Elizabeth Duncan
Profile
What is it about photography that interests me? In a word: beauty. I want to capture the beauty of the world we live in. That’s not to say that the subject needs to be beautiful or attractive. In fact sometimes I find it much more interesting when it isn’t. Boring and repulsive things are some of my favorite subjects. For it is you (the photographer) that makes them something of interest, that the eye finds pleasure in viewing. When you do that then you know you have done your job as a photographer. The secret to good photographs is light. Why do you think people love to take pictures of sunsets? Because people see sunrise and sunset as the time of day with the most interesting light. As famous Australian photographer Olive Cotton said, “Photography is painting with light”. So if you can make the light work for you, then you know to make the photograph work.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Photography is about showing the world what is beautiful to you, in such a way that it is beautiful to the viewer as well.
If you enjoyed my work please leave me a comment :)
Groups
Elizabeth Duncan is a member of Complex Simplicity of Art, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Amateur Photographers' Association, Art Students and Beginners, As Is, Australian Landmarks and Icons, B&W - Character - People Shots, Beginner's Expressions, Black and White Photography, Bodyscapes, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Candid photographs of friends and family~~ (PLEASE ADD A DESCRIPTION OF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE), Candid Photography, Cards: Best of Your Best, Challenge Café, Childhood, Communities, Compassion, Courage & Friendship, Dawn and Dusk Light, Domestic Art - Home is Where the Art Is, Fabulous Flowers, Fine Arts, Glamour, Green!, Happy Haven Photography Limit 2 images per day, Humour Captured, Just Lines, Kairos, Light and Reflection 1/24, Live, Love, Dream, Love & Romance , Minimalism, Night Photography, Out of the Blue, Pay It Forward, People and Portraiture Photography, Photoshop Help, Portraits in Natural Light, Selective Coloring, Self as Other, Self Portrait, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings, Skyscapes, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Sydney, The Eyes Have It, The Fine Art of Photography, The Urban Environment, THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per day!!!!, The Word Tree, Two Beings Group, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Waves, WMG and Woman Appreciation.
Journal Entries
Im going to europe!
Posted 10 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Photography and the truth
Posted 11 months ago, 10 comments so far.
Why photography?
Posted about 1 year ago, 10 comments so far.
My interview
Posted about 1 year ago, 5 comments so far.
First Sale!
Posted about 1 year ago, 9 comments so far.
Addiction
Posted about 1 year ago, 4 comments so far.
Framing shops?
Posted about 1 year ago, 2 comments so far.
Thanks for your comments
Posted about 1 year ago, 1 comment so far.
Art
Writing
Time
There are many things that will change a man, / Time is only one of them.
Puzzle Pieces
Puzzle Pieces / With no edges No way of knowing where one starts and where one ends / Just a series of seemingly random events in time Where light and shade / Build a language Understood? / W…
The Act
You wicked child! / You cunning fox It is all a game to you My little actress / Oh how well you play your tricks Yes I know you are just toying with me / It shows in tell tale twinkle in your…
The broken machine
Old and rusting / Slowly wearing out / Coming to an end Soon all will be still / The beginning the same as the end In time I will know / For before I was little more then an a prisoner / Watchi…
In Search of Shelter
This was the end of the road, but my dreams continued uncaring of the silent engine… As I wandered through darkness, faces swum in and out of my vision. The only face that I could keep in foc…
Tea?
“Come in and have some tea.” Tea? I thought, my dad never drinks tea and at a time like this? Yet I let this remark past without question.
