Author: Tobias M. Schiel
Abstract arts lover, Jazz enthusiast, mystery buff, compulsive reader - and how do I get it all into pictures? Photography has been a good way over the last couple of years.1. .
A Picture with Me in it
Luft und Land
On Nature’s Whim
Isn’t it sometimes hard to tell if something was arranged or just happened? Esspecially when looking at photographs, we often are at a loss.
The situation you see here was composed by nature, and I only positioned it in a frame. While many photographers arrange people and things so they look natural in their photos, I love to do it the other way round – I do not arrange but love my subjects to look like they were deliberately positioned.
On the Shore
Life and Death on a Beach
Turning the Usual Into Something Unusual
Making people look at what they usually overlook, making them see what they did not see before has always been one of the central objectives of photography. It is indeed rewarding to charge everyday scenes and objects with mystery. But the longer I photograph, the better I seem to understand that first and foremost it is light which accounts for an unusual appearance – both in the wotld that surrounds us and in pictures. There is nothing like getting drunk on light…
Willow
Contrast: Curve and Straight Lines
This is the last of my contributions to a great Weekly Photo Challenge. Thanks to Judith of A View From The Woods who made me think a bit harder and go through my archives in search of conceptual contrasts. This picture comes from this blog’s earliest post, but it seemed so suitable.
Contrast: Solid and Liquid
Contrast: Patterns Permanent and Passing
This is my counterpoint for Judith (A View From The Woods) – and also another contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge.
Treeology
The sun shining into the wintery forest always appeals to me. But I could never get it into a proper picture – until I exposed on the lights, which lead to underexposing the whole by two stops.
Manmade
Wind, Sand, Movement
Strolling the beach near Vlissingen (Holland), we found these small bits and pieces, their shadows exaggerated by a low evening sun. Then we realized that there was just enough breeze to drive small sticks over the beach and wave loose twigs and strings. Yet the wind force did not suffice to move the sand particles; hence every minute movement left its trace.
Sand and Sun
400 Years
Optimism
…or whatever you call seeing light in a gutter on a cold, wet and dark morning.
Wald IV
Park III
Simple Pleasures
A Weekly Photo Challenge Intermezzo
empire of lights 