Last Friday some friends and I went to the Huntington Gardens in Pasadena, California. Wonderful acreage with multiple gardens, but very short hours! We spent most of our time there in the Japanese and Chinese gardens. The Japanese garden was installed 100 years ago; the Chinese garden is much newer – within the last 20 years – and more is being constructed as I write. A great place to visit year round.
I am going through some older photos, looking at color and deciding if they might be good in black and white. This one caught my eye because it has some obvious contrast in color, but also a variety of textures. Contrast and texture are some of the things which, so I read, help make a black and white image worthwhile. I am trying to train my eyes to see this – for me, this is especially hard as color is always my first observation. Oh, what a beautiful red! Texture and tones are not something I find easy to discern, either because of my magpie mind, or maybe because my eye is untrained this way. Since I am using some black and white film in an old camera, I want to see if I can do it without taking a lot of sludgy pictures.
More putzing . . .
Ink, Yarn & Beer 