• airports

    Gate 46

    November 11, 2012

    ..If you get an opportunity in photography you have to grab it – they don’t come along that often. When you get the chance of a great picture, you have to identify that quickly and make the most of the situation. Whatever age you are you can do that. Even with luck, you will still have to press the shutter at the right time. You need good reflexes and you need to be fit. 

    John Giles

    As photographers we are always observing how the light falls on our subjects. When I pulled out my camera and took three images it was a mix of interests. The woman’s focus, how the light was hitting her, the billboard, the gate number, all played into the making of this image. There was also a need to hold my camera in my hand and press the shutter to grab the moment.

    Woke to a temperature of 16 degrees at 6:00 am. Now up to 20 degrees but awesome to see the sun shining. Have a good Sunday.

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  • HDR,  quotes

    Hundreds of Times

    November 9, 2012
    Golden Sunset

    “Landscape photographers should have a sense of adventure. Get out there yourself and explore. Stay off the beaten path and be instantly better by being different than the rest. Creativity can’t be taught by someone. It comes from doing, observing the results, analyzing them and doing it all over again, dozens or even hundreds of times.” 

    Dan Jurak

    A few years ago I coached in a midget football program for 5th to 8th graders and had a blast. Our goal was to teach them the basics of the sport: stance, blocking, tackling and sportsmanship. But one of the most interesting aspects was the difference each individual had in learning. There were those who had it the first time, those who were not going to get it and those who were going to need hundreds of times. I learned I belong in the later category: hundreds of times?

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  • Sculpture

    Things That Interest Me

    November 8, 2012
    An Angel

    “There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no desire to create or stage direct ideas.”

    David Hurn

    Like Paul, I’ve also been going back over my archives. It’s amazing to realize all the places this job has allowed me to visit. It is one of the benefits of this work. As I’ve mentioned before I’m a street walker which is where I find things that interest me. Once placed in my viewfinder, then compose, I press the shutter. Found this angel in front of a church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hope everyone has a good day!

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  • Art,  leaves

    The Feeling

    November 2, 2012
    Fallen Leaves

    “The photographic process is so simple. A gorilla took a picture used on a National Geographic cover. There is a danger in that photography is so easy. The taking is easy. The feeling is difficult.”

    Paul Martin Lester

    I can be drawn to a technically perfect image, standing in awe of the photographers skills. However, I most enjoy an image full of power, tugging at something inside of me or speaking to me but not necessarily a technically well done image. I wonder if that is due to my inabilities to always create technically perfect images. I have found this to be true when assessing a series of images I may have taken from one scene. Out of 100 images there may be one that just shouts. It could be due to composition, the changing light, a bird moving through the scene, the reshaping of clouds, a person walking into the scene, a boat that suddenly appears on the water, a smile or change in posture that suddenly appears in a portrait. Somehow within that one image I find a feeling. The other 99 may not have it.

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  • sunrises

    Content With Silence

    November 1, 2012
    Foggy Sunrise

    “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.
    When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”

    Ansel Adams

    And, there is silence standing in an open field shrouded with fog. One of the perks of life.

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