Highlights and Shadows Fourteen | ©2013 David Allio
This is the fourteenth in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows on a hallway wall. Why, you may wonder, were fourteen images selected?
For any presenting artist, the quantity of a presentation is a basic quandary. How is a determination made on what are too many or too few?
In this case, the process began with a prosaic idea that 2014 deserved 14 images. Defense of that concept included image selection and rejection – yes there were many more similar on-topic images. Why fourteen photographs are better than 15 or 13 or even just one is an artistic determination. Symbolically[1], among other things fourteen represents fusion, organization, temperance, or delusion. Biblically, fourteen is considered a holy number. Take your pick on an interpretation.
This is the fourteenth in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows on a hallway wall. Thank you for looking. I hope the past two weeks have been enlightening, if not entertaining.
Olderr, Steven. Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1986. Print., p. 33.
Camera: Nikon D60 | Lens: AF VR Nikkor Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | Focal Length: 200mm | Exposure: f/8 – 1/40th – ISO 400
Highlights and Shadows Thirteen | ©2013 David Allio
This is the thirteenth in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows. This was on the wall. Now, it is in your head. Are you glad it has entered your mind?
Camera: Nikon D60 | Lens: AF VR Nikkor Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | Focal Length: 65mm | Exposure: f/8 – 1/320th – ISO 400
Highlights and Shadows Twelve | ©2013 David Allio
This is the twelveth in a series of fourteen still life photographs presenting Highlights and Shadows on a hallway wall. What does it look like to you?
"The realm of visual composition embraces the art elements of balance, color, form, harmony, line, mass, pattern, rhythm, shape, space, texture, tone, value, and volume. In the broadest sense, composition is the structure of a picture apart from its subject and style, material and technique; compositional structure is fundamentally an underlying matrix or substrate of abstract design from which the blossoming of visual association, meaning, and symbolism originates."[1]
[1] Faber, David L, and Daniel M. Mendelowitz. A Guide to Drawing. Australia: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2012. Print., p. 111.
Camera: Nikon D60 | Lens: AF VR Nikkor Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED | Focal Length: 70mm | Exposure: f/8 – 1/1000th – ISO 400
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