I think such moments come in at least two distinct flavours. One is where I've put down loads of effort in preparing to photograph a particular subject, and the effort is crowned by photographic success. The other is where an opportunity finds me out of the blue and I come away surprised and lucky.
There are many moments to look back at, of both flavours. The memory of "kick" induced by those moments is one of the main drives to keep on photographing, especially through the inevitable dry spells. Two particular memories of return-for-preparations: My first successful photo of a snow crystal came after first envying Mark Cassino's shots for several years, then looking into what kind of gear I needed, figuring out how to handle those brittle little things, and finally seize the opportunities when they arose. It took many opportunities to get the first one good enough to be proud of. In 2004, Adelheid von Kirschten and I toured the East Coast of USA. We had been to GFM, and meandered out to the Outer Banks. It was on our first morning out there the Venus Passage took place, and I rose early to get a glimpse. Rising early is a particular personal challenge for me... :-) As the morning fog rolled in from the Atlantic, I realised that I would either miss it or get a wonderful opportunity to photograph it without the need for any special filters. So I prepared by finding a sand dune with some nice straws on it and waited for the sun to shine through the fog some time before the passage was over. It got exactly _one_ shot. And it worked out. One example of the other flavour is from when we (the whole family) visited Boris Liberman and family in Israel in 2005. They took us to Jerusalem one day, and wandering around I observed a couple of schoolkids playing and stopped to take a pic. They noticed me, thought I was funny or something and shot back. Not with a camera, but with a toy gun. I think I've shown all the mentioned pics here... The latter two have been accepted into the Pentax gallery too. Jostein 2008/2/9, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Everyone: > > I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great > international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and > photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd love to hear > stories about your greatest photographic moments. Anyone willing to share a > story or 2? > > Cheers, Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
