The Minimalism Challenge thrown by a Friend

Image (1) - Minimalism as Less Elements

Title: Open Yellow Door

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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Image (2) - Minimalism as Simple Geometry

Title: Light Triangle on Yellow Door

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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So I was hanging out on a Sunday Afternoon at Cafe Stepout at C-Scheme, Jaipur. 

I had my camera with me and I was planning to go out for a Photo-walk after my Coffee. 

I was there with another Photographer Yatin, and soon an old shop customer cum friend joined in. 

His name was Nauushad and he is a Poet. 

He regularly visits my Stationery Shop but till that day we never knew about each others passion.

He knew me as a businessman and I knew him as a Handicraft Manufacturer and Exporter.

I was surprised to find out that he was a Poet and he actually writes really well. 

He was equally surprised to learn about my Photography Skills and my Niche aka Minimalism / Minimalist Photography. 

While we were having a discussion, I was telling him that this art form occurs naturally to me and I  can shoot Minimalism anywhere and everywhere. 

That, nature was full of thousands of frames for me to capture. 

He wanted to validate my claim, so he threw me a Challenge. 

He asked me to shoot some Minimalist Photos at the Cafe itself. 

I readily agreed and asked him about 15 minutes of time. 

He was OK with the time limit and he granted me the same.

I returned back with these two Images.

His feedback was and I quote " Thank You Prakash Ji for providing such lively pictures, Minimalism is really a tough art, and you make it look so easy that you click a frame “within a frame” at a time when every other photographer just passes by searching for one good shot."

I Later explained to him which category of Minimalist Photography each of the Photo fell under and he was happy to learn about it.

Guess what? Next week, we were out on a Photowalk together, although it was for Street Photography. For he prefers that. 

OK, now lets get back to these two Minimalist Photos. 

The 1st Image above, "Open Yellow Door" falls under the Minimalism as Less Elements Category.

Alternatively one can also categorize it under the Minimalism as Simple Geometry Category. 

I did not categorize it under Simple Geometry because, I was trying to do some dimension play, bringing the depth on the left and the right together, by shooting the corner.

I Wanted to create a unique flat looking image. I hope you understood what I was trying to execute.

Geometry was much obvious in the 2nd Image titled "Light Triangle on Yellow Door"

Therefore, its categorization under Minimalism as Simple Geometry was rather straight forward.

This shot was taken vertically and the primary intention here was only to Show and Shoot the Triangle made by Light on the door. 

I clicked this vertical or in the Portrait mode to do away with the clutter.

In the end, I was happy I completed the Challenge successfully.

After that, I ordered another round of Coffee for all 3 of us.

Hope you liked these Images. 

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Have a Great Day !