At almost every turn there is another eye catching
splendid image created and lost. The
phrenetic paths we follow in our idiosyncratic ways form so many chance occurrences. Within the framework of the world we live we
all weave our threads into a wonderful expression. Just now and again moments otherwise lost are
recorded. At times when I see an
opportunity and release the shutter of the camera I feel sure the blink of the
reflex inside the camera has taken the image that I saw forming and that the resulting
photographic image will be worthy of sharing.
In the depths of a reflection the world as we see it altered. Often the reflection brings a startling
change in luminance and of course a reflection is a mirrored image. The power produced in an altered image is
that of giving us new perspectives. Even
a fleeting glance of a reflection brings a fresh focus on a subject. When a single lens camera is used to record
reflections the photographer gets a peculiar view of the reflection through the
camera. The single lens offers a
different image from our usual world of vision.
This new vision has a rigidly fixed focus. The intensity of the luminance through the
lens and having the eye being trained on a reflective surface through the
exclusion of the ambient lighting by the camera gives a view to the
photographer that is only partially recorded in any photographic exposures.
In this series of images I saw a reflection and
through the single lens of the camera I encountered several images created by
depth of field and telescopic isolation.
The moving people have moved on including me and yet an ephemeral
collection of markers of light remain.
When read by electronic devices the code created can be seen as a lasting
record of that day. The production of straight sided
technical records of light can still encompass several visual keys to unlock in
the viewer an element of the atmosphere present at the moment the photograph
was taken. Reflected in these images is
the day as I saw it and the place as I felt it.
The 3 images published form a snapshot of the moment
Edinburgh Fringe Mirrored
Royal Mile in reflection
Edinburgh Looking Brass Triptych
Photographs
©2013 PHH Sykes
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