For What It Is

I learned from Minor White two ways of thinking about how to approach a subject: "The thing for what it is," and "the thing for what else it can be." A very helpful way of thinking. I photographed this Allium against the sky a few weeks back, and it was pretty dramatic in silhouette. It made for a fairly striking image. The only thing is, when all was said and done, you had no idea what it really *looked* like. It was just black and it was just an outline of the object. It was the object for what else it can be. So I photographed it again, this time, photographing it for what it is. I like that you can see the colors of it. I think there is more information in this version of the photograph.