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Tim Smith's black and white minimalist photography that helps you live in the present

When Texas-based creative Tim Smith sold his business last year, he wondered what he could possibly do next. Photography was the obvious way to fill the time; it was something he picked up a few years ago after buying a camera and falling in love with it. He decided to start turning his much-loved hobby into a new venture.

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Via Creative Boom submission. All images courtesy of the photographer

Via Creative Boom submission. All images courtesy of the photographer

"I find the entire process almost meditative, in that I’m completely in the present moment," explains Tim. "While I do my photography, I’m generally not thinking about the past or worrying about the future. Everything at that moment is the here and now. There’s a stillness and peace that I find."

It therefore makes sense that we would call his photography business Present Moment Images. Tim initially found interest in colour photographs, but soon found black and white offered a whole new way to express himself. "I've found that when dealing with colour, people often want a picture or expect a picture to look a certain way.

"I think there's this expectation. With black and white, I feel for the most part, that expectation is taken away. Mainly because colour doesn’t distract from what is being conveyed. I enjoy the simplicity and clean look that architecture provides, there’s a structure to it that I find really beautiful."

Discover more of Tim's work at presentmomentimages.com or follow him on Instagram @timsmithphotography1018.

Black and white photograph looking upward at the underside of a modern elevated highway or bridge with repeating geometric steel beams and support structures
A long wooden pier stretches towards the horizon under a dramatic cloudy sky in black and white
Modern angular building with sharp geometric peaks and vertical ribbed panels photographed in black and white against a dark sky
Upward view of a modern triangular building with sharp geometric lines and a pointed peak against a dark sky, with a central staircase leading to the entrance below
Lone bare tree standing in still water with a rocky outcrop in the foreground and distant shoreline under stormy sky in black and white
Black and white photograph of a modernist waterfront complex with two tall cylindrical towers and a lower rectangular building reflected in still water
Full moon rising above undulating desert dunes in black and white minimalist landscape photography
A small wooden pavilion beside a still pond, surrounded by tall trees in a misty black and white landscape
Stark black and white photograph of a modernist building with concentric triangular rooflines and supporting columns against a dark sky, shot from below
Minimalist black and white landscape showing a solitary church with spire in the distance across flat fields under dramatic cloudy sky
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