{"id":11013,"date":"2013-04-24T08:28:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T12:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=11013"},"modified":"2013-04-24T08:28:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T12:28:55","slug":"sometimes-those-little-extra-touches-make-all-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/11013\/sometimes-those-little-extra-touches-make-all-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Those Little Extra Touches Make All The Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Antarctica XI, 2005<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes those little extra touches make all the difference in the world.
\nOn my first voyage to Antarctica, I was thunderstruck by its immensity. The vast untouched silent spaces were overwhelming. It was a supreme challenge to suggest this sense of scale in the comparatively small images I was producing. This was even more challenging in an environment without human figures or man-made objects.
\nOne of the ways I approached this challenge was to make images filled mostly with space and populated by tiny objects. You can create a powerful sense of scale if you can present large things as being tiny without creating a sense of distortion at the same time.
\nSome objects bring magic with them. Include the sun, moon, or evening star and you\u2019ve added a magic moment. The bigger you make them, the stronger the magic moment becomes, but no matter how small it\u2019s always magic. Did you ever notice how when a tiny figure is included in an immense landscape picture that the images becomes about the person? I\u2019m always amazed at how something that occupies 1% of the total image\u2019s area can make such a difference.
\nI marvel at how we overlook the dramatic distortions inherent in making small images of very large things, like mountains. On the one hand, this strikes me as funny, in both senses of the word \u2013 comical and strange. On the other hand, this is magical; you can hold the earth in your hands. Suspension of disbelief is responsible for much of the magic of looking at realistic images.
\nInitially, this image was made without the moon, which was added later. The moon makes this image stronger in many ways, taking it up a notch. The moon also changes the nature of this photography. Without the moon, this image can be seen as a literal, historical document. With the moon, this image becomes an aesthetic object with a heightened emotional emphasis; a poem rather than a piece of non-fiction. While both versions hold up, I prefer the version with the moon. I choose which version to show based on what\u2019s appropriate for a given use. For instance, I show the version without the moon in my editorial body of work Antarctica<\/em>. The same means are not appropriate for all situations.
\nQuestions<\/em>
\nWhat small things could you include to make a big difference?<\/em>
\nWhich small things make the biggest difference?<\/em>
\nDoes how you include them increase or decrease the contributions they make?<\/em>
\nIs their inclusion appropriate for what you are trying to accomplish?<\/em>
\nFind out more about this image here.<\/a>
\nView more related images here.<\/a>
\nRead more The Stories Behind The Images here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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