Forget your boundaries

My recent endeavor involved breaking away from the confines of pristine sharp high-end images and advocating for a more daring approach. This time I truly wanted to craft by making this image a playground of textures and injecting a variance and densely concentrated details into a composition, allowing me to reach the results I was looking for.

Black and white photography, in particular, serves as a canvas for this creative exploration. The idea is to embrace imperfections, forging a unique narrative within the frame.

For anyone venturing into photography, consider this: innovation often arises from the willingness to create, destroy, and explore.

And here is a fun fact: Did you know that the first photograph ever taken required an exposure time of over 8 hours?

Trying a Different Perspective

The New York City subway system is one of the busiest in the world. Despite the constant flow of people, buzz, and stimulation, it can also be a place of profound loneliness. I feel this picture represents a small part of the impersonal and anonymous nature of the subway experience.

A picture with a certain level of intimacy and a bit of tension or unease coupled with a spontaneous unposed subject can draw the viewer into the moment being captured in the photograph. I took this shot with a 35mm camera from my waist and did not place the camera at eye level, this help me take it at a low angle and add a different perspective.

Overall, capturing unplanned moments can add a sense of spontaneity, authenticity, and visual interest to your photography. So, next time you're out with your camera, try to be open to the unexpected and see what kind of unplanned moments you can capture.

“Black and white photography is the abstraction of reality, a purified representation that reveals the essence of the subject ”

— Javier Arres