Contrast

When I say the word contrast, what comes to mind immediately? Color contrast? Light and dark contrast? There is much more to explore.

I apply the definition of contrast to other elements in the landscape, for instance, creating a photograph with movement and stillness in the same frame. How about contrasting focus and blur? Old and new? Color and monochrome in the same exposure might be interesting too! I ask myself often, what can I contrast, or juxtapose, in the viewfinder? Here are a few examples of contrasting elements.

Here I am contrasting the water's emptiness with the boat as well as the color yellow with the light gray water.

The dry bland color grassland environment stands in stark contrast with the red sofa, which does not belong there.

The still birch trees juxtaposed with the moving grass is an example of contrast.

The focused seagull stands in contrast to the out of focus anonymous person.

The bright red and wavy sunset sky is starkly different than the calm opaque sea.

When I put two strikingly different elements together in a photograph, I am asking the viewer to see the difference too. The possibilities are endless and my imagination’s creativity is the only limit.