Photo Notes

These are my personal notes on some select images: what caught my attention, why I chose that angle, or what I was trying to understand in the composition. These aren’t polished essays—they’re small studies that help me slow down and look closer at what the pictures show me.

Stairwell casting shadows

Stairwell casting shadows

I positioned the camera so the lines of the room met cleanly around the central column. Shot at 24mm, the frame holds the full scene without distortion — light climbing the stairs, deep wood tones grounding it. Every ang…

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Architectural Studies

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Balance & WeightLight & ShadowRhythm & RepetitionTone & Contrast
The Methuselah

The Methuselah

Shot with an ultra-wide 11mm lens, this image pulls the stone foreground and the ancient Methuselah tree out from time. The low angle gives the tree a towering presence, its twisting branches reaching into the sky. Every…

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Landscape Form StudiesNatural Form Studies

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Balance & WeightFraming & BoundariesMovement & StillnessPoint of ViewTension & Release
Lynnewood Mirrored Hallway

Lynnewood Mirrored Hallway

A layered composition built on symmetry and depth, this scene pulls everything toward a single vanishing point. The mirrors reflect both the space and the photographer, echoing that same inward draw. It’s less about the …

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Architectural StudiesUrban Exploration

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Balance & WeightFraming & BoundariesPoint of ViewRhythm & RepetitionTone & Contrast
Chandelier hangs from a decaying ceiling

Chandelier hangs from a decaying ceiling

Above, an eldritch chandelier dangles, its flickering bulbs illuminating the forbidding expanse of a decayed realm. The non-Euclidean architecture looms, whispering secrets of a bygone era, as shadows dance in the abysma…

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Architectural StudiesTheater Interior StudiesUrban Pattern Studies

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Depth & LayersFraming & BoundariesPoint of ViewRhythm & Repetition
Elegant theater interior

Elegant theater interior

The image captures the interior of the Lansdowne theater, looking straight at the rows of seats from the stage. Rows of seats stretch across the foreground in ordered rhythm, while the painted ceiling and vaulted arches …

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Architectural StudiesTheater Interior Studies

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Balance & WeightColor & SaturationDepth & LayersFraming & BoundariesPresence & AbsenceRhythm & Repetition
Weathered wooden staircase

Weathered wooden staircase

The photograph captures a worn staircase in stark black and white, lit from above so the rails and steps glow against deep shadows. It is a study in geometry and light: lines converge and overlap, creating a layered stru…

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Architectural StudiesTheater Interior Studies

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Depth & LayersDirection & FlowFraming & BoundariesLight & ShadowRhythm & RepetitionTone & Contrast
Passage of Circles

Passage of Circles

In the heart of the garden, arches weave a tale of shadows and light. Ferns whisper secrets beneath the moon's gaze. A journey unfolds, where nature's embrace cradles the soul.

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Landscape Form StudiesNatural Form StudiesTonal Studies

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Balance & WeightDepth & LayersMovement & StillnessRhythm & RepetitionTone & Contrast
Vintage mill machinery

Vintage mill machinery

Lit from a single source, this upward view of an old mill’s rafters turns machinery into sculpture. Circles of rusted wheels and looping belts intersect with wooden diagonals, creating a web of motion held in stillness —…

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Architectural Studies

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Color & SaturationLight & ShadowPattern & DisruptionRhythm & Repetition
A majestic tree towers amidst a circle of slender trunks.

A majestic tree towers amidst a circle of slender trunks.

Shot with a fisheye lens from the forest floor, the trees curve inward around a dark central trunk, turning the grove into a vaulted dome where distortion becomes structure.

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Landscape Form StudiesNatural Form Studies

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Balance & WeightFraming & BoundariesRhythm & RepetitionTension & ReleaseTone & Contrast
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