tobias m. schiel
“A light dawns on me” is how we say eureka! in German.
I am happy to continue the “Worlds Within Words” series with a contribution for Thursday’s Special at Lost in Translation. Paula wished to see profiles – and I think based on her description and the etymology, these pictures can also be regarded as a mini study of the concept.
The week’s Discover Challenge is Speak Out.
The Shipping Forecast is actually a service by BBC Radio, apparently well known in Britain. Here‘s a link in case you are curious.
“I’m not interested in the texture of the rock, or that it is a rock, but in the mass of it, and its shadow.” Ellsworth Kelly
What could abstract photography be about? I think we might get an idea when we borrow terms from music: Abstract photos, for me, should be about composition, about tonality and colours, about harmony and disharmony, measure and rhythm… and pauses. It is about organizing noise.
That’s what I am looking for in an abstract photo, and trying to accomplish. The ripped-off posters above come close to the idea. Ironically enough, abstract as they may be, they might also be more documentary than most of my other pictures.
This is my second contribution for Paleica’s 12 Magische Mottos, this month’s magic word being abstraction.
Dear readers, a keen dancer myself, I would like to ask you for a little dance… or get on the same page with you – whatever works for you.
The above picture is part of a series called “Worlds Within Words.” Exploring figures of speech I realize that idioms derive much of their appeal from allowing charming glimpses into different cultures: Isn’t it wonderful that Italians say lavish persons have holes in their hands and the Dutch advise you to tread carefully and not wear clogs on ice? I love that – it’s vivid!
So here is the score: Please help me out! I suggest two ways to do so:
I hope you can join me here – and have fun looking into the schedules of different trains of thought (could not resist this one).
As the pictures show graceful dancers, I also see them as a contribution for the Weekly Photo Challenge.
“Gracefulness is a tricky quality – it manifests itself as an effortless, subtle harmony between a subject and its environment,” writes Ben Huberman in The Weekly Photo Challenge. Nicely said, I think – and here is my response: I often find nature’s gracefulness (if I can call it that) by the water.
Paula at Lost in Translation suggests we defocus – and I wanted to try some abstract nature pictures. Here’s a glimpse.
Einen an der Mütze haben almost does not translate literally. “To have something/someone at the cap” comes close; “einen” can be either something or someone.
The adequate translation is easy enough though, since the English language has at least as many colourful expressions as the German: “Not playing the full deck”, “The lights are on but nobody’s home” or maybe “Not she sharpest knife in the drawer” come to mind.
Wishing all of you a good start into the new year and a very happy 2017.
Euch allen wünsche ich einen guten Start ins neue Jahr und ein glückliches 2017.
This week, Krista at The Daily Post presents us with a “New Horizon” challenge: “Think ahead and show your work in a representative photo. If you set New Year’s resolutions, give them some thought a few weeks early. If resolutions aren’t your style, show us something that you want to achieve — it could be setting a new goal, making plans, or even tackling that pile of laundry waiting by the washer. The goal is to get out of the busy ‘now,’ and imagine your new horizon. Go!”
This is my contribution for Thursday’s Special at Paula’s Lost in Translation: Conceptual Photography. The idiom is the same in German, by the way: “Etwas unter den Teppich kehren.”
Although I perceive this as a twilight situation, I am not sure if it is what Paula had in mind with her Thursday’s Challenge. Best pay her a visit and see for yourselves…
Another contribution for this week’s Photo Challenge: Shine.
Just another contribution for this week’s Photo Challenge.
A contribution for Thurday’s Special at Lost in Translation: The subject is pink, and I decided against “pink and cuddly” (see the original challenge to find out what I am alluding to here).
“Has something bright or reflective caught your eye in the moment?” – Here’s my answer for the Weekly Photo Challenge: It just happened yesterday.
Following up on the idea that minimal photography might mainly be ‘about’ light.
empire of lights 