• Candid Portraits,  Documentary/Street,  lifestyles,  People/Portraits,  quotes

    You never know….

    September 17, 2019
    Approaching Pitkin and Meridian bus stop

    Jay Maisel always says to bring your camera, ‘cause it’s tough to take a picture without it. Pursuant to the above aforementioned piece of the rule book, subset three, clause A, paragraph four would be…use the camera. Put it to your eye. You never know. There are lots of reasons, some of them even good, to just leave it on your shoulder or in your bag. Wrong lens. Wrong light. Aaahhh, it’s not that great, what am I gonna do with it anyway? I’ll have to put my coffee down. I’ll just delete it later, why bother? Lots of reasons not to take the dive into the eyepiece and once again try to sort out the world into an effective rectangle. It’s almost always worth it to take a look. – Joe McNally 

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  • flowers,  Plants,  quotes

    Need to make more mistakes

    September 21, 2017
    Last of the season
    Last of the season

    “If you’re not making mistakes, you might as well hang the camera up.” Joe McNally

    Probably one the last flowers we will see this year as the weather changes and fall approaches. Mornings are cooler as we had 43 degrees at 6:30 am. The temperature swing can be large this time of the year as we are expecting a high of 83 degrees this afternoon. Jacket in the morning and short sleeves by afternoon. Probably need to make more mistakes. 

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  • architecture,  doors,  quotes

    Bring Your Camera

    March 10, 2012
    The Grand Ball Room

    “Jay Maisel always says to bring your camera, ‘cause it’s tough to take a picture without it. Pursuant to the above aforementioned piece of the rule book, subset three, clause A, paragraph four would be…use the camera. Put it to your eye. You never know. There are lots of reasons, some of them even good, to just leave it on your shoulder or in your bag. Wrong lens. Wrong light. Aaahhh, it’s not that great, what am I gonna do with it anyway? I’ll have to put my coffee down. I’ll just delete it later, why bother? Lots of reasons not to take the dive into the eyepiece and once again try to sort out the world into an effective rectangle. It’s almost always worth it to take a look.”

    From the book: “The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world’s top shooters” by Joe McNally

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  • architecture,  Photography

    … keep moving our feet.

    February 16, 2010
    The Blue Wall"

    “The camera’s not a camera, really. It’s an open door we need to walk through.  It’s up to us to keep moving our feet.” Joe McNally

    Joe McNally’s post about photographers being “strange” is true. He pins me to the wall when he talks about photographers “staring at strange stuff”. I plead guilty to that and probably hits a chord with anyone reading his blog or even this blog. Case in point is the wall outside of a restaurant/bar called the Boathouse in Myrtle Beach. I had gone over for lunch before we flew out later in the afternoon. After devouring a shrimp BLT sandwich and fries, something I’d never had before, I walked out the door and noticed the painted wall of the building. It looked like a fresh paint job and I had to have a photo. I took a half dozen shots, adjusting my position by moving forward and backwards, stepping to the side, trying different crops until I felt I got what I wanted. Probably took no more than 1-2 minutes of time. Turning around I found myself staring at a car wanting to park right where I was doing my photographers dance routine. I can hear it now, “I don’t know Martha, looks like he’s shooting a wall. Strange!” I gave them a sheepish smile, waved, put the lens cap back on and got out of their way.

    Whether we’re strange or not, we must keep moving our feet. 🙂

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