The Philosophy
Why Borrowed Light? It’s an architectural term, and because of my background in Architecture and Urban Design, it seemed like a good name for a website. Borrowed Light is light that passes through one space in order to illuminate another. Because of its journey the light is subtly changed by the environment it passes through. In the end it’s never quite the same as it was originally. To me, this seems like the way photography works. We capture light, that is we borrow it. It filters through the lens, lands on film or digital imaging media. Then it gets processed and projected on to some sort of media.
While all these steps impact the image in subtle (or dramatic) ways, none is as powerful as the personal perceptions we bring to that image when we view it. The original was something existing in one simple form in the world of reality and the image exists in a much different way, in a different time, and a different context. I believe in the duality of images: they are never quite the same as the origininal, and we manipulate them consciously or unconsciously to prove a point.
Hence Borrowed Light.
The Equipment
I mainly use a Nikon D200 and I have a variety of lenses. These include the Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8 IF-ED, Nikkor 300mm f4 AF-D ED IF, Nikkor 50 f/1.8D, Nikkor AF 80-200mm f/2.8 ED, Nikkor AF-S 12-24mm f/4 G IF-ED DX, and a AF-S VR Micro- NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED.
In 2008 I started using film again. I have a Mamiya C330, a Zorki4, and my current (and overly trendy) Favorite, the ubiquitous Holga. I'll never give up digital, but I love film because it's less forgiving and more surprising.
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