I am such a square!

Another shot from last week. Heading home and this white building caught my eye, so I had to do a quick stop (after a quick check to make sure nobody was behind me). This scene had several different appealing aspects, and this was just one of them.

This particular shot lended itself to the square format very nicely. We often forget about the square photo format, and that's a shame. It's an "old school" format, and it certainly doesn't work for everything, but it is very underrated. When it does work, it really helps 'finish' the composition of a photo.

I cannot say that I had a square format in mind when I shot this image. It became obvious to me when I was doing my post-processing. I'm looking at some unnecessary distracting foreground and a whole bunch of unwanted sky, and the light bulb went off. Cropped to square, and loved it!

Simplicity at its Finest

What can I say? It's a gate. With no fence on either side, no less. But... it's a strangely attractive gate in a peaceful nostalgic kind of way.

I have been intending for several years to write a photography article about where to look when out shooting, and this is a perfect example. Across the road from this gate is a fantastic brick barn and farm house. Missy and I spent some time with those, and vowed to return some morning when the light will be better, and then this scene caught my eye as I was heading back to the car.

Nothing fancy. No real "Wow!" factor, I'll admit. Just a nice peaceful image. Sometimes that's all that's needed.

Seeing Instead of Looking

It's been a productive weekend. Fence posts, barns, corn fields, farms, gates, railroads and railroad bridges, waterfalls, and even a cow skull, are all part of the updated and new photos added. We have several new photos on the website, so be sure to visit the New Additions Gallery after you finish reading this.

All but a few of the new photos... the waterfall and the railroad bridges... were taken this weekend.

The brick barn, and the skull on the fence post look equally fantastic in black-and-white as they do in color. The detail in each of these photos pops equally in either format.

The skull photos especially reminded me of a quote I recently posted on Facebook...

"I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it. ~Author Unknown"

... which I think sums it up pretty nicely. These are an example of actually "seeing" the world around you and catching the little details that might otherwise pass you by.

So, until next time... peace out!