Let there be light...and night.

Personally, I love artificial light. The glow of a neon tube, the hum of a fluorescent bulb, incandescent heat. These things excite me. I love nighttime in the city when everything is illuminated by electricity, I think there is an emotion there that doesn't yet have a name. I have always found that photographing in the absence of natural light is a rather difficult thing to do, I can never really capture an image that represents what my eyes can see. Szarkowski talks about how a photograph describes only the period of time in which it was made, and my favorite time of all is when the sun is getting ready for sleep but evening in the city is just waking up. The lights turn on and slowly warm up just in time to say goodnight to the sun in a gesture that seems to say "sleep well, i've got you covered." I love the way my pictures look when they can capture that exchange.

Learning Flickr

I've just finished uploading my first pictures to Flickr. I have never used the site before and it is still a little new to me. The pictures I chose to upload today are photos from my files that I took prior to this course. I am excited about the pictures I am working on for the Light assignment, and I am also very curious to see other work.
My Flickr Page
Feel free to leave me comments, I would love to know what you think about my photos.