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

Composition

    vision 

Light

 and

Shadow

Shades

Matthew G. Beall   Light, Shadow and Shades   2011

The ordinary bookshelf. The ordinary book. The mundane for some.

As  have said, I don't have to leave my apartment to find subjects to shoot. I am surrounded by interesting things. I have light. Beautiful, wonderful morning and afternoon light. I have shadows created by my light. Yes, it is my light.

Books can tell you a lot. 

Matthew G. Beall   Books Can Tell You A Lot   2011

What is on your bookshelf?

Matthew G. Beall   The Wonderful Place  2011

 What story do these tell?

Matthew G. Beall  Gone with Books  2011

I was in Sanok, Poland over Easter.
I am a fortunate traveler with a camera.

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

Matthew G. Beall   
Dzien Dobry   
2011

Matthew G. Beall   
Polskie Krajobrazy 
  2011

Urban - of or belonging to a city

Monochrome - a photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one color.

Matthew G. Beall  Stuck in the Middle  2009/2011

Matthew G. Beall  7 Hanover Square  2010

Matthew G. Beall   Bordeaux    2010

Look, SEE, Think

Look at what you see.  SEE what you look at.  Think about what you SEE

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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)

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

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

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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