It may be work, it may be play, it may be near, it may be away. So here is the challenge - to shoot and post one photograph a day on this site. These photographs are a kind of diary of things I find interesting. I am also thinking that there will be days when I am unable to shoot, so on those infrequent occasions, I will post a photograph done on another day, but one that still feels important to me. - Ken Spencer
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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.
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