light as the "true subject" of a photographer

[DougFord]

I only like taking pictures of the photons that bounce off of interesting matter. lol

 

[Rayt]

I've heard serious photographers only use the best light.

I think getting up at 4am to catch the best light is a mark of seriousness. It has to be pretty serious to skip that coffee and bagel.

 

[sepiareverb]

I spent a good year photographing light itself. My final 'set' (studio set-up) was a pair of yupo papers (a plastic watercolor paper) set up as a trap for light. As the color of light changed over the course of a day or few minutes I could capture it in my trap, minus any other 'subject'. My camera was carefully focussed upon the surface of this paper, and with a camera set to 'daylight' color balance, the changes in the color of light were recorded.