pairs of photos

Photographs usually have their own story to tell, but sometimes having a pair of photographs just makes the story even more interesting and richer in detail. In practicing, I've been taking pairs of photographs to make comparisons. Before/after, micro/macro, and control/experimental.

This reminded me of Edward Tufte's book, Envisioning Information, where he actually does go into detail about micro/macro readings, small multiples, and narratives of space and time. I suppose photography is in fact a form of information design. I love it, creative thinking meets analytical thinking :) For those of you that haven't heard, Tufte's long-awaited new book Beautiful Evidence has just been published! From his introduction to the book:

Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates empirical information. Beautiful Evidence is about how seeing turns into showing, how empirical observations turn into explanations and evidence presentations. The book identifies excellent and effective methods for presenting information, suggests new designs, and provides tools for assessing the credibility of evidence presentations.

Pre and Post Wish


Rings, Micro and Macro


Peaches, With and Without Flash

I'm not sure why, but cameras like to pop the flash and almost always ruin the photo. Unless you intentionally want to fill in the shadows, override your flash :) The last photo for today worked only because the shadows are there.


Six More Candles