Black and White Minimal Art

13 Apr 2020

Star Drenched In Rain

Minimalism as Less Elements

Black and White Minimalist Photography using a Star Symbol at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur as seen from the entrance gate during a Rain shower shot by Prakash Ghai

Minimalist Photography by © Prakash Ghai
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A Minimalist Photo of a Star Sign at Jawahar Kala Kendra as seen from the entrance gate during a Rain shower.

Usually I duck in when it rains, but thankfully that day I decided to take some risk and I kept moving around with the Camera while it was raining.

I was inside Jawahar Kala Kendra and I took a lot of shots at the main entrance gate. Sure, I had to keep wiping my lens every now and then as the wind brought along droplets on my lens.

Guess what I started shooting at first? Well, Street Photography.

There were some people moving around with Umbrellas and some without. Unfortunately, I did not get what I wanted with the Street Photos. Therefore, I decided to turn back to Minimalist Photography.

I always wanted to click this White Star but the frame would have been too boring as it would have been a very flat shot captured by a lot of people before.

But, capturing the Star Drenched in Rain in Black and White, made this a little different.

I knew I had to keep my shutter speed high. So I captured this at 1/1600 sec. More Technical specifications of the shot are below.

The EXIF Data of the Photo is as follows:

Camera Model: Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Lens: Canon 100 mm Prime Lens

F-stop: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/1600 sec.

ISO speed: ISO-1600

Focal Length: 100 mm

Metering mode: Spot

Exposure program: Manual

Hope you enjoyed the Star Drenched in Rain Minimalist Photograph.

Thank you for your time. Have a Nice Day !

30 Jan 2019

Light Through The Box

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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OK, so what we have here is A Black and White Minimal Art Photograph of Light Passing through a Box lit via a Light Bulb at Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur.

This Photo is a bit Maximal in Nature aka Maximally Minimal, because of shadow spreading all over the frame.

But, in essence the Photo is Minimal because of Less Elements, i.e The Box and the Shadows created via it. No other elements are here.

If you look at the Photograph ignoring the shadows, then you will be able to see how I composed my shot. I simply placed the Box in the frame according to rule of thirds, leaving negative space on the side. That negative space is where the shadows are.