OTTAWA PROFESSIONAL STUDIO PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER BLOG POST RYAN STUDIO/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATIONAL ARTICLE “THOUGHTS ON PERSPECTIVE”/ SERVING KANATA / STITTSVILLE / NEPEAN / BARRHAVEN / MANOTICK / ORLEANS

MARCH, 2021

PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF SUBJECT MATTER PREPARED BY OTTAWA PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, JEFF RYAN PHOTOGRAPHY SERVING THE REGIONS OF OTTAWA / KANATA / STITTSVILLE / ORLEANS / BARRHAVEN / MANOTICK. PROFESSIONAL PORTRAIT STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHER/TEACHER/FIELD TRIP INSTRUCTOR

“THOUGHTS ON PERSPECTIVE:”

Having being subjected to extensive visual material inevitably encourages departures in traditionally accepted patterns of thought. Often, I find my mind taking me to alternate representations of what is presented before me encouraging new methods of visualization which inevitably, lead to an expanded  approach when confronting subject matter. One said morning the events below were as such evident forcing me to shift my approach to a new journey of visual decision making.

Rising early to a snow field moonscape of apparent absenteeism, my eyes connected with shadows of revelation, directing splendid emotions of tranquility. An initial visual stillness, then, light quietly sliding down subtly lighted lines of trees stripped of their essence from autumns inevitable conclusion lay temporarily dormant upon my arrival.

The curtains of shadows were not drawn so closely that one could fail to recognize lands drawn from elsewhere being presented before me. Reaching the end of the slightest shadow concluded that while one journey ended, another was commencing with cascading aspirations similar to holy sisters, murmuring exuberant rosary prayers in temples of solitude. Photographic matter in a visual sense is altered frequently, representing a theme of continuity to the sensitivity of an artist.

I was blessed as my eyes solely graced the virgin moguls snow field, untouched by others as I quietly claimed ownership of my silent domain. Representing no visitors with the exception of shadows of many from past that were waiting, silently attentive to my needs. The drapery of a singular shadow hung softly over another similar to waves, meeting their shoreline with musically tuned voices in crescendos of tonality. The companion of moons light extending further embraced the landscape during my visit, holding it closely as a child in a mother’s arms. Fortuitous visual progression photographically is undeniably comprehended on the other side of your lens. Your minds eye of equaling division. How splendid it is to photograph humbly, and enter that world of countless spiritual journeys.

After Thought

Being on occasion, a lonely visual witness to the subtlety of remnants to memorial candles solidifying before me, was a clear indication of one’s passing, and as such, a new birth of altered photographic matter subjected to criteria of meaning. This, so comparable to the white terrain of snow fields affiliated with complete mental absorption, indicated a specific transitory of each which is unavoidable regardless of structure compelling well ordered acceptance in visual design.

Always consider that “the camera points in two directions during the image making process…… one opposite you, and the other exclusively at yourself”. There is never a possibility of running from the truest form of photographic self in artistic aspirations, and pathways of life.

WITH GOOD WISHES,

OTTAWA PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF RYAN/PROFESSIONAL DANCE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY/IMAGING.  
Email—jeffryan@storm.ca
www.jeffryan-photography.com
613.599.5363