Something about the town of Lubec, the Maine landscape, the weather, the family situation called for black-and-white images last weekend. I started in newspapers years ago as a photographer, shooting Tri-X and HP5 film and trying to get a range of tones in my prints and then in the paper. Digital photogaphy allows that, also. And you don't get your hands wet in developer.
Dennis commented on yesterday's blog post, saying he liked the colors, "both of them." I know what he meant, but the challenge is to tell the story in an image with a range of greys between full black and high white. Pottery has similar challenges.
In any case, here are a few images that didn't make it into yesterday's post.
Photos: Lubec fishing boats at their moorings in a north wind, Campobello Island in the background; the Disciples of Christ church in Lubec; Roman Catholic church in Lubec; upstairs at Bayviews bed-and-breakfast inn; the sea at Quoddy Head.
8 comments:
Ansel Adams didn't need Kodachrome, neither did you. I really like both sets of pictures.
Some of your black and whites would look beautiful in your upstairs gallery....
BTW, Wesley may apply for the artist in residence in Acadia next summer, if she gets it, we may be up that way again!
the feeling for me is of calm, pure calm...I can just feel that slight breeze on the water...Maine.
colour can distract.
I started with those films too!
still like B&W
Beautiful Dad, as ever.
Thanks, all. Dee's brother Jim Dorchester died this morning at his and Marilyn's home in Lubec.
Hollis, so sorry for your family's loss. So good that you and Dee were able to spend time with him in recent days.
be well.
The thing about black and white is that it allows me to breathe while I'm sorting out all the emotions that your powerful images stir up. Breathing is good. Peace to Jim. And Dee, and Marilyn, and you ....
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