Live In Contrast: Homage

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Homage

My new camera owes a debt of gratitude to its forefather, the ME Super, on which I learned to take photographs. This is the last roll of unexposed film that I own, and it will probably stay that way forever.

I couldn't help but note the irony that in order to get these shots "just right", I probably used more than 24 exposures. Even when I got the ones that I wanted, I went back and digitally corrected the images to balance the colors and fix some overly bright areas. I got it all done in less than an hour and didn't even have to leave home.

(In an unintentional but fun twist, the cloth that I used for the table top is only in focus at the bottom of the photo above, resembling the perforations along the edge of a roll of film. I like it when things accidentally turn out better than I planned!)

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On Light, Contrast, and Focus

Focus draws our attention to something and makes it clear. It helps us to perceive what is important and what is insignificant. It allows us to recognize things as they are and to see them in rich, accurate detail.

But focus is impossible without both light and contrast.

In darkness, no subject is visible, so attempting to focus is futile. It doesn't matter how good your focus might otherwise be, without a source of light, you cannot see anything clearly.

We need contrast to provide definition as we attempt to focus. A well-illuminated subject that lacks contrast no longer provides the information necessary to adjust our focus, resulting in a vague, unclear image, void of detail.

My goal is to be a lens through which God focuses His light on creation, showing how His ways live in contrast to our own, in order that I may learn to do as He does.