{"id":1084,"date":"2011-03-20T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2011-03-20T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T15:15:11","slug":"lightness-and-darkness-in-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/2011\/03\/20\/lightness-and-darkness-in-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightness and darkness in photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love thinking about the relationship of <strong>lightness and darkness in photography<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/files\/2011\/03\/lightness-and-darkness-in-photography.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/files\/2011\/03\/lightness-and-darkness-in-photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/files\/2011\/03\/lightness-and-darkness-in-photography.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/files\/2011\/03\/lightness-and-darkness-in-photography-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">There will be no photo without darkness<\/p>\n<p>I am not alone with my thoughts. Hear these inspirational TED talk of Rogier van der Heide:<\/p>\n<p>As Rogier van der Heide paraphrases: \u201eThere is no good lighting without proper darkness.\u201c\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>There is so much truth in it.<\/p>\n<p>We live in a world of great uniformity in cases of light. This forms the way we see and build our world.<\/p>\n<h3>Lightness and darkness in photography<\/h3>\n<p>For an example HDR photography tries to get rid of shadows and darkness to produce these unnatural but unique HDR look.<\/p>\n<p>But the world is full of shadows and darkness. And without shadows and darkness light won\u2018t have any quality.<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2018t see or recognize anything when there is pure white.<\/p>\n<p>You coudn\u2018t read a text if the font would be white like the paper.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of light enhances the quality of our life. It also enhances the quality of any photograph that is taken.\u00a0 And darkness or dark tones are essential for such quality.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about lightness and darkness in photography?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love thinking about the relationship of lightness and darkness in photography. There will be no photo without darkness I am not alone with my thoughts. 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