Bob Ellis Photography: Shadows, Highlights, Lines and Angles

Bob Ellis Photography

I am a part-time professional photographer. I love landscape, seascape and wildlife photography. This has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember, and will be for as long as I can click the shutter. I try to photograph an image and present it as close to reality as possible. However, I realize that a camera doesn't necessarily project the image as the eye sees it. With today's technology, I am able to adjust a photographic image to what I saw while taking the photograph. That's not to say I don't work sometimes in a more abstract or "artistic" direction. Some may call me a photographic artist. That is what I am.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Shadows, Highlights, Lines and Angles

Well here it is the end of July, or close to it, and I have needed to get back to basics. So Diane and I visited Sacramento today to find some shadows, highlights, lines and angles. I sometimes need to get back to this place in order to train my eye for composition. It makes you think of what you are looking at and to frame the scene in the camera. When you get to the digital darkroom, The amount of time you spend cropping and adjusting the image, the more time you need to slow down and and evaluate what you are shooting before you snap the shutter. In my case, today was a total disaster. I need to do more of this to keep in shape. OK, so some of the images look great, if I have to say so myself, but I had to work at it to adjust the light and composition to direct the eye to the subject matter. So the eye doesn't wander. So, even though today is Sunday, a day of rest, it turned out to be a working day for me because of the time I spent analyzing my images from today's shoot. I thought I'd share my day with you and maybe you might give some constructive criticism. Enjoy!