This is funny
A couple of days ago, during my morning walk
I heard a noise coming from my left, from a window
I looked, expecting you know someone closing or opening the window
but no, what I saw scared me to death, because it was so unexpected
There was a horse looking out the window just right there
Of course, I took a bunch of photographs, the horse only stayed there for 10 to 15 seconds
but it was enough time for me to make some images
This one, though, was my favorite by far
I didn't know why at first, sometimes I just like some images more than others and there is no specific reason
but after looking at it for a while, I finally realized about what I saw in that image
or should I say, what I didn't see on that image
It was the horse's eyes
Have you ever wondered why people who like a book usually dislike the movie version of the same story?
I believe that, in most cases, it's because no matter how good the author is, no matter how many words they use
to describe every single detail from the characters, and the places
every reader will see it in a slightly different way, every reader will visualize the character and the place
in a slightly unique way
On the other hand, movies give every detail away
every person watching the movie is going to see the same character at the same place
they're going to visualize it in the same way
While books leave some gaps to be filled by the reader and their imagination, movies don't have those gaps
There is not so much room for imagination
Even though photography is a visual medium like video, like the movies, there are some things that we can
do in order to create those gaps, in order to make the viewer engaged with our images a little bit more
and that will make them stop when they are scrolling down on their Instagram feed
and they will make them stare just a bit longer at that photo if we are in an exhibition
when we get that kind of attention, I believe it's because the image works
Now, going back to the image of the horse
as I said, what this image doesn't have is the eyes of the horse
the eyes is something that we look for when we see a photo of an animal or a human being
because the eyes give away probably someone's mood, maybe a little bit of what they are thinking or what they are feeling
a little bit of their soul
so when we don't have that information, what we don't have the eyes, at first we don't know what to make of it
we have to use our imagination, I think this is why I feel like this is the image that works the best from the set of images I took
I like to follow the rule "Hint, Don't Show", that's why I love so much fog
because it makes the subject stand out while obscuring the background, but not completely removing it
the fog hints what could be there but it doesn't show
letting the viewers imagination play a role in my photography is one of the reasons why I should black and white
Monochrome lets me use the real world in a different way, it lets me create a new space
it lacks colors, we see in colors, and when we see something that is lacking colors we need to use our imagination
to fill in with those colors, or not
so next time that you are out taking photos, think about what you could leave out from your image
to add some mystery, decide what's going to add more to that image by becoming "unseen"
That's all I had to share for today, I hope this video was helpful
Thank you so much for watching, as usual, and see you the next one!