Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Why Did You Photograph This?


You are may be asking what the heck is this and/or why did you photograph it.

I photographed it because I saw this amazing light on the bottle of clothes detergent that I had just bought and sat at the bottom of the stairs to bring up to the laundry room. It was glowing in the darkness.

I photographed it because I like the graphic design of the stairs as they made the turn to the living room.

I photographed it because of the colors...the red bottle, the blue top, the gray stairs, the dark shadows.

I photographed it because of the textures...the smooth bottle and the rough stairs.

I photographed it because I wanted to remember that second when I saw it and sucked in my breath and said, Oooh.

I photographed it because I love seeing the beauty in something common place.

And lucky me, I had my little camera in my hand.

7 comments:

  1. Great shot. Great essay. I keep my camera as close to me as possible.

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  2. Excellent, you definitely take the time to smell the detergent!

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  3. Love the angles and juxtaposition. A great composition that wasn't a composition!

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  4. "I photographed it because I wanted to remember that second when I saw it and sucked in my breath and said, Oooh."

    YES!


    Barbara

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  5. Love it, for much the same reasons you stated, colours, textures, light, shadows,straight edges and curves.
    Very nice.

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  6. Those are the moments that we love to photograph, even if it's a bottle of detergent. :D

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  7. I now know why I have, what looks like, strange pictures from years ago. I was just looking at one recently, I deleted it. Now I'm thinking there was a very good reason I photographed that, but I can't remember.
    It is sometimes the feeling of that moment.

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