June 2015

This Month's Photograph

This photograph is from Crane Beach in Ipswich, MA. I have gone to this beach every year since I have been a child. I have photographed this particular area many times over many years with a variety of cameras and lenses. In the summer this area is filled with picnic benches where people can purchase lunch. The shadows from the enclosure make interesting patterns on the people. The patterns of the shadows in this empty space are also equally as interesting without the summer benches and people. Lately I have been making triptychs in a wide variety of settings and am experimenting further into polyptych composition or compositions that are made in sections - primarily quadriptychs (4 sections), pentaptychs (5 sections) and hexaptychs (6 sections).  I am drawn to making these photographs for their ability to expand wide angle perspective in a way that is uniquely different from what is captured with a wide angle lens.

May 2015

This Month's Photograph As a child, I never understood why people made photographs, since they just looked like a record of what you could see with your eyes. I was more interested in creating images that looked different. During a visit to Times Square, my parents bought me a small novelty camera that produced circular photographs, which I thought would allow me to create unique images. However, I never actually got to see any of the circular photographs I shot, since the camera had an unfortunate voyage through a washing machine with my first roll of film. Unfortunately, my parents were unable to replace the camera. As a result, making circular photographs become one of my first objectives when I began to pursue photography as an adult. I like circular photographs, because they offer a deep, dreamlike perspective.  This photograph was shot in Acadia National Park in Maine, a place where I take photographs for at least a few days every summer. More of my circular photographs can be seen at:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullight/sets/72157600244893559/