Sunlit blinds

Sometimes the transformative effect of directional light on everyday objects turns them into something that causes you to stop, stare and see them as if for the first time. So it was with these wooden Venetian blinds in our bathroom. The sun was shining through figured obscure glass throwing swirling lines and shadows onto the repeated flat surfaces, giving them qualities absent in flatter light.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus E510   2009

Wardrobe shadows

Shadows can transform scenes and objects, adding contrast and drama to the most mundane of subjects. Venetian blinds throw, I think, particularly interesting shadows, and over the years I've posted a few shots that include their sharp parallel lines laid across a domestic scene. The photograph above shows a very rectilinear wardrobe door with grain and shiny, minimalist handles. I tilted the camera to make the shadows a counterpoint to the lines of the piece of furniture in my semi-abstract composition.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100