clair-obscur<\/a>\u00a0and asked us to make pictures using this technique. Clair-obscur is a technique using strong light and dark contrasts which is commonly used in painting, Rembrandt for example used it often in his paintings: making his subject lighter in the forefront, and making the background very dark… darker than it would realistically be. I found it liberating to be photographing again without the black and white points in your histogram, realizing that you can consciously choose to make an ‘underexposed’ picture with lots of blacks and almost no midtones. I hope you like the results shown – let me know what you think of it! I will definitely explore more of this technique, as I like it so much… Soon, there’ll be more to come!<\/em><\/p>\nThe photo’s pictured above, other then those by myself, are made by Henri Cartier-Bresson a famous photographer and co-creator of Magnum<\/a> Photos, a highly influential photographer’s collective. He has inspired me for years and keeps doing so today. I used his photos to illustrate some of the techniques and thoughts (albeit briefly) described above. You can learn best from the best, right? Perhaps I didn’t use the best or right ones, but still I hope that his photos will make you wonder as well: how did he catch that precise moment? And so wonderfully? AND: should you have examples of your own, illustrating the things I described – do share them with me!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>