> "Did I answer the question"? >Doug Brewer I'd say.
Thanks Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO - Rugged Coast > Kenneth Waller wrote: > >> So it begs the hypothetical question - would you have taken the image or >> just enjoyed the scene for what it was worth? >> Something that I've come to grips with after many years of capturing >> images >> that I eventually discard for similar reasons. There are very few images >> I'll attempt with out first evaluating the quality of the light. >> >> >> Kenneth Waller > > Here we go. Something to chew on. > > Several years ago, I went on a shoot with Don Nelson, who worked for > Pentax, and some newspaper guy from North Carolina. We had decided to > meet in a little town in Tennessee near the NC border, to hike in and > photograph Mouse Creek Falls. > > We arose early, way before dawn, grabbed up all our gear and drove to > the trailhead. It was somewhere in the mid-teens, Fahrenheit-wise, and > the trail was up a pretty steep angle. The falls were three miles into > the woods. > > It was rocky and cold there in the NC mountains, but we made it all the > way in, only to realize that the light was absolutely wrong; we should > have waited until afternoon. We set up and shot anyway, -we'd come in, > and bygawd we were gonna take pictures- but I've never really liked the > results I got, even using a P67. > > Now, like everyone else here, I shoot quite a bit. The overwhelming > majority of the photos I get come under the category of record-keeping; > I'm in a place, so I get shots of that place. The quality of the light > is not as important as the proof I was there, I think. > > But if you want to see me excited, or as excited as I ever get, give me > some good light, and I'm all over it. I start looking for a subject that > fits the light, and the whole magic of photography thing strikes me anew. > > You have to be wary of becoming too dependent on golden light. When I > mention "good" light, it may not be that perfect warmth of the > early/late hour. What I mean is light that is interesting, whether it's > dusky or rainy or foggy or something different entirely. It's one of > those things that I know when I see it. There are subjects which will do > justice to that particular quality of light, if only we can find them. > > Obviously, the best times are when I'm somewhere special, whether it's > my backyard or Paris, or wherever, =and= the light's good. > > That's when it's fun. > > Did I answer the question? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
