windows; view; countryside; lines; shadows; burgundy; France

There are times when the light in a particular situation is just mesmerizing. You hear artists talking about the quality of light in New Mexico, in the high Sierras, in LA, in the redwood forests, in Provence, along the Riviera. In this very old chateau in France, the windows and doors line up looking south across the Burgundy countryside. The windows projected shadows were moving across the walls and floors as if they were dancing to a waltz, the notes floating from room to room. I really wanted to make a timelapse video of the movement of light and shadows across the interior walls and floors. This was not possible as too many people were wandering around this aged building. We capture light all day long with our magical boxes hoping to stop the shadows just enough to make a photograph. These photos are memories stored. Our emotions, feelings, and attitudes are locked up inside those magic machines. The best of photographs can reignite our passions each and every time we gaze upon them. I have a few that produce those reactions in others. Many more exist for my amusement.