One stormy overcast afternoon, while traveling along the A9 towards Pitlochry in the heart of Scotland, the clouds began to clear and a ray of bright sunshine suddenly appeared during a lull in the storm, bathing the Loch in light. Conditions like this, at the edge of weather, offer dramatic possibilities for the landscape photographer. Moments when the sun suddenly shows itself in all its visual majesty, creating the possibility of chiaroscuro style images full of pathos and melancholy. Spontaneity can sometimes bring Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive-moment” to landscape photography.
One stormy overcast afternoon, while traveling along the A9 towards Pitlochry in the heart of Scotland, the clouds began to clear and a ray of bright sunshine suddenly appeared during a lull in the storm, bathing the Loch in light. Conditions like this, at the edge of weather, offer dramatic possibilities for the landscape photographer. Moments when the sun suddenly shows itself in all its visual majesty, creating the possibility of chiaroscuro style images full of pathos and melancholy. Spontaneity can sometimes bring Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive-moment” to landscape photography.