Reflections
As hard as it is to do sometimes, it is good to get out of your comfort zone. I teach this all the time to my students as I assign them to photograph things that are not their forte. Doing it out of choice is harder to do, though. One rainy afternoon I found myself at the marina in Newport and decided to try something new. I have always admired photographers who shoot in locations like this and work wonders with their images. This is not where I choose to do most of my work. I fail find the organization in this kind of chaos. I am about simplicity.
I made the choice to find and photograph something that day. I had no tripod with me at the time, which made matters worse. I am always on a tripod. I didn’t have any idea what I might be able to find, but I went looking. I was way out of my comfort zone.
It was a great experience. I learned that even though I don’t choose to photograph this way very often, I can do it. I began to see things that I wouldn’t normally see. I began isolating the reflections in the water from the bouts. The scenes became abstract and I saw line, color, shape and form. I learned that beauty is everywhere, we just need to open our eyes. It is about vision.It is about the love of photography.
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