One of the greatest jazz musicians Miles Davis once said, "Don't play whats there, play whats not there." This quote was brought to my attention by one of my favorite photographers and friend from Connecticut, Jake Wyman. I think this quote can be applied to photography particularly well. Don't shoot whats there, shoot whats NOT there.
Well, I decided to give it a shot. I shot this image by reversing the direction of my lens. Basically I held my lens backwards up to my camera and shot away. I used flashes shot through umbrellas to create the bright, soft light. It's pretty cool what you can do when you focus on the unknown and try something a little different.
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I've always loved that quote, whenever I hear "Play what's NOT there" I have to add "..and dance between the notes"
I just followed a link from your post in Outdoors Eyes by the way. I like your site too, I'm just starting to experiment with a Lightbox type gallery too. Yours is really good, well done.
"When you're creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain't the limit."
--Miles Davis--
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