The German Alps in Black and White

Matthew G. Beall  Alps Distance 2011

Matthew G. Beall  Alps Meadow  2011

Matthew G. Beall  Alps 2011

Bloom in June

Matthew G. Beall   Flowers in June  2011

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  Tree in the Grand Canyon  2009/2011

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 the Ukraine border in Poland during Easter.

Matthew G. Beall  Polish Cloud Bank  2011

Matthew G. Beall  Light Above the Peak   2011

Matthew G. Beall  Polish Mountain  2011

The day absolutely beautiful: sunny, hot, and a day to our for a walk in the park along the Danube. You know it's spring when you see a family of swans paddling and ducks and duckings soaking up the warm rays in a spotlight of sun.

Matthew G. Beall  Proud Papa  2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Happy Family   2011

Matthew G. Beall  In the Spotlight  2011

Matthew G. Beall  Ain't Life Grand  2011

Books. You can never have enough books. And when they are about Ansel Adams, you have to spread the word to buy them.

"Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs offer an unprecedented survey of his development as an artist. Of the themes and subjects that animate his work and of the evolution of a style that is uniquely that of Ansel Adams -- America's best-known and best-loved photographer."

A winter-wonder-land.

A winter day can be extraordinary.

Matthew G. Beall Photography   B30 Winter    2011

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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.  ~Ansel Adams


Light & shadow can take the every day thing and make it less ordinary.  Is it just a bag? Is there more to the bag than meets the eye? Leave a comment.

Matthew G. Beall   The Bag in Light   2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Bag in the Corner  2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Bag Later  2011

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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

Tief ... das Sehen

in Dunkelheit

in Helligkeit

Matthew G. Beall  NYC Park  2010

soviel du siehst

ist es was du siehst?

Matthew G. Beall  NYC Park - 2  2010

Schau es an!

Schau mal genau hin

Matthew G. Beall  NYC Park - 3  2010

  Tief ... das Sehen

in Dunekheit

in Helligkeit

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Today

Just thinking. Just reflecting. Just wondering.

Matthew G. Beall       2010/11

In my previous post, I said that everybody sees what they see. Sometimes what I see at the moment, isn't really as it appears. The ordinary, the mundane isn't always what it appears to be. 

Look, See, Think

Matthew G. Beall Photography   As It Appears   2011

  "Hey, look at that," is something we often say when we see things that somehow stand out. I think that's the point where we start to think about the thing we are looking at. It could be for a split second, but that's  enough for some to ponder the thing. Shadow has that affect on me.

I'm always on the lookout for interesting light and shadow. Very often I don't have to go far. I don't even have to leave my apartment.

Matthew G. Beall         2011

Matthew G. Beall Photography         2011

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 I was looking at older posts and came across this one from May 11, 2011. It is well worth revisiting. I see that I made them dark to make the subject of the mundane really focused. I wonder how I would approach that if I were to make these today ... but that's truly the beauty of creative photography and visualization, isn't it. 

Everybody sees what they see. I'm always on the lookout for interesting light and shadow. Sometimes it is found where most people tend not to look or, rather, don't look at. I am talking about the mundane. 

 “I see no reason for recording the obvious.” - Edward Weston

The Mundane

Matthew G. Beall  The Sink   2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Pipes  2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Box  2011

I went to put a letter in the mailbox, looked up the street and saw an ambulance and fire truck. Naturally, curiosity being what it is, I had to take a look. I just happened to have my camera.

A few quick shots to share.

Smokey

Water: a clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H₂O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents.

Geometry and Water

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Water in Monochrome

All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters by James Joyce

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All day I hear the noise of waters
Making moan,
Sad as the sea-bird is when, going
Forth alone,
He hears the winds cry to the water's
Monotone. 

Matthew G. Beall

The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing

Where I go.
I hear the noise of many waters
Far below.
All day, all night, I hear them flowing
To and fro.

Chicago in black and white.

I like cities, big cities. Chicago is a big city with giant iconic skyscrapers. Some of these buildings allow you to stand on air 1,353 feet above ground.

Matthew G. Beall  1,353 Feet  2009/2011

 Views are seemingly endless.

Matthew G. Beall  Endless  2009/2011

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