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.