Why I Photograph "Boring" Things (And Get Strange Looks)

Why I Photograph

A Warm Glow On The Arches


Warm summer light radiates softly through the arches of the Hospital of the Knights in Rhodes' Old Town.


Much goes into an image, but the biggest factor has got to be the light - without it there is no image.


I don't believe there's such a thing as bad light or even bad weather in photography. It depends on the image you're looking to create.


Light can stop me in my tracks, and it has the power to transform even the most mundane into something beautiful.


I can't tell you the number of strange looks I've got from people who see me shooting something so ordinary they think I've lost the plot! They walk right past while I'm standing there with my tripod set up, clearly photographing... a doorway. Or a shadow on a wall. Or in this case, just light coming through arches.


Here in the palace though, it was plain as the golden daylight reflecting off the palace stone why I stopped to grab this image. The way that warm summer glow picked up the textures and created depth in those ancient arches - that's what I'm always looking for.


Sometimes the best photographs aren't of "things" at all. They're of light itself doing something beautiful.


What "boring" thing have you stopped to photograph that others didn't understand?


"Where Antiquity Whispers" Short video stories from photographing ancient sites and contemplative landscapes. View on the Aeonian website.


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