Comments on: Minimalism in Photography: An Experiment

By: Rainbolt - Fine Art Photography

Rainbolt - Fine Art Photography — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:10:14 +0000

[...] took this during my solitaire photowalk in Del Mar while I was trying to get shots for my “Minimalism in Photography” project entry. This particular photo shows part of a railroad crossing gate. I chose this [...]

By: Gated Entry | Epic Edits Weblog

Gated Entry | Epic Edits Weblog — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:18:28 +0000

[...] Yet another photo from my minimalism trip to Del Mar. This particular subject caught my eye because of the interesting lines and curves created by a metal entryway gate. I composed the image to include part of the wall as an anchor, and I cropped it to cut off most of the gate and just leave the curves behind. Once I opened it up for processing, I found that there were a lot of really neat textures and saturated colors to be found in there too. [...]

By: Zig Zag | Epic Edits Weblog

Zig Zag | Epic Edits Weblog — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:16:08 +0000

[...] Here’s another photo from my Del Mar outing where I was collecting images for my “Minimalism in Photography” article. This scene caught my eye initially because of the horizontal lines broken up by the vertical lines of the stairs. I was standing normal to the wall, and the stairs were coming off at about a 45 degree angle to the left. So I framed the shot to create a symmetric pattern along the diagonal, trying to leave the same amount of stairs and wall while centering one of the vertical lines. I took about 7 or 8 shots of this so I could be a little more certain of my straightness and symmetry. [...]

By: Rainbolt | Epic Edits Weblog

Rainbolt | Epic Edits Weblog — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:48:26 +0000

[...] I uploaded this photo to Flickr and Zooomr last night, and people seemed to be very interested in how I got the colors to show up the way they did. Before I get into that, here’s the background on the photo. I took this during my solitaire photowalk in Del Mar while I was trying to get shots for my “Minimalism in Photography” project entry. This particular photo shows part of a railroad crossing gate. I chose this composition because it had some fairly simple geometries that stuck out, plus the painted texture was really neat. What I didn’t expect was for this to be a colorful photo, but hey… whatever works. [...]

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:13:18 +0000

Thanks Ryan, I’m going to pursue this theme a little longer to see how my shots evolve.

By: Rygood

Rygood — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:38:05 +0000

nice work brian. its tough to get intereesting minimalistic shots, but u killed it.

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:14:03 +0000

Those are great examples Steve. I especially like the “Blue Wall With Shutters” photo — great color and composition.

By: Steve Crane

Steve Crane — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:28:46 +0000

Interesting. I have never really given any thought to the concept of minimalism but it seems that I may do so subconsciously. I just went through my Flickr stream and tagged images I thought could be considered minimalist, and there were quite a few. See what you think here.