for the love of DC photography
I was initially drawn to the postcard glow from the sun setting through the branches in Eric P‘s photo. The warm colors brighten up the landscape of a seemingly cold and still afternoon, which invites me in the frame.
In case you missed the big news, our 11th annual photography contest opened last week! The deadline for submissions is January 11, 2017. Don’t lose track!
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One of my favorite things in life are woods thick with trees, featuring thousands of shades of greens. I love to look at images of these landscapes— and photographing them too. There’s something about the forest that captures my happiness, during all seasons and in different parts of the world. And so this photograph by Frank Hallam Day stuck with me. The circular glow illuminates the colors and shadows of the branches and leaves. But, because the flash of light is used to reveal the vegetation, the image is exposed for the sky, creating a strangely eerie yet pleasant tonal atmosphere.
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I love learning how people see things. Each week I am privileged to scroll through our Instagram feed and study how each photographer notices light and objects differently—it’s one of the things I enjoy most about photography. I find Andrew Golda’s framing of the window and use of the exterior light so interesting and something I might not have noticed.
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I know this experience all too well. I love how Noe Todorovich captured this familiar scene for photographers—the lighting is beautiful. The more I look at the empty chair illuminated by the forever-awake computer screen, I am reminded that even though I may not be sitting in the chair physically working on projects, I am constantly working on them in my mind, all day and all night. It’s a photographer’s dilemma—work on your passion, or sleep.
Flickr user Tadael Tadael “caught these two gentlemen reminiscing in Dupont Circle.” They seem like old friends, he suggested. I think he’s right. I am drawn to images of nostalgia—they make me feel warm and comforted. Here, that same warmth and comfort are reflected by the quality of light cast on the two men. The tone of the image suggests an older generation of photography, in which film was the only way to capture an image.