Dawn or Dusk

There aren’t many symbols in the world as powerful as the multiple meanings of the word ‘light’.

There are too many to list: let there be light, to shed light , to bring something to light.

I had the opportunity to ponder this while reading a photography book yesterday.

The author said to remember there are only two real times a day to shoot a landscape: at dawn or at dusk.

This afternoon I reveled in that, playing with some of my favorite whites.

I found this handwork years ago, and I have used it at Christmas parties, bridal showers, and on the cake table at our daughter’s wedding.

And then I added some of my other favorite whites, whose beauty becomes almost opalescent at dusk.

The plates are a collection of milk glass, and I have had the vases for years. They started to sparkle and come alive once the sun hit.

All of these items reminded me of my favorite pearl earrings and necklace, so I experimented with them as well.

Why dusk or dawn? Because as Scott Kelby says ‘these are the only times of the day when you can get the soft, warm light and warm shadows’.

                                                    

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