Bob W: Yes, photography & travel are natural partners. You've had some wonderful photographic moments & travels. I bet the photographs are terrific. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 2:13 AM Subject: RE: Your Great Photographic Moments? > Good question. It's impossible to pick a single moment. What > photography does for me is take me to places I wouldn't otherwise go, > and to events I wouldn't otherwise take part in. I love travelling, > although I haven't done much exotic recently, and photography and > travel are natural partners which feed off each other: travel inspires > photography inspires travel. > > So my best times have been when I've travelled somewhere to photograph > something specific. When it goes well you get into a zone where the > world passes through your viewfinder like a movie. You feel connected > and yet separate from the events going on around you. > > Mostly when this happens you can get a great set of pictures from the > event. For me these include photographing a funeral in a Transylvanian > village, photographing the Timkat festival in the mountains of > Ethiopia - watching dawn rise over the mountains and gorges having > spent the night out in a field with pilgrims during their all-night > vigil; going out with peasant fishermen on their boat at dawn in Puri, > Orissa; photographing druids in London, and a riot in London; women > farming seaweed in Zanzibar; a wildlife safari in South Africa - it > just goes on. Wandering around unknown cities, lost. The Mahalaxmi > dhobi ghat in Mumbai; the Moscow river at sunrise on a -20 November > morning... Photographing the children of my family and friends as > they've grown up. All these things and many, many more are due to > photography. > > Sometimes the pictures don't work, but you still have the experience > and the memories - so you can't lose. The fishing photos from Puri > turned out to be hopeless, but I had a wonderful experience and met > some wonderful people. By the time I'd visited every house in the > Transylvanian village I was so drunk I couldn't focus, and messed up > what could have been one of the best photos of my life, when the chap > who'd 'adopted' me for the day broke down in tears at his parent's > grave. The composition and light, and the event itself are beautiful > in this photo, but it is hopelessly out of focus. But it doesn't > matter much because in the end I don't really need the photo - I have > the experience. > > -- > Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Christine Aguila >> Sent: 09 February 2008 01:42 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Your Great Photographic Moments? >> >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
