negative space

i was going to post these shots soon, but had not planned on it today. but i just read today's post on shutter sisters, and i immediately thought of these shots. the post was about the art of the vignette—whether created through processing techniques or built in to the shooting. i'm not even sure if these shots are exactly what tracey was talking about, but like i said, these are what i thought of when i read her post.

i was so pleased with how these turned out for a few reasons. i love the color. the softness of the background and even the foreground in one of them {which is what made me think of them while reading the s.s. post}.

but it is this that made me love them the most—the shapes that the negative space creates. in design school {specifically in drawing and painting and graphic design courses}, i learned how negative space can be used or even brought to attention for a wonderful artistic effect. an example of negative space would be the white areas {or background} of an ad with type and images. in this case, it is the green areas and shapes that are created by the "holes" of the wrought-iron planter. i purposefully zoomed in on the planter to create this effect.

i have a friend who did not understand why i take these kind of pictures—you know, where you don't even know what the subject is because you are zoomed in so far as to not recognize the subject. i explained that this is exactly why. i see shapes and forms everywhere i look. some created by objects and others by the negative space of those objects. it's why i love powerlines against sky/cloud shots. those lines break up the sky into so many wonderful planes and pieces.

so you may see a lot of these kinds of shots from me on this here blog. now you know why. it's one of my favorite things about photographing. it's something i LOVE to play with.

{and, speaking of shutter sisters and tracey clark, she informed me yesterday that i won a color photo printer over on s.s. as a result of being entered to win when i nominated beth's photo—which also happens to be a lovely vignette shot—for one sweet shot. i was so excited! i just wanted to thank shutter sisters here and now. thank you. thank you. thank you.}