Past Due Dates

This is probably the most recent of this "oldies" series. It is one of those ones that you shoot without knowing why. I saw this view of these dates and knew I had to take it. I still can't put my finger on what is so "right" about it but it is a firm favourite.

Min • i • mal • ism

This is a case of seeing a photo in something ordinary. The picture shows some roof beams but they have been rotated to appear as columns. The simple geometry broken by the imperfection of the last column is the attraction for this photo.

CMU-Q Fountain and Depth of Field

This is what I sometimes term a "lens" shot. It's taken with my "fast" telephoto. The term fast refers to a lens that has a wide maximum aperture, in this case f2.8. This is what gives the shallow depth of field with most of it blurred. The other thing that makes this shot is the great midday light that day. It was taken the same day as the fountain shot in the previous post.

Fountain at CMU-Q

This is on the newly built campus of Carnegie Melon University in Qatar next to Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in Education City. This is one of those shots that shows that rules are for breaking. This great light was midday light which everyone will tell you to avoid. It's not the greatest composition in the world but I love the light on the leaves.