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Photographic Diversity
I so enjoy the variety
–since the previous Blog-on-Fog, we have had ... more fog!
Hello, and welcome to ctLow Photography Blog #74.
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As faithful readers may know, I enjoy variety in my photography. What follows is not the entire panoply, but I think will illustrate that "portfolio diversification" (to borrow an investing concept) appeals to me in my art.
It's all about:
- finding material which is one or more of:
- beautiful,
- interesting and
- meaningful,
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and which I can present using:
- an intentional design (composition),
- a suitable light, and
- a good background.
When that all comes together is when something closer to magic may happen, and that's a lot to ask of myself, and I am enjoying the journey!
None of that relates to a specific theme, and (faithful readers) I like it like that.
The most photographic fun fulfilment I've had recently has been on commission for the AOG Gallery.
AOG Gallery – Outdoor Art
This is an amazing and fascinating private collection, open to the public only from time to time (Bill will be happy to discuss it with you — he enjoys sharing his enthusiasm for art), for whom I photographed the mural on commission last year (see that blog), and again on my own recognizance over the winter.
Most of the art is indoors, but Bill has a growing outdoor collection as well, and it was that to which we turned our attention recently. I did not count and could not photograph all of the pieces (in the time available, over several trips there), and my favourites are not completely congruent with Bill's (thankfully! how boring otherwise!), regarding either the pieces themselves or my photographs of them.
I eventually worked up twenty-five images, of which he chose seven (special project), and the ones above are my preferences, not his.
Each piece has a story. Bill loves telling about them!
Apart from my belovèd St. Lawrence River, I have returned more often recently to a little kayak-launch in a tiny corner of the Mac Johnson Wildlife Area of the Cataraqui Conversation Authority.
It is never the same twice. It appeared in my recent Fog-Blog, and before that in my Perception Blog. It is here now in frost, above and (different [colder!] day) below.
We see freighter ships in Brockville, along the Great Lakes Seaway, which remains open this season for another month or so.
–just a touch(!) of heat shimmer (on a cold day),
as the red ship prepares to pass the black tugboat-barge
I like it that I had never seen it quite like that, visually, before, let alone two ships so close.
That of course is a high-magnification telephoto photograph. They weren't too close; they know how to do this.
The ships are Everlast (in front) and Federal Nagara.
It is also a Golden Hour (afternoon) photograph.
Variety is the Spice of Light
And despite being of northern European ancestry, I do like it spicy.
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Thank you all so much for reading and viewing, and remember that I would love to hear from you about anything photographic.
Charles T. Low
Photographer
Blog #74
2021-11-29
