Stairs. Fuji X100. 23 mm. 1/125 sec f/2 @ ISO 500. June 2013. Copyright 2013 Joanne Mason.
Shifting gears somewhat, beginning a new series of images… This was shot at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). We see the actions of others, going down and going up, only through a window at a distance. In a sense, the human forms are an integral and yet minor aspect of the image. I also like this as a pure composition, the interplay of light and shadow, vertical/horizontal and diagonal lines.
Posted in Abstract, Architectural, Photography
Tagged composition, diagonal & vertical, light and shadow, lines, MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Photography, stairs, steps
A new slide show of my recent black-and-white work is now available at my gallery site Joanne Mason Photography: Slide Show. The slide show features high-resolution full-screen (click the fullscreen icon in upper right corner) images. (While you’re there, enjoy the rest of Joanne Mason Photography! And leave a comment in the guestbook!)
Posted in Architectural, Flowers, Gallery, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged architecturals, Arizona, Black and White Photography, Canyon de Chelly, descanso gardens, Fine Art, fine art photography, Flowers, gardens, Getty Center, Grand Canyon, Joanne Mason Photography, landscapes, Los Angeles, Photography, slideshow
Getty Center-B-1. Fuji X100. 23mm. ISO 200. 1/90 sec at f/16. Copyright Joanne Mason 2012.
Continuing my exercise of exploring the capabilities and range of black-and-white by reprocessing a number of previously edited color images, here are some architecturals. These are all shot at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. The Getty Center has some very distinctive architectural elements which suit it perfectly to its hillside perch above Los Angeles.
Getty Center-B-2. Fuji X100. 23mm. ISO 200. 1/90 sec at f/16. Copyright Joanne Mason 2012.
The exceptional clarity, sharpness, and resolution of the Fuji X100 makes it well suited to this kind of photograph.
Getty Center-B-3. Fuji X100. 23mm. ISO 200. 1/600 sec at f/5.6. Copyright Joanne Mason 2012.
The Getty Center architecture does an interesting dance with light and shadow. I think the black-and-white brings this out more successfully than do color images. Similarly, the black-and-white highlights the strong geometric character of the Getty buildings.
