It’s amazing, really, when your talent is appreciated.
My newfound talent, of course, being photography, has become more of an obsession than anything now, and god knows it, it’s paying off.
There’s a moth resting on the terracotta wall. *click*
There’s an old brown brick that’s jutting out on the wall. *click*
There’s a pipe that’s leaking sewage water of the sludgiest kind. *click*
There’s a rusted old candlestick. *click*
There’s a once magnificent building that has lived its life in grandeur and now lies in ruins. *click*
There’s the sky; she looks like she’s about to burst into flames. *click*
I find beauty in ruined figments of the past. Once grand buildings, now lying in dust. Rust. Dirt. Cracks on the wall. Dust. Ancient spider webs. Everything I see, I click a photograph of it my mind’s eye, and make sure I come back to the same spot with my camera and capture it in its entirety. Browns and greys, hues of pale yellow and desaturated red, monochromatic shades of faded light. It’s all a game of chess in my mind now.
To click or not to click.
*click*
I admit, the world is a beautiful place, but there are some things that go unnoticed by many.
Those small, brilliant shards of nature’s big glass of wine. Those are the things I notice.
And someone needs to put them on paper, to say the least. Putting visuals on paper, of course, involves photography.
I take my camera everywhere these days. The night, I must say, is the best time to take photographs. When there’s absolutely no one in sight. When there’s a dark beauty in everything you observe, when the lighting is just perfect to capture the most beautiful visuals ever. Taking walks on deserted alleys after midnight, and clicking away has become a routine activity now, wherever I go.
Might as well put my insomnia to good use eh?
How about putting up some more of your photographs?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I ought to. On the next post, I guess. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this post.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right about how there are so many things that go unnoticed, at which, we don't glance twice.
I love pictures during the nighttime too, but my favourite time, at least in a city like Delhi, is twilight. The small pocket of time between evening and night, where the natural light of the sky balances with the artificial light of the market place.
Or three in the afternoon sunlight, creating shadows on faces and deepening expressions.
I guess it differs from you, since you do still life and I do street.
And your pictures are amazing.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing photography since before I could walk, and the level your photographs are on is astounding.
I agree, out styles of photography differ. I love your photographs, my dear friend :) And yeah, of course, afternoon time, 3-ish, when everythings at a temporary halt, when the light falls just about perfectly for photo opps.
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