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Stumbling Across Beautiful Light

May 17, 2011 21:49 by dlofgreen

If you don't keep a camera of some sort with you all the time you should. I can't tell you how many times I stumble across something and say "I wish I had my camera". For those of you who say "just use your phone", my phone camera sucks. I use a little pocket camera now. The thing is, you never know when you will see a great grab shot.

I was in Florida a few months back and had some time to go out and shoot on the beach for a couple of hours in between meetings etc. I had my trusty brick of a medium format camera with me. I had a great time shooting and was headed back to my hotel room happy with what I shot. On the way up to my room I walked past the bar and just happened to glance over as I walked past. Holly smokes! The afternoon light, streaming through the windows, played perfectly with the architecture of the space. I stopped, pulled out my camera, took one exposure and moved on. Below is the quick grab image I have now because I had my camera at the right time. This one didn't get away.

(Mamiya 645 80mm F2.8, Kodak E100VS film)

Keep your eyes open always looking for images, even if you don't have a camera with you. Stop and take a look at the world around you, it makes you think. Then, when you do have a camera, you will be able to capture what you are seeing.


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