Chiaroscuro

And other musings on Cangiante, Sfumato, and Unione

That Look

Edguminkational content… can you tell?

This is from a family trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky.  We were visiting Mammoth Cave, just north of the city, and this was a nice side trip.  I’m into railroading and will work to see a museum or take a detour to see an active rail line.  However, as you can see here, the kids are humoring me.  I do think that they found parts interesting, but I can only ask so much.

Image made with Leica M240, 35mm f/2 Summicron Asph.

I love how some images and movies use multiple people in a shot or scene looking in different directions to create an interesting composition or a focus point for the viewer.  When I notice these kinds of scenes coming together, I try to capture them and see if I can replicate the feeling I get from the images I’ve seen.

As seen in Once Upon a Time in the West

Kill Bill V.1

and Fist Full of Dollars

 

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Rob Wehmeier

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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955

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