365 Project

06-04-16

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Day 156 / 520 –

I’m reading “It’s Not About The F-Stop” by Jay Maisel.  It’s a photography book about the art and craft of photography, not about the technical details.  There is still a ton I have to learn about photography, but I find that I like to take what I know, use it, get to a point that I’m ready for the next lesson, learn it, then use and repeat.  I don’t just want to learn everything technical and then try to make perfect pictures.

But I sometimes need to be reminded that this is an art, and there is craft involved, and you can’t force a photo.  You have to go looking for it, which also means you have to be open to it.

But the book is also making me look back at my old photos a bit, pulling out things I didn’t work on because it wasn’t in the 365 project.  There are some things I really liked that I shot, and I either forgot about them or pushed them so far back on the burner that I didn’t think much of them.

So while I’m revisiting a few old photos, it comes from the inspiration to see what I left behind.

06-03-16

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We saw this place on the way to the Dayton airport.  I saw it at around noon, and the light was high and the shadows were harsh.  So much of what made it interesting was hidden, and I resolved to come back later in the day.  Sadly, the clouds behind it, which were dramatic and perfect for my style of shooting had dispersed, and the light I was hoping for was dodging in and out of the clouds to the west.

There is probably a lesson here about doing the shot when you can, but I’m going to be patient.  I have two more weeks here.  Perhaps the shot will materialize.  Maybe not.  There will always be other shots.

Also, the keyboard on my Macbook is broken, and the “z” key is broken.  So how did I type a “z”?  I didn’t.  I googled a word that had a “z” in it, and copied and pasted the single letter.  Where there’s a will…