The Terribly Sad Tale of a Vision Unrealized
Photographers are told to visualize the photo they want, imagine it in all its colors, and lines, and background. Then go for it!
Today, I had two tips. Each by itself would make a cool photo but combining the two would result in a masterpiece!!
Tip #2: people are skating on the thin ice of Tern Lake.
I grabbed my camera and drove to the lake, all while visualizing the photo I wanted. Subjects: skaters and swans. Light: pewter gray day, so that was decided for me
Background: the leafless trees on the far side of the lake.
Composition: to be determined but hopefully skaters in front of, beside, or behind the swans.
IMAGINE!!!
When I arrived, the skaters were gone, as were the swans. No where to be seen.
All I got was this crappy shot of skate marks on the frosted ice of Tern Lake.
Well, I told you it was a sad tale.
Well I have got to .. long pause .. chuckle about this Gullible. I take a similar yet decidedly different road. I see a scene that interests me, off I go snapping (often a lot or far too many) photos. BUT I DO jump right on a photo opportunity when I see it visually! One minute, even in ten seconds, the sun can change and poof, there goes "my photo". Nowhere in my totally unsophisticated process do I visualize the photo I want, imagine it in all its colors, and lines, and background. Then go for it! Nor do I "mentally crop" photos waiting for the "right one". I just shoot away. BUT I sure see, understand, and yes sympathize with what you experienced above Gullible. Smiling .. Cap
ReplyDeleteI often jump into a photo as insurance that I got something. Then, once assured, I pause to consider light, action, composition, and background to get a better shot.
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