Approaching Storm
I have always taught my students that photographing on the edge of the light is always best. Then the other day, John Paul Caponigro made a comment on Facebook relating to photographing on the edge of situations. It made me think, “Am I missing something here?” I believe I was.
Look at the approaching thunderstorm in this image. Where I am? On the edge. I have been able to capture the beauty of the storm, partially due to the fact that I am also using interesting light. What happens as you get caught in the middle of the storm. I did a few nights ago, and I tell you it wasn’t as pretty as this! The light goes away, it is dark. There is no direction to the little bit of light that there is, so it is flat and dark. Double whammy. Oftentimes wet and miserable as well.
As I look back at past images as well as events that I have covered, I have found that the best images usually do come from the edges. Don’t neglect completely the center, but do make sure to at least explore the edges, you just might find your next masterpiece there.
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