A judge in a contest once mentioned that sometimes people over-complicate things when it comes to photography. We tend to think that to make extraordinary photographs, we must go on vacations or go to exotic places. Sure, those places often inspire you and you get some great photographs, but he stressed how you also should be able to make great photographs in your own house by "looking" at things in a different way, maybe isolating a particular detail in an every day object or that special light that comes in your window early in the morning might also deserve some attention. Richard Martin once said, "If you can't make a good photograph where you are, stepping on an airplane isn't going to change that". I have tried to remember both pieces of advice and make it work for me. The image below was the side tray on my barbecue the morning after a little rain, I thought the different sizes and shapes of water droplets were very interesting.
Photo of the Week #38
Photo of the Week #37
Sometimes getting that unique image requires some "out of the box" thinking, especially when it's a place or object that you have shot so many times before. Some places are so well known that it's hard to get truly unique photographs. When I go to Peggy's Cove, I am trying to "see" things differently. I love the place, it's certainly one of my favorite places in Nova Scotia, but it has also been photographed so much that you really have to work to make your photographs stand out from all the rest. This photograph is a product of looking for that unique shot. I think I accomplished that.
Photo of the Week #36
Another small panoramic image made on Howe Island. This a re-shoot of a subject that we shot during our workshop with Andree a few weeks ago. I'm liking this a lot more than what I got before, really kind of cool to do these.
Photo of the Week #35
I am extremely late in getting the Photo of the Week up this time around, but I was on the road over the weekend and things have been a bit busy here at home since my return, but getting to it now. A few weeks ago I attended a workshop given by Andree Thorpe, which had an emphasis on creating panorama images. I missed out on a really fantastic one while in Nova Scotia, mostly because of not thinking of it........duh. Anyway, this image is another that I did another evening, it isn't a killer photograph, but it means something to me as this is the view you see when you're on the beach in front of our house. The original image is 12,000 pixels wide and can be easily printed at 50 inches wide. It's made up of 22 frames all stitched together. I hope you enjoy.