Leaves on the Lake
Monday, January 28th, 2008
I really love artsy shots. Part of the reason why I don’t like bright colors in photos is that I have this notion that you don’t need these to draw attention to what you took, much like in writing, where you don’t need to use “!!!”, bold fonts, and such devices to make people read what you wrote. Understated things draw me more, maybe because everyone else pays attention to the “loud” ones, and I don’t really like fighting with someone over something. Here is a photo that’s a good example of understated beauty: It’s simple, and has only a few elements, and yet there is something haunting about it. Instead of practically shouting at you to look at the picture, it draws you to it instead, and the more you look at it, the more you appreciate it. Come to think of it, that’s how I see people too, and how I appreciate them more. It’s not about how much they appear, as it is the way that they present themselves, because it is only there that you get even just a glimpse of who they really are. 
