A favorite photo
Tooting my own horn: My favorite photos
I love taking pictures but I am still very much an amateur who is trying to find my aesthetic. Like many others in the same situation as me, I decided it was a good idea to invest in some solid technical aid. So I bought myself a little toy called Leica (don’t worry, it is one of the basic ones, Leica D-LUX 7).
Sometimes I fail miserably but sometimes I must say that I really nail it. To be honest it has a lot to do with luck, like stumbling over an interesting angle, being in the right spot at the right time of day when the light is magical. Or basically, it is the Leica that manages to make everything look extra nice.
Regardless, I thought I wanted to share some of my favorite photos in this new series of posts. I have asked the best photographer I know who also happens to be my dear friend Tore to contribute with his professional point of view regarding what it is with the photo in question that makes it a good photo (I know I am out on a limb here when talking about a “good" photo but I hope you will humor me. Basically, these are photos that I think are really good. Humble much?).
This photo is from Norway and the amazing Juvet Landscape Hotel, located in the wild Norwegian nature. Even though there is so much beauty outdoors my favorite photo from our stay here is this one. I love the play between light and shade but what does the expert say? Why is this a good photo according to Tore?
To surround a photo with a natural passe-partout forms a frame around it that pulls the attention towards the actual motif. In this photo you have, with the dark walls, created a contrasting passe-partout that is not only a frame but something that becomes an important part of the actual photo. And by doing so, creating a peep-hole, a window to the outside world. From the dark corners of the photo the eye is automatically drawn towards the light evoking curiousity about the outside, where you are just able to see the contours of the majestic mountains and the wild nature.
The way you have captured the light, reflecting back in different directions on the walls and the ceiling, provides only a very limited view of the building you are in, creating curiousity and a wish to see more of the space you are in.
Basically I would say that it is an exciting photo that brings me from the dark and neutral inside to the bright and magnificent outside.
