Light, Space, and Time — The Photography Trifecta
Last fall I drove about an hour outside of Austin with two budding photographers. Our objective was to make interesting photos of a Renaissance festival. I have to admit that I was unimpressed with the fair. The last Renaissance festival I went to was in South Florida, and there I witnessed much livelier scenes.
After scouting out the festival for about an hour, I decided to position myself at the edge of the shade so that I could make photos of people as they entered the sunlight. After about two minutes of waiting, a man walked right up to me with his young niece and asked me to take their photo. I did and while we were chatting afterward, his niece started posing for me.
She apparently got much more comfortable with me the longer that I talked to her uncle. The above photo is about the 7th photo that I made of her. Because of the combination of light, space, and time that the photo demonstrates, I want to use this image to talk about this photography trifecta that you should keep in mind when making photos of a natural scene.
Light
Without light there is no photo. Even if you have some light, you’ll get a much more interesting photo if you have a contrast of light in the scene.
