f/4.8 at 1/100th sec ISO 100 using my Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0 set to 116mm
I try to remember that photography is nothing more than the relative presence and absence of light in a given situation. My first art teacher, Ralph Heston, taught me and my classmates that all visual artwork is built upon a single principle: Value. I don't mean value in terms of monetary or emotional worth but instead in terms of the contrast between light and dark. Without this contrast even a simple line wouldn't exist. So when I am out and about with my camera looking for things to shoot, the thing that catches my eye fastest is a beautiful example of light doing it's thing and adding value to an otherwise prosaic tableau.
When you remove detail, color and marks of distinction and let your eye see only what the light is doing, framing a pleasing composition becomes easy.
Mark William Mills Images
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