Analyzing Elegance

Flow

My photograph of a waterfall at Sandcut Beach, west of Sooke, BC, can serve as an example. By using a one second exposure the falling water becomes a soft and flowing veil of mist.

Simple Elegance

My first successful elegance photograph was a very simple expression of a bird in flight, with a blend of blurred yet beautifully flowing wing movements. Grey on white, the image reflects the simple style of an ink wash painting. Unusually simple and yet, it is surprisingly powerful because... it’s a photograph, not a painting!

An Attractive Aura of Mystery

one afternoon, shooting into the afternoon light, I got to know the drama of visual elegance. Out of the roaring winds, in a little protected cove, the seagulls again, were putting on an aerobatics display and they were amazing. Exposures of a quarter of a second returned some very nice chiaroscuro like results, bright wings and soft flowing lines against a dark background.