A week or two (or three?) back, my husband and I started taking morning walks — part sunrise hunt, part attempt at pretending we’re “morning people.” With autumn finally showing up and a new camera lens to test out, these walks have quickly become a favorite way to start the day. The combination of cool air, warm light, and a bit of time together makes it hard not to stop every few steps just to take another photo. Of course it only lasted a few morning seeing that it ended up eating into our schedule too much. Plus, I’m not a “morning” person. I’m awake, but not functional. Like the…
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Every photo you take can never be taken again. Simple truth. Even a photo of a statue—take the same photo again, and it’s a second older, or the lighting has shifted. When someone says, “This photo can never be taken again,” it can lose some of its impact if we apply it to every photo captured. More often, we apply that sentiment, this photo cannot be retaken, to photos of fields that were later paved over with asphalt or replaced by apartment buildings. Buildings demolished. Moments captured between two people who are no longer with us. A child whose grown and on their own now. We once moved into a…
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Have we ever truly answered why certain things—photos, in this case—appeal to some people and not to others? What makes two individuals look at the same image and notice entirely different details? A play of light, a shape, figures seated in isolation will catch my eye. I can barely raise my camera fast enough to compose the scene and capture that fleeting moment in time. How many times have I uploaded photos into Lightroom—often stumbling across ones I’d forgotten to process (oops)—and spent time tweaking and editing in an attempt to recapture the moment, only to realize that they hold little appeal for others? Yet somehow, the photos I took…
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Why write a photography blog? I’ll let you know when I remember. Let’s talk logos instead. I’ve spent hours—real hours—playing with logos. It was easier than dealing with the themes available in WordPress, but I’m not ready to talk about that yet. So, logos. Years ago, I went a little crazy watermarking my photos. It didn’t matter what the photo was—I even accidentally watermarked personal photos of my kids. Even then, the watermark was nothing fancy. Everything was great, I was happy, then one day, I read an interesting article claiming watermarking was stupid and only arrogant people did it. Having a random relative ask why my name was on…
