Late to music rehearsal, but the light was perfect.
5 Responses to “Campus Architecture”
Randy Commented at 11:16 pm on September 21st 2004
I like an image that you can look at for awhile, that somehow conveys more about the setting than might seem possible in a small frame, and then goes further to convey a feeling, and then further to make you think. The lower image does this - you see the outer building, the dramatic interior, and then you notice the reflection of the building behind you, and the trees and the clear evening sky. An “inerior/exterior 360 view”. The image also has a feeling at once warm, round, natural, human (the rounded warm light inside, the arched window, with the trees that follow the arch perfectly) and rigid (the whole image is framed by sharp rectangular windows and reflections of buildings). The thought… that technology and progress are better when touched by nature and humanity. Yes I got all that within a second of looking at this image - it’s a powerful one. I used to think that as a photographer I took images of things I thought looked cool or pretty… but over time I learned that I was sometimes trying to capture something more than a few photons on silver emulsion (or on a CCD) should be able to. Like a good poem.
Nice stuff - thanks for posting it.
I actually didn’t realize I had the reflection in the shot until after I looked at it — I originally just wanted to get the whole window and the sunlight on the ceiling inside, but then when I looked at it again I realized the reflection. At first glance you look right through it, just like I did when I took it. And the second glance is what makes the picture.
Like a good poem, sometimes metaphors emerge the author wasn’t even thinking about, and you always have to read twice to catch them.
Great pictures, especially the second which, if it were a print, I would be more than happy to have hanging on my wall. There is so much going on in that one shot.
Thanks Rocketdog. Unfortunately, my camera isn’t very nice (though it is small), so actually, this frame is a crop from a larger vertical-format picture.
I like an image that you can look at for awhile, that somehow conveys more about the setting than might seem possible in a small frame, and then goes further to convey a feeling, and then further to make you think. The lower image does this - you see the outer building, the dramatic interior, and then you notice the reflection of the building behind you, and the trees and the clear evening sky. An “inerior/exterior 360 view”. The image also has a feeling at once warm, round, natural, human (the rounded warm light inside, the arched window, with the trees that follow the arch perfectly) and rigid (the whole image is framed by sharp rectangular windows and reflections of buildings). The thought… that technology and progress are better when touched by nature and humanity. Yes I got all that within a second of looking at this image - it’s a powerful one. I used to think that as a photographer I took images of things I thought looked cool or pretty… but over time I learned that I was sometimes trying to capture something more than a few photons on silver emulsion (or on a CCD) should be able to. Like a good poem.
Nice stuff - thanks for posting it.
Thanks
I actually didn’t realize I had the reflection in the shot until after I looked at it — I originally just wanted to get the whole window and the sunlight on the ceiling inside, but then when I looked at it again I realized the reflection. At first glance you look right through it, just like I did when I took it. And the second glance is what makes the picture.
Like a good poem, sometimes metaphors emerge the author wasn’t even thinking about, and you always have to read twice to catch them.
Great pictures, especially the second which, if it were a print, I would be more than happy to have hanging on my wall. There is so much going on in that one shot.
Can I ask if I might have a copy as a Desktop?
Thanks Rocketdog. Unfortunately, my camera isn’t very nice (though it is small), so actually, this frame is a crop from a larger vertical-format picture.
Here is the original if you’re interested. Oh what I’d give for a Canon…
Ah… you cropped it… and perfectly! Now I’m even more impressed.
Excellent.