Elizabeth Duncan
Profile
- Name
- Elizabeth Duncan
- Age
- 17
- City
- Castle Hill
- Country
- Australia
- Joined
- Feb 2008
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 there is an image that is not for sale that you would like to purchase please bubble mail me.
Groups
Elizabeth Duncan is a member of Complex Simplicity of Art, All Things Poetic, Prose, 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 Photography, Cards - Best of the Best, Challenge Café, Childhood, Compassion, Courage & Friendship, Dawn and Dusk Light, Domestic Art - Home is Where the Art Is, Emotive Photography - Not Happy Campers, Fabulous Flowers, Fine Arts, Gaia - The Living Planet, Glamour, Green!, Group Competitions, Happy Haven, Humour Captured, In The Shadows, Kairos - Capturing the Decisive Moment, Light and Reflection, Lines, Live, Love, Dream, Minimalism, My Neighborhood, Night Photography, Out of the Blue, People and Portraiture Photography, Photoshop Help, Portraits in Natural Light, Selective Coloring, Self as Other, Self Portrait, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings, Skyscapes, Stairs, Stillness Speaks, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Street Signs, Sydney, The Eyes Have It, The Two Of Us, The Urban Environment, THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography, The Word Tree, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Waves, Woman Appreciation and Writers' Market.
Journal Entries
Why photography?
Posted about 1 month ago, 8 comments so far.
My interview
Posted about 1 month ago, 5 comments so far.
First Sale!
Posted 3 months ago, 9 comments so far.
Addiction
Posted 3 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Framing shops?
Posted 4 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Thanks for your comments
Posted 4 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Art
Writings
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.
A Picture of Words
I showed you my world, and illustrated each detail with colours bright and bold. I talked about the shades of vibrant yellow, the setting sun cast upon the green leaves. And how the reflection of the …
New eyes
I see the world in a way that makes it unique and special, / so much of it is new and undiscovered to me. / I wish to turn over every leaf, rock and pebble in my sight, / because I believe there is al…
