Shadowplay Photography

Last night we had the opportunity to go to a lecture by noted photographer Jay Maisel hosted by Adorama and Nikon. I have to say, both my wife and I came away inspired. I loved Jay’s easy going, approachable attitude.

Jay has a wonderful philosophy on photography that he discussed while displaying a slide show of his past work. He breaks photos down into having three primary characteristics: Light, Color and Gesture. Light and Color are fairly self explanatory, but Gesture is trickier to describe. Gesture in this context is the form, action, or attitude of the subject.

He also delivered a few wonderful tips that can help our own photography:

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