From Where I Stand
When I started taking my photography more seriously, I used a very simple concept: take a bunch of photos from a single vantage point. Move up, down, and around, but limit your ‘centre’ to a single point. This technique forced me to become more inventive, it forced me to carefully consider things that may not grab my attention right away. So rather than photographing a single subject I began to look for other elements that may not be obvious. I also forced myself to make photos in fairly mundane surroundings, looking for interesting elements.
This became the foundation to much of my photography. I spend a lot of time carefully assessing my surroundings and looking for the best compositions.
The ‘tag’, From Where I Stand has also made me realize that through all the photos I have made in the past several years, I have borne witness to some pretty amazing things, and I look forward to sharing more of them here, along with the stories of their creation.
“Winding down the day, at waters edge, the breeze in my face, there is not much better to end the day in peace.” – Ed Lehming As a continuation from yesterday’s “Standing in Awe” post, here’s the same vantage point but looking to my right. I had nearly forgotten that we were just…
“There are times when a composition is just automatic. Often the simplest things align to create beauty without effort” – Ed Lehming I’m jumping ahead just a few days from the “Pink Sunsets” series that I just posted. I was looking for something a bit different than the open farmland I’d recently photographed,…
“There is not much more soothing that looking across beautiful vistas and remebering that this is home” – Ed Lehming This is the final image from my early July sunset series. This image was made on the same day as Pink Wave and Candy-Floss Skies. I simply traveled north a bit further up…
“We look to the sky for wonders” – Ed Lehming This will be my second to final entry from the early July post-storm series. It’s been fun looking back at these recent memories and reflecting on the wonderful, almost surreal skies. The image, aptly named “Pink Wave,” shows a local farm field and…
“If joy had a colour, I think it would be pink” – Ed Lehming Another storm passing, unsettled and angry gray clouds give way to joyful pinks and lavenders. The summer evenings continue in contrasts, and I’m back to what has become a regular spot for me as the day fades to night.…
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