A partially peeled Clementine orange over a textured teal background. Day 114 of 365 Copyright 2016 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
One of the things that makes a good photograph is simplicity. Think about what you are trying to create - what is your goal, what are you trying to say, what is the subject - and then remove/minimize all other distractions, either in camera or in processing. Reduce, streamline, boil down. Make it as visually simple as possible to tell your story and meet your goals. With this image shot in Milwaukee's Lake Park, I wanted to capture the intersection of the tracks in the snow of the rabbit and whatever the other animal was. I framed it in such a way as to show only the snow and the tracks. Any lower, I would have seen the trees in the background. If I had moved back a step, there would have been a park bench in the lower left. It's kind of a departure for me stylistically, but other than removing a few spots, a small bit of level adjustment, and making the image black and white, there is minimal processing. Keeping it simple! Day 103 of 365 Copyright 2016 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
It was going to happen. A day within the 365 days of my project where I don't feel like going out to shoot nor do I feel too creative. Heck, it's Monday after the holidays - I don't feel like creating anything. But the project is a photo-a-day project, not a photo-on-the-days-I-feel-like-maybe-kinda-sorta-I-might-could-shoot-and-process-something project. So here is a photo I actual took about 2 weeks ago. I know, kind of a cheat, but it's my 365 project, so roll with it. It is 6 15-second exposures of Lake Michigan using my ICE 10-stop ND filter blended in camera to create one photo. It is very minimal, as the whole point of the shoot was just to test the ND filter. After just a bit of processing in Photoshop, the creative lightbulb above my head flickered ever so slightly and I thought, "Hey, this would look great as a triptych!" And with that fleeting thought, the virtual lightbulb was dark. So, for what it's worth, here is a Lake Michigan Minimalist Triptych. Day 96 of 365 Copyright 2016 Scott Norris Photography www.scottnorrisphotography.com
