Light and shadow

Drawing with light

09/03/2018 by Marthin Leave a Comment

Photography is about “drawing with light”. And don´t you think this enigmatic kind of illumination illustrates the point well?

I took this last autumn. I had been out for a couple of hours seeking interesting motives. Not really finding them, I was heading for the underground station, when I passed a football pitch. Noticing the scene put, or rather drawn, up by the falling light, I nevertheless got what I was looking for.

But I must admit it took me some time to nail it. Interesting enough, using aperture priority mode didn’t work out, even with a vast variety of ISO settings. So, I switched to full manual settings, using f/6,8, 1/60 sec, and ISO 2500. And after a little brushing up in Lightroom this was the result.

And if anyone is technically interested, I´m using a 50mm prime lens here.

Contrast

13/11/2017 by Marthin Leave a Comment

Autumn´s creeping in on us, (actually we´re already in the middle of it), with winter not far away. And the light has changed as well. Not only is it getting dark much sooner than just a few weeks ago, but the mere light is colder in a way.

This shot is not so much about the cold northern light as about darkness. And with the soft darkness follows, just a step behind, the rather harsh artificial light, creating options for contrasts wherever they encounter. This picture was captured at Schous Plass (engl. ´Schous Square´), just outside the local library. The plastered wall courteously reflected the incoming light, and thereby provided its surface as light source, making people passing by really stand out against the background.

Waiting

26/08/2017 by Marthin Leave a Comment

I love underground stations. It’s something to do with the atmosphere, people on their way in all directions, the smell and the noises, and not at least the light.

After lurching around downtown the other day, just finding semi-interesting situations to shoot, I gave up and headed for the Underground determined to call it a day. And on the bench beside the opposite track this scenario caught my eyes. Hope you, as I, enjoy the light setting.

By the way, my sincere apologies for not having posted lately. I shall not be dwelling on the reasons behind this, but I’m aiming to increase the frequency of my updates in the weeks to come.

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