Contrast
is the difference in visual properties
that makes an object ... in an image
distinguishable from other objects
and the background
[from · this wikipedia article ·]
The Boder Issue - Intro
Very roughly said, there are two kinds of cells inside the human eye that can transform the light coming in into signals and forward them to the brain. There, the signals are composed into what we call "seeing".
These two 'kinds' of cells work in a way, that one kind can distinguish differences between light and dark but not colours (just grey !) - and the other is solely responsible for the colour part.
The ones responsible for the light/dark varieties are a few times more sensitive to light.
Letters and writing work this way
All colours will agree in the dark - or: all cats are grey by night. Ever seen a ginger cat in the moonlight ? Or the colours of the leaves in autumn under a harvest moon ? That's what I meant. You'll see the object, but colours come only with (the right amount and source of) light.
The term outline can be used to describe the actual line(s) around letters/words - serving the purpose of highlighting the actual words in a picture for example.
do you also see a person standing,
a bottle in the hand raised, head bowed back a bit -
or is it just are this just wet traces on a sidewalk...
some more 'just' wet traces on a sidewalk...
The Border Issue - more examples
Boris Karloff as "The Mummy"
in the film's 1932 version
two stencils - found on a street in Vienna [2010]
a character from a film (work in progress) by Jessica Koppe
[note: this are fully pose-able stop-motion animation characters with armature !]
So what is the point ?
This is something persistently gaining weight in my mind and ...erm... 'thinking' about visual perception and photography. Now I'm not planning to issue any manifestos, reveal any hidden truths or such nonsense - I am just talking about something I became more and more aware of lately. Enough people wrote enough stuff about aesthetics and what "art" can/should/must be and with whom they will not hang out and is an rotten egg and stuff.
This is something I became aware of.
It might sound very stupid in its simplicity: easily readable, simple designs can be easily read and remembered. The most iconic (yes, like icon) characters in classic horror films can be reproduced with some simple lines.
This is a work in progress article - heading toward balancing things out against each other and lightning in setting up strong pictures in some so long planned and now being in reach to actually "happen" stop-motion animation stuff. Yay !
Oh, and for your visual desert - some onomatopoetia; because I just love the sound of the word itself... voila, and bon appetit !
is the difference in visual properties
that makes an object ... in an image
distinguishable from other objects
and the background
[from · this wikipedia article ·]
The Boder Issue - Intro
Very roughly said, there are two kinds of cells inside the human eye that can transform the light coming in into signals and forward them to the brain. There, the signals are composed into what we call "seeing".
These two 'kinds' of cells work in a way, that one kind can distinguish differences between light and dark but not colours (just grey !) - and the other is solely responsible for the colour part.
The ones responsible for the light/dark varieties are a few times more sensitive to light.
Letters and writing work this way
The term outline can be used to describe the actual line(s) around letters/words - serving the purpose of highlighting the actual words in a picture for example.
In another meaning it can also describe the shape of something.
Like a silhouette, for example
or a warning sign
this here is actually about substances
that severely harm/destroy nature/life
Like a silhouette, for example
or a warning signthis here is actually about substances
that severely harm/destroy nature/life
do you also see a person standing,
a bottle in the hand raised, head bowed back a bit -
or is it just are this just wet traces on a sidewalk...
some more 'just' wet traces on a sidewalk...
The Border Issue - more examples
Boris Karloff as "The Mummy"
in the film's 1932 version
two stencils - found on a street in Vienna [2010]
a character from a film (work in progress) by Jessica Koppe[note: this are fully pose-able stop-motion animation characters with armature !]
So what is the point ?
This is something persistently gaining weight in my mind and ...erm... 'thinking' about visual perception and photography. Now I'm not planning to issue any manifestos, reveal any hidden truths or such nonsense - I am just talking about something I became more and more aware of lately. Enough people wrote enough stuff about aesthetics and what "art" can/should/must be and with whom they will not hang out and is an rotten egg and stuff.
This is something I became aware of.
It might sound very stupid in its simplicity: easily readable, simple designs can be easily read and remembered. The most iconic (yes, like icon) characters in classic horror films can be reproduced with some simple lines.
This is a work in progress article - heading toward balancing things out against each other and lightning in setting up strong pictures in some so long planned and now being in reach to actually "happen" stop-motion animation stuff. Yay !
Oh, and for your visual desert - some onomatopoetia; because I just love the sound of the word itself... voila, and bon appetit !
