Against the Day

[rich]

check here, too:
http://photo.box.sk/alter.php3?id=118

"The human eye observes light somewhat differently than through the lens of
a camera. So then it sometimes can occur that the
photographer<http://photo.box.sk/alter.php3?id=118#>may be
disappointed with the resulting photograph. It is not the easiest of
tasks to catch exactly what was seen by the naked eye at a given moment. The
atmosphere and the surroundings are not pictured with the same effect when
the film is finally exposed. Of course there are various conditions which
come into play for the emergence of a good
photograph<http://photo.box.sk/alter.php3?id=118#>.
I have also noticed that there are several motifs where one shot is simply
not enough. What is on my mind here is not variations in exposure or
composition. I am thinking about the gentle play with light, or rather
contra jour light, which softens the silhouettes and the entire scene is
given that magical character"

rich


On 8/10/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Very, very good.  Thanks!
>
> --- rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > has anyone else mentioned the lighting technique in
> > photography called 'contra jour' (against the day)
> > or backlighting
> >
> >
>
> http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=%27contra+jour%27&btnG=Search
> >
> > if this has been mentioned before, my apologies
> >
> > I remember Naumann talking about Pynchon's interest
> > in photography
>
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