It's All About The Light

Couldn't agree more, it's all bout the light. Love that image Cynthis and Jeffrey

Light is fundamental to all art, but takes on special significance in Photography

Great topic, Jeffrey! Photographers chase light for a reason, and it's something that is of the utmost importance to me. A few samples of my favorites, both photographs and paintings:

True in photography ... and true in paintings.




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as i read elsewhere, if you don't have light you don't have a picture. light is what gives things dimension.




---Mike Savad

Jeffrey, you are a man after my own heart. Light is EVERYTHING! The right lighting can take the most humble object and bathe it in beauty and grace.

I just love this topic. Here are some more of my favorites.

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And, finally:

Thought I'd give a shout out to Jeffrey who started this thread and to Amy and Wendy who promoted so many other artists.

Great photos on this discussion.

Beautiful images, and I agree, but without the darker tones there would be no light - not in the "wow" sense.

One of the amazing things about photography is noticing and then placing light in ways that really make the subject standout. This is often a challenge when using artificial light and natural light in the same image. Yet, when it is done well the results are fantastic.

Light is the driving force behind many, many paintings:

This may be a little different than the fine examples above but for me, it was all about the light.

Thank you kindly, Dale, for the kudos and your own promotion of others. :-)

Thanks, Jeff -- This is a lovely thread, indeed!

I was pretty much staring into the sun here and the light filtering down through the leaves had a great effect.




I recently drove 120 miles to relatives in the country and it was overcast and I thought I had wasted the time but got 400 photos anyway, the lack of bright sunlight though has it's own remarkable quality and a different effect. When I was teaching myself painting once I read that colors are more saturated on a cloudy day, in bright sun there is so much reflection that most surfaces are a shade of grey, either shadows or bright highlights.

bright rays of light in the shadows...

quite alot of shadow and beams of light here...

My watercolor with a touch of light



And my photography with mucho light



Brian love your "Morning Light" above!

If we didn't strive to capture light in our images then I suppose they'd be awfully dark.

It's all about the quality, colour, and direction of the light that we should consider when producing artwork. Taking advantage of what all three attributes have to offer will impact the viewers reaction in a positive manner.

Light is one of the best tools any artist uses...

Early morning light is my favorite time of the day. Great topic, Jeff.

Usually, by the time I get my gear in place Mother Nature turns off the good light on me....but not today!

I think we are just as fascinated with ..... moonlight.




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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Thanks for the shout out, Dale! I'm happy to promote fellow artists. Lots of inspiration here! :)

It's about the light, it's also about controlling and filtering the light ....

In a burst of unabashed self-promotion, here are some of mine:

Totally agree.

Here are a few of my photos. I'm not primarily a photographer but I do enjoy trying to catch certain kinds of lighting.

Totally agree!! Light is everything!!!

Thought I'd throw my newest in, since it fits this thread's theme... :)

Beautiful, beautiful images here, It's nice to see light as an actor on the stage, rather than simply part of the set if you know what I mean. If I might throw my latest tuppenceworth into the ring...

I love this one by Guy Ricketts. I know from experience that it isn't easy to catch the light this way.

Well...

Without light we would all be blind and I think art would suffer if we were all blind.

Light reflecting off an object is what enables us to see.

But to think how our eyes take in that light and sends it to our brain to be turned into an image that we understand is truly an amazing aspect of nature.

I would add that it is the light vs the dark. Caravaggio understood chiaroscuro like no other artist before him and darn few after.