How many of y'all carry around a "shopping list" in your head,
of photos you want to get someday? I've been doing so for ...
a long time now.
There are the "if I ever find my self at or near ____ at the
right time of day" ones, and the "I must remember to schedule
a trip to _____ in [season]" ones of course. Also the simple
"I must remember to get around to this eventually" sort, and
the "I don't know when this shot is going to be available near
me but I hope it happens" kind. And the frustrating, "this
keeps not working but I know the right equipment to do it
exists, so someday when I have that gear or can borrow it ..."
portion of the list.
Some are photos that I know plenty of other people have done,
but _I_ haven't, and I want to have a version of that's mine.
Some are images that I have in my head that AFAIK don't already
exist on film or in pixels (though given the population of the
planet one can never be entirely certain that one's idea is
unique, of course).
When I manage to cross one of these shots off my list,
sometimes there's a feeling of relief and/or accomplishment.
Other times it's disappontmenr because I realize that my idea
didn't look as interesting in a photo as it did in my head.
But in any case, I've got a bunch of photos I want to make on
my list.
Some of these shots are of the "keep an eye out for this"
variety and others are of the "I really must get around to
planning, setting up, and executing this idea when I have the
time and energy" (and in some cases "and money"). I've wanted
a bat's belly and wings in flight for several years, and each
time I go to a place that predictably has bats, I have to make
another attempt.
But there are more mundane shots on my list as well. Such as
catching my cat using the stack of milk crates that she
prefers instead of a scratching post, or a macro shot of a
kitten's baby-tooth that has fallen out, or a really _good_
shot of the Baltimore Police Department helicopter in flight
(I've got a bunch of attempts I'm not quite happy with).
There are some churches here in Baltimore that I keep meaning
to shoot at the right time of day, where "get around to
setting this up" just means getting in the car at the right
time of day and not being on my way someplace else, so I can
park and get out and line up the shot right.
Others are more artsy: I want to get my hands on a
large-format camera with full movements, learn how to use the
movements to get the effect I want, and create a wall-sized
view into a tiger lilly such that a viewer standing in the
right spot may feel as though she's about to fall in. I don't
even know for sure that the effect I want is possible, but
it's on my list. And I want to borrow a bonsai tree to set in
front of the rising full moon to create in one exposure an
effect that's usually done with a double exposure or
Photoshop. Not because I think doing it my way will be
inherently better; just that it will amuse me greatly to know
that I've done it.
A few, I'm not sure whether they fall into the 'mundane' or
'artsy' category. Like a close-up of a horse's eye showing
how much curvature the lens has.
A few are on a special, "better get around to this before I'm
no longer able to obtain the right kind of film" list.
So, do the rest of you have lists like that in your heads?
-- Glenn
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