Comments on: Mood

By: Anita Jesse

Anita Jesse — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:38:07 +0000

I certainly wouldn’t call this photo gloomy, but it definitely puts me “on the ouside looking in”, and out here where I am, it’s dark. It seems to me that the lone car implies loneliness, as well. Nice story-telling. Besides, the crisp whites and deep blacks give a wonderfully sharp edge to the image. I like it a lot.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:53:26 +0000

The longer I stare at the photo, the more undecided I get. At first glance it seems to emanate a lonly, somewhat gloomy feeling (as Markus put it, “not so high-spirited”). But after a while, it also seems to be a rock-solid photo. Clear, trustworthy lines, a car that is quietly waiting to eat the last miles, lit windows that seem to indicate a place with food and refreshments…

Hm. Interesting.

By: Essences â€” Meandering Passage

Essences â€” Meandering Passage — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:03:21 +0000

[...] playing in the back of my mind was a recent post by Paul concerning photographically capturing the mood and the feelings he’s been experiencing on his [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:56:36 +0000

@Markus: I’ve just not spent a lot of time in post-processing trying to create mood, but I do find it interesting how one can manipulate a photo to convey a particular mood. Regarding this photo, no it’s certainly not high spirited. Usually, when I arrive at this location, it’s dark and lonely and I just want to move on. There is a place, directly behind this building, for truck refueling and I often think about the lonely life of a trucker and think that it would never be for me. That, is a story unto itself.

Thanks for input. I appreciate it!

By: Markus Spring

Markus Spring — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:50:23 +0000

Honestly, I donâ€™t know if this â€˜projectâ€™ will make it to fruition, or if itâ€™s just another side street to distract me. Either way, putting some effort into showing mood will be beneficial, project or not.
Paul, I think that is the very key: it will be beneficial, even if mood (here: seems to be not so high-spirited mood) is not your favourite subject. Many of us (myself included) resort quite often to a quite detached sort of photography, showing things “outside”, not too deeply connected with our life. Exploring that “mood” part, making the camera companion on daily, maybe banal, undertakings should open up a new field of exploration.
In this sense your image tells quite some story, and so it’s working for me.