandy shore Matthew G. Beall Photography   Rocky Shore Monterey 1    2013 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Rocky Shore Monterey 2   2013...

Further to my point in my previous post,  A story about a visit to Carmel, California and the ignorant gallery employee,  Alan Ross talks about prints and how they were made.

 

Words to the wise: “Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships”.  Ansel Adams  Back in August (2013) I visited a very well known photography gallery in Carmel, California. Wonderful work to be seen there such as the work of the Weston family and Ansel Adams. I was thrilled that they were open but highly perturbed by the young and...

 Black and White Photography After a long break from being clued to the Internet, I decided it's time to get back on the saddle. First piece of news: I sold a print of Wrap it Up (Workers) through my website.  I made some fine photographs during my summer trip back to the States. I started off by photographing lines and shadows at the Frankfurt Airport Hilton  I walked in downtown Denver and shot a few skyscrapers  I...

Distance and detail of plants and leaves affected by light and shadow is a wonder. The intimate secrets of nature's forms are powerful and compelling. Now go have a look at the rest of the series Matthew G. Beall Photography Blowing in the Wind 2012 Ulm, Germany Matthew G. Beall Photography Fern 2012 Ulm, Germany Matthew G. Beall Photography The significance of THREE 2012 Ulm, Germany Matthew G. Beall...

What is it about water, about the ocean that draws us?  Time caught ever moving Exposure set long Time caught ever moving  Sucking in Light Time caught ever moving  Fiction of nature Matthew G. Beall Photography Swirl 2012-2013 Shell Beach, California  See more of this series ...