Slow Photography #40 Slowness is Beauty
Slowness is beauty. There are many ways to slow down our photography: relaxed awareness, mental willpower, a tripod. Bronze Buddha, Nikko Japan. Slow photography is more being, and less doing. To practice it, we start by believing that slowness is beauty. Awhile ago, living in Kyoto, Japan, I found that the idea "slowness is beauty" was part of Japanese art and culture. The phrase is: "Oso-sa wa utsukushi-sa." Her is an exercise. For part of my workshop on ideas in photography, I offer a "slowness is beauty" exercise to photography students. We practice Slow Photography with the low ISO setting on our cameras. Bob's Barbershop, Cambridge Maryland. Low and Slow. In summer, or when the light was particularly bright, a low and slow ISO helps us work deliberately. For example, I used ISO 64 when I walked past Bob's Barbershop in Cambridge Maryland. The light was overcast, and I changed ISO to 64 on my ...