JayEl

Jay El

has been a member since Mar 2008 and goes by JayEl.

We're in Central Cal. I use a Leica M8 digital.

I like light and shadows playing in a photograph, simplicity chasing complexity, depth understated.

Life's not black _or_ white. There's no BLACK, there's no WHITE. BxW is a mosaic of grays, 'White', a synthesis of ALL colors...

Smile! We're all a little B&W, shades of gray, all of us... As is Life.
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Photographs © J.E. For privacy of the depicted, do not use without permission
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Pls, read Gibran's poem: On Chidren...

Find me at: http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/10852

Gibran's Children
Photo Essay

Gibran's Children

11 Mar 2009 — 505 views

Khallil Gibran's classic poem on the soul of children. "First, Do no harm" & the inherent truths in Gibran's "On Children" define my practice.

If Senate seats are for sale...
Personal Post

If Senate seats are for sale...

10 Dec 2008 — 196 views

If Senate seats are for sale, I thought, it's evident that The Free Market still works, all's well, and there's absolutely _no_ crisis.

Hot according to JpgMag, but are these "cool"?!
Feature Story

Hot according to JpgMag, but are these "cool"?!

19 Jul 2008 — 699 views

I figured out what causes a photo to cross the line here from 'cold' to 'hot'...

Here are my submissions for Issue 18
Photo Essay

Here are my submissions for Issue 18

5 Jul 2008 — 549 views

If you like it, click it...
(and I thank you!)

J's Geometry.
Photo Essay

J's Geometry.

4 Jul 2008 — 412 views

I thought I liked landscapes & light & shadows in a photograph, but didn't realize geometry & spaces were also big unnoticed favorites...

Jay's votable photos