Rebecca Wilks

Rebecca Wilks; Photographer, Teacher, Yarnellian, Do-Gooder

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Beauty #3, The Small Things

Backlighted Rose
Loveliness is compelling indeed.  Colleen Miniuk-Sperry likes to talk about her "3 second rule," which requires that, having stopped to contemplate something for that long, a photographer should at least ponder whether there's an image to be made.  I'll go out on a limb to say that the thing that grabs us, whether consciously or not, is beauty.

Tarantula Reflected
Since a delightful weekend workshop photographing small things last month, I've been contemplating all this.  Nowhere is the value of paying close attention more evident than in macro (close-up) photography.  Sometimes a cursory glance at some of these subjects will fail to impress (or might even repel) us. A closer look is almost always worth the trouble and can be a source of great inspiration.

The reward is to "make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen." - Robert Bresson.

Exquisiteness not only gets my attention but arouses my curiosity.  Why does that beetle have fringe? What creates the purple crystals in that rock? What's the purpose of the wild coloring on that moth?  Our connection engages us. We want to learn more.

Backlighted Nautilus
"If you invest wisely in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life." -Frank Lloyd Wright.

More small things are in the Miscellaneous Gallery on the website.

Other blogs in the Beauty Series:
     Beauty #1

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