Learning about light!

Light - something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.

I decided to do some self portraits today to improve my understanding of light, lighting and mood in photography. I had fun and moved one step closer to becoming a better photographer. These photos were taken by me, for me but I am happy to share them with you!

Lighting is key in photography, but nowhere is it more evident than in portraiture. I thought that it would be easy to shoot myself - boy was I wrong. I am satisfied with the results of the first try and am now more motivated to try again.

Mystery

Looked at but cannot be seen - it is beneath form;
Listened to but cannot be heard - it is beneath sound;
Held but cannot be touched - it is beneath feeling;
These depthless things evade definition,
And blend into a single mystery.

In its rising there is no light,
In its falling there is no darkness,
A continuous thread beyond description,
Lining what can not occur;
Its form formless,
Its image nothing,
Its name silence;
Follow it, it has no back,
Meet it, it has no face.

Attend the present to deal with the past;
Thus you grasp the continuity of the Way,
Which is its essence.

-LaoTze-