The Expression of Light

It occurred to me that Light is a subject of its own.

It has quality, direction, texture, intensity and a malleable energy.

Using the Light to define a subject is the normal procedure.

What about Light as the main subject?

This I find very interesting.

Shooting into the Light.

This means everything else becomes a secondary subject.

Or to put it another way, the secondary subject becomes a Silhouette, crafted by the Light.

I find this contrast beautiful.

The most interesting parts of an image receive very little light. This draws you into the visual narrative.

This image of my mother is a deliberate underexposure to reveal just enough shape, form and detail.

When I turn on my Flash, we have a perfect expression of Light - a Light that shapes, reveals and sculpts a defined subject.

This really is a beautiful and magical subject.

Thanks for reading.

“Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones”.

Paul Cezanne