This past week felt like reviewing my photography this past week. I moved from fungus to flowers, from footpaths to construction gear, and the through-line was simple: notice.
Each walk asked for a different kind of attention, sometimes soft and patient, sometimes curious and a little technical and black and white held it all together.
“Fungus in Monochrome” was the surprise. Rings, ripples, and scalloped edges turned sculptural once color stepped aside. The four-frame “window” layout helped me tell a tiny story: scale, age, layering, resilience. From there, “Mundane to Artful” and “Sidewalk Oddities” reminded me that looking down isn’t looking away, it’s choosing to see. Cracks, tally marks, stray hardware: when I lifted highlights and deepened blacks, the street spoke in grain and grit.
Midweek, I paused with “Flowers in Monochrome” and “After the Rain.” The rhythm shifted. Petals became lines and raindrops turned into bright punctuation marks, little lenses holding brief worlds. Shooting shallow to separate forms and letting side-light trace edges taught me how restraint in editing can protect a quiet mood.
The street called again with “Street Stillness in B&W” and “Footpath Fragments,” where shape and typography (cones, chains, stamped bolts) carried character without color. Finally, “Steel, Mud, and Quiet Shapes” let me photograph tools at rest, honest forms with dents, tape, and dried cement. Circles and lines did most of the talking; contrast did the rest.
What I learned: light is not just illumination, it’s a subject. Shallow depth of field is a gentle editor. And series work (that four-panel window) sharpens the story.
Next week, I’ll lean into deeper tones and a touch more mood. I want motion, maybe slow shutter blur on rain reflections, and I’d love to catch that construction crew at work to see the shapes come alive. One morning for flowers, one afternoon for architecture under skylight, and a day dedicated to “looking down” again. The mundane remains generous if I let it be.
”To see in color is a delight for the eye, but to see in black and white is delight for the soul.”
Very nicely done!