In cinema, they talk of the “jump cut”, when scenes switch abruptly without segue between them. The photographic style of Jenny Downing cuts away elements that other shooters might include. What’s missing defines what is, as she selectively draws your attention. Consider self-titled “Filly“, “Footnote“, or “Postprandial“. There is intimacy to the close-cropping/composition.
“With my photos, what you see is what you get; I peer at the world with one eye closed or with head on one side”, she says; “I see bokeh sparkles in the bottom of my wineglass—but that might just be an alcoholic haze!” She does little post-processing other than cropping and to “occasionally sharpen or adjust the contrast”.
Jenny takes the Day with “Faith”, for character, clarity, color, and composition. She shot the portrait on July 15, 2011, using Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens. Vitals: f/4, ISO 400, 1/250 sec, 200mm.
Living in Geneva, Switzerland, she joined Flickr in April 2007.
Photo Credit: Jenny Downing