Making the Common Uncommon

Sometimes, with the right lighting, right timing, right composition and visualization, we can turn the common into something more compelling. Take, for example, a simple road on a level horizon and boring power lines, or a tree and a cow trough. Such is what I saw while traveling in northeastern New Mexico.

The lighting was perfect--mid-morning; the sun behind me, with an approaching northern filled with ominous clouds in front of me. The lighting, timing, and weather conditions changed the common to the uncommon. But, as photographic artists, we need to first see the art those conditions create in order to see the created change in dynamics.