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    • Timing in Photography
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    • Variations on a Theme
    • Why I Take Photographs
    • WWII Reenactment
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Light Quality in Photography

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Early morning and dusk are wonderful times to take photographs, but there are other times or situations or light sources, which also give me pleasure.
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Early morning light and afternoon or dusk offer saturated light that intensifies subjects and often increases the appeal of color (above)
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A shaft of light hitting an “ordinary” subject often makes it seem special, such as the small bowl and spoons on a table in a Japanese café in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or shining on the metal sides of a grain elevator in Carlton, Oregon.
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Venetian blinds are another light source that I love. I’ve taken many portraits using the soft, diffuse light that these blinds offer. The pattern they offer when included in an image is also alluring.
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Light sources such as artificial lights at night or in a dark room can create dramatic, chiaroscuro effects that are often more dramatic than shooting the same situation in daylight.
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Shooting into the sun was always considered a no-no, but the shot of the farm with sheep in Oregon taken just as the sun is setting and is shining directly into the lens illustrates nicely an exception to that rule.
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No matter what time of day or where I am, I'm always looking for that special light that is going to make or break a photo.
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To contact Bob Eckert for assignments, consultations or workshops, please email bobeckertphotography@yahoo.com
​or use the contact form on the About page
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  • Home
  • About
  • Clients
  • Projects
    • 2022 New Mexico Treasures Calendar
    • 2022 Pic of the Day
    • Abiquiu Dam
    • Abiquiu Livestock Sale
    • Adjective Challenge
    • Aerial Photos
    • Aircraft - BW Portraits
    • Albuquerque Aquarium
    • Albuquerque Sunport Lowrider Show
    • Alt Fashion
    • Amish, Kalona, Iowa
    • Angel in Albuquerque
    • Astro Zombies Murals
    • Birds
    • Black Mesa, San Ildefonso Pueblo
    • Cabezon Peak
    • Car Portraits
    • Cell Phones
    • Cerro Pedernal
    • Chicano Park Murals
    • Children Portraits
    • Churches
    • Circus Behind the Scenes
    • Cloud Photos
    • Colors
    • Computers
    • Concorso Santa Fe
    • Descansos
    • Design photographs in the style of Charles Sheeler
    • Detroit Street Photos
    • Dogs
    • Explora Albuquerque
    • Fisheye Lens Photos
    • Lowriders
    • Gay Pride Parade
    • Ghost Ranch
    • Goggles Sunglasses and Masks
    • Goofing Around with mime Mark Wenzel
    • Horizont Camera Panoramic Images
    • Humor
    • Industry
    • Infrared Photos
    • Insects
    • International Center of Photography
    • Isolated Trees
    • Isolation Photos
    • Juxtaposed
    • Lady of Guadalupe
    • Landscape Photos
    • Lowrider Summer
    • Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
    • Matachines de Alcalde
    • Mirror Images
    • Moon Photos
    • Moving Arts Espanola
    • Moving Landscapes
    • Murals in Espanola, New Mexico
    • New Mexico Press Association 2022 Award Winner
    • New Orleans Street Photography
    • NM Treasures 2023 Calendar Image
    • Northern New Mexico
    • Norteno Artist Portraits
    • Panoramic Photos
    • Photographers
    • Pic of the Day
    • Plants and Flowers
    • Portraits
    • Port of Portland
    • Portraits of Strangers
    • Published Favorites
    • Repetition in Photos
    • Road to Pedernal
    • San Francisco Chinatown
    • Shadows
    • Snow Photos
    • Still Life Photos
    • San Francisco Street Photos
    • Service People Portraits
    • Shadows
    • Stand Alone Photos
    • Storm and Rain Photos
    • Street Photography
    • Surplus Love
    • The Yin/Yang of Families
    • Trailer Landscapes
    • Trees
    • Urban Landscapes
    • Vintage Ford and Cadillac Manufacturing
    • Vintage - Pre -digital photos
    • Water
    • Widelux Panoramic Photos
    • Working
  • Selected Writing/Published
    • Behind the Scenes at the Circus
    • ​​Book Review: "Orale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico"
    • Carlton, Oregon
    • Comic Con New Mexico
    • Crosswalk Painting
    • Cumbres Toltec
    • Day of the Dead, Albuquerque's Marigold Parade
    • Fog Smoke Haze in Photos
    • Gordon Tooley, Apple Guru
    • Indian Market Native Costumes
    • In Praise of Kit Lenses
    • In Praise of Manual Lenses
    • Instagram
    • Jeff Brock and Bombshell Betty
    • John Lea's Painted Truck
    • Kaleidoscope Photos
    • Light Quality
    • Luck in Photography
    • Luck in Photography vers 2.0
    • National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
    • Natural Dyeing with Glenna Dean
    • Pet Store Animal Photos
    • Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County
    • Rocket Heads Jewelry
    • Scale in Photography
    • Shooting Into The Sun
    • Spanapalooza
    • Tibetan Monk Sand Painting
    • Timing in Photography
    • United Farm Workers
    • Variations on a Theme
    • Why I Take Photographs
    • WWII Reenactment
  • Archive