“If you don’t have any shadows you’re not in the light” ~Lady Gaga~
“Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.”
“To light a candle is to cast a shadow” ~Ursula K LeGuin
That moment when you are photographing twin boys and you ask them to pretend to like each other. Young boxer in training. ;) Love how this joking moment shows their affection for one another.
Corn … in CT … at the golden hour. I think this would be a beautiful spot for a portrait.
Coming soon to the studio – “the vintage 8”. Eight handcrafted, mix and match 8×8 prints of a handful of nostalgic items.
Coming soon – some fun, flirty photography that will be great for any space in your home that needs a little cheeriness. I’ve ordered some 8×8 prints today, along with handmade, white frames from a seller on Etsy. Come into the studio later in May to check them out.
It snowed today! April 16th. What? I clearly have not been watching the news because I was stunned to wake up to find white stuff stuck to the windshield of my car. Just a few days ago someone gave me a beautiful bouquet of yellow tulips – because it’s Spring. This afternoon I set out to photograph them in all their cheeriness and for some reason the black and white is what spoke to me. Cheers!
So, I pulled into a restaurant parking lot earlier today. The clouds were so beautiful – and by that I mean, moody and interesting – and I needed to photograph them. As an artist I notice that I find beauty in the messy as much as in the perfect blue sky.
After taking a few photographs I popped inside to pick up some lunch. As I waited to pick up my food an older gentlemen having a coffee with a few friends at a table close by yelled , gruffly, to me – “Hey….you out there taking photos of us!!??”
Huh? Without my glasses on I wasn’t 100% sure if he was looking in my direction.
“I saw you out there, with your camera pointed in our direction …. were you taking pictures of us?”
Lol … um, no.
“Well then what the heck were you doing…?!!”
Taking pictures of the clouds. They are interesting.
His whole head slumped down to the table. This was not a practical answer. He was in no mood for my artistic foolishness…lol. He thought I was crazy and a little dark cloud of disapproval and confusion began to form around his table.
I tried to explain about the depth and texture and how in digital photography I could make it into something … but he was all done with me. Shaking his head and rolling his eyes with his friends.
Back at the car I have no idea how he saw me taking the photos. I was practically around the building from the window he sat in…
This image is ode to him …. both of us worlds away from each other in our perspective of the world … but connected in our humanity. I love that he had a conversation with me – even if he did think I was silly
A friend and I made it all the way up to Rockland, ME recently. We both managed to miss snowstorms in CT, MA and NH – only to arrive in Rockland with the news they were expecting 1 – 2 feet of snow that evening. Despite the wind, the cold and soggy feet – I managed to get one or two images. Here is my favorite. A shed along the shore – beautiful and interesting to me with its weathered story.
Tania Palermo [Studio on Main] 