“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.”
~ Kate DiCamillo
A hallway in the New York City Public Library.
SS 1/60 F 2.8 ISO 2500
Nikon D800, 50mm 1.4
For more black and white photography, check out my Thursday post on Monochromia.
Shot take while metering on the inside of the window.
Shot taken while metering on the outside of the window.
When I shoot and I know I may not be back to visit the subject any time soon I’ll take multiple shots. The various shots will include different manual exposures, different focal points, and different angles. I don’t bracket, I change my settings to achieve different effects.
For the images above I metered on the different light sources to achieve a totally different effect. One has more contrast, the other is high key. The top image shows only the interior of the window of the New York City Public Library while the second shows more of what is going on outside in the streets of NYC.
Which do you prefer?
“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A shot from the New York City Public Library ~ I loved how the light streamed in over the rustic gate and left it’s mark on the swirled marble.
Settings: SS 1/60 f5.6 ISO 2500
Equipment: Nikon D800 with a 50mm prime lens
Yesterday I had the great pleasure to wander around New York City with some amazing people: Leanne Cole, Stacy Fisher, Robert Marsala, and Nicci Carrera. One of our stops was the New York Public Library – wow! If you have never been inside you need to add it to your bucket list. The architecture is inspiring and the people watching…entertaining. And if you are a lover of books…you’ll feel right at home.
SS 1/60 F 4.5 ISO 2500
Edits: Slight Curves Adjustment in Photoshop CC
ss 1/250 f 14 ISO 400
The sight of an old barn moves me. Why? I am not completely sure, but it must have something to do with the Sunday afternoons I spent on my great grandfather’s farm as a child. The sight, the smell, the size, the history, all move me. I want to take in every inch of the structure. Today’s post includes two images of the same side of an old Buck’s County barn. The sun was setting and gave such warmth to the barn. It reflects the heritage of the barn, the families who worked in it, the animals who lived in, the labor of love that went into maintaining it.
I typically convert images of old structures to black and white. I didn’t do the conversion for this image because the setting sun on the white barn gave the glow of warmth and history.
Despite the warm glow of the setting sun, I did convert this image to black and white. It speaks of the age of the barn and reminds us not only of the warmth, and love associated with it, but also the labor and distressing moments that went into making the farm the barn supports successful all those years ago.
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Someone dreamt it, before it could be done.
The title of this post pretty much sums up my life right now…time is flying by and I feel I have so little of it. Does it ever slow down?
Clock at Hoboken Train Station
Ever feel like life is an uphill battle with no end to the frustrating climb? This image reminds me of the climb to something exciting. Perhaps each step is like a piece of the puzzle of life and behind the door is change. Let’s not think of negative change. Life is too full of bad news and stress factors to allow an image such as the one below to lead us down the path to negative thoughts. Let’s think pleasant thoughts and dream of what could be behind the door at the top of the stairs? Something worth the climb? Something wonderful? A surprise? A piece of history? A special someone? Want to keep climbing to find out?
“The Back Stairs at Fonthill” Keep climbing and you’ll reach your destination, your surprise, your reward, your peace.
A Surprise Find at Fonthill Museum
Robyn Graham Photography 