diptychs no. 2 & no. 3
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hello. more diptychs today.
i’m finding that putting together 2 photos like this is a good challenge. i think there are a few different ways to combine images in a diptych. i can combine 2 photos that share similarities … a similar color palette, pattern, composition, or other symmetry. along those same lines, i can combine 2 images with the same subject matter (here is a good example of this). the first diptych above fits into this category i think.
on the other hand, i can put together 2 photos that don’t share any obvious similarities (and these are the harder diptychs to do well, i think). but when it is done well, the result is surprising and often quite striking. i’m still working on this method. stay tuned.
and i wanted to share this: First Year Teacher to His Students (by Gary J. Whitehead). summer feels very far away right now, though i’m not sure why. reading that poem helped.
a good day to you.
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the blue hour 
diggin’ the second, brian.
love them both. what a fun exploration for you this week!
that poem knocked me flat.
Brian, I like the soft textures and references of the 2nd one so so much. Thank you for sharing Gary Whitehead’s poem. It makes me feel (and remember) summers past with longing.
The first pair is a winner!
i don’t eat meat but oddly enough i love the first one :) great job
gorgeous. and yum.
Does diptych no. 1 NOT qualify as the second sort because both are of glass objects? You’re a better man than I am a woman in that regard. Of one thing…no, two things…I am certain. Diptych no. 3 is a warm, soft winner, and that poem slammed me right back to summers in my old home town. Thanks.
Not sure if this has been brought to your attention yet, but have you seen James Turnley’s project, http://www.twofortheroadblog.com/ ? Photographers submit their photos to a flickr pool and he selects them in pairs to be featured on this blog. It’s neat-o!
i love everything about that shoe shot. awesome, brian.
xo Alison
i loved that poem too. reading (or listening to) the writer’s almanac is one of my favorite rituals of the moring.
that pinecone print is amazing, all three prints looks so good together. happy day to you!
I too have started to consider doing these and I love seeing you openly work through ideas and the process. Thanks for your constant inspiration!
I’m enjoying your diptychs very much. The shoes are splendid. :-)
Oh, how I love that poem. & thanks for sharing the beauty you do. -s
thanks for introducing me to such a beautiful poem. hanging onto this one and passing it along!
love this one the best, i think. reminds me of the raw and the cooked somehow, maybe the anticipation’s the thing. the poem’s pure gold. thanks.
This diptych series is fabulous! I really love the second shot here with the shoes and the fish pictures. It makes me think of my dad, and going fishing with him when I was little.
These are great! The first one is especially wonderful.