Sky: Looking Into The Landscape’s Soul

“If eyes are windows to the soul in a portrait, sky is the window to the soul in a landscape”
Portrait photography captures life and emotions through fleeting facial expressions. Facial expressions that are an insight into the sitter’s personality and mood. Seeing life in the portrait’s eyes, we feel their mind at work. In that momentary facial expression, the portrait captures life, giving the portrait meaning and intensity; an emotional charge. An insight into their soul.
Landscape photography captures life and emotions through the ever-changing light. The weather communicating the landscapes emotions, manifested in the sky, creating the mood. The light and clouds being the expression of that mood; creating the landscape’s emotional charge. The weather is an insight into the landscape's personality and mood; its soul.
People and landscapes are physical objects containing life. People; life comes from within, self-contained. Landscapes; life comes from outside conveyed by light. The s...