Fall Darklight Is Here

Welcome to fall, it is truly starting to feel like fall, cold and windy. All overcast all the time, which means no vitamin D. Lots of depression everywhere you look, but you do have that odd person that just loves everything about fall. I have to admit that fall skies are perfect for my kind of photography, you can feel the emotion in what you see, in what my brain is trying to tell you. The clouds show all shades of darkness in a good and bad way. The good being the art, the bad being the depression I feel as i take said photo. I can picture myself walking around listening to Depeche Mode, my favourite band, and feeling all of this, everything at once, tears falling from my face. On the plus side is that I released all this emotion, so I don't have to feel it for a while.

Funny thing about the above photo is that I couldn't go down that path, the bridge was too dark for me. I remember how miserable I was that day. I snapped good shot after good shot, not missing a beat. Remember the more I'm hurting the more amazing the photo can become. I have to listen to the darkest music I own just to put myself in this spot. So here it is, the bridge of darkness that I could not cross. Moving on.

So much fall everywhere. Blurry leaves, sharp leaves, the absence of leaves. Fall brings so much sadness to my eyes. Yet after the shot it done and edited, I'm happier for it. I'm backwards. The colours are such a sad green, as summer disappears and everything dies, life goes on into the coldness of everything else. I'm not sure if any of this is making sense, it just needs to be written this way. 

So if you are feeling the doubt and the dread, here is a place on the west side of the Toronto Eaton Centre. It is a maze like brick design on the ground. Lots of people use it as a form of meditation to walk in it following the lines. Listen to spa music while doing so and you will be able to find inner peace. Or a person like me can stand beside it and find the most gloomy view of it, take a picture and make it look even darker. Smile in the face of bad days, don't let it take you down. You have tomorrow to make it much better. When in doubt, take a photograph.

Surprise music video, Saw Something by Dave Gahan.