Fog is fun. It has softness and mystery. Fun to photograph in, terrible to drive in. It was also a mystery when to expect fog. Sometimes I could guess, like when it was rainy or there was snow on the ground and the air got suddenly warm. But what made the fog? Naturally, there is …
“The only cure for distraction is attention.” Pico Iyer (and a camera focuses our attention)
We like being liked. And like liking. The beauty of liking on social media is that there isn’t a don’t like button. If you don’t like me, I’ll never know.
Often we photograph things we don’t like. The world is full of photos of things that are not good. There is an urge to visually point at such things and say “Look.” We want to bring other people’s attention to what we see.
There is a Talmudic saying that says, “We do not see things as they are.” What do we see? Is this a warning sign? A piece of art? Or a gate? Maybe there is no “are.” We see what we see. We miss a lot that others may catch and we catch stuff others may …
Attention gets tired. Not just when we are suffering through a boring lecture or listening to a rambling relative but pretty much all day, every day. Wikipedia has some nice technical jargon..”.. overuse of the brain’s inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task.” I think this translates to …
Sometimes you get to work under less than perfect conditions. You go where they put you and do your best…
Sometimes I find I like some photos better the second time I see them, especially other people’s photos. At first glance my eye and brain do a quick scan to see what this new thing is and then either linger or move on. The second time there is familiarity and I find me lingering longer. …
Heavy rains are becoming common. Really heavy rains. Often they seem to come at night and we see evidence in the morning. It’s a sign of our climate. The evidence of heavy rains is well documented but not so much the events. It’s not easy to get out in a deluge and take photos. This …
Photography is 90% inspiration. We photograph what moves us. Those things that catch our eye, our attention. Things we think we can “do” something with. When we are moved, we do great work. Of course that leaves 10% (maybe more, I’ve haven’t applied a statistical model to these made up numbers). What about taking pictures …