Looking out of my living room window you see this tree. It's just a tree in Germany.

Matthew G. Beall  The Tree Outside my Window  2011

In the German Alps stands a German king's palm tree. King Ludwig II of Bavaria's Moorish Kiosk
was designed by the Berliner architect Karl von Diebitsch for the International Exhibition in Paris 1867. He had it installed at his palace Linderhof.

Matthew G. Beall  A German King's Palm Tree  2011

Trees, Dock Warehouses, The Golden Gate Bridge, a Bit of Fog and you've got Contrast in San Francisco.

Matthew G. Beall  Contrast in San Francisco  2008/2011

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  2011

 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  2011

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  2011

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  2011

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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