Outside the Walls Canvas Print

Perspective is problematic when one is in an unfamiliar, if not foregin place. The Metro ride to Tre Fontane was not all that long. Certainly it was not as long as the triple time walk from the Metro station to Tre Fontane itself! I could not have told you which direction the Metro was headed in when we left for this big deal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. It really is a big place with ornate everything. What I liked most about it was the series of stained glass windows in an after thought (and mostly in the dark) side wing of the primary chamber. My son called them ‘organic’ referring to their structure & design. They were. I thought them unique, and that is saying something in Rome.

My subjects are both natural and architectural. I am interested in textures and shapes and how light and shadow play on those objects often creating new ones. I use a Nikon D-800, and an iPhone 10s Max. I make every effort to compose in the camera and thus I crop infrequently. I use Lightroom, Photoshop & NIK to work with highlights & shadows which often brings out the elements in a photograph for which I have primary interest. I have no hesitation using any other tool if the results make the photograph work. My preference is to do nothing to a photograph presenting it as it was taken. My web site is named light & shadows because both light and shadows are the visual elements that hold the most fascination for me. If time and space...