Roger_Cavanagh
4th of February 2003 (Tue), 04:46
I had a dental appointment this morning. It doesn't seem to matter how early in the day is the appointment, there's always a wait. :eyes
Rather than rely of the pile of out of date magazines in the waiting room, I usually take a book. Today it was Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure Photography (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871563576/rogercavanagh-21) by... oh yes... :)
As it turned out, I only had time for the foreword and preface, but there were a couple of paragraphs that struck a chord, I decided to share them with you:
My limitations are far more biological than technical. I know that the buck stops here, inside my head. If I'm having a bad day, I take bad pictures. My camera almost never has a bad day. If my pictures didn't come out well last week, I remind myself that they were taken with the same device that has also produced fantastic pictures.
An appropriate comment, I think, in the light of the feeding frenzy that's developing in advance of the forthcoming PMA. :D Still I did consider that I would probably be overjoyed to have shot what Galen Rowell would have considered a "bad picture".
The elements of the art of adventure apply just as much to a walk through a city park as to photography of the most exotic places on earth. I didn't realize this when I started out. I have learned from experience that most of the power of photography comes from within us. When I connect emotionally with the world around me in my home city and state, I often get photographs that equal my best efforts in the far corners of the world.
Regards,
Rather than rely of the pile of out of date magazines in the waiting room, I usually take a book. Today it was Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure Photography (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871563576/rogercavanagh-21) by... oh yes... :)
As it turned out, I only had time for the foreword and preface, but there were a couple of paragraphs that struck a chord, I decided to share them with you:
My limitations are far more biological than technical. I know that the buck stops here, inside my head. If I'm having a bad day, I take bad pictures. My camera almost never has a bad day. If my pictures didn't come out well last week, I remind myself that they were taken with the same device that has also produced fantastic pictures.
An appropriate comment, I think, in the light of the feeding frenzy that's developing in advance of the forthcoming PMA. :D Still I did consider that I would probably be overjoyed to have shot what Galen Rowell would have considered a "bad picture".
The elements of the art of adventure apply just as much to a walk through a city park as to photography of the most exotic places on earth. I didn't realize this when I started out. I have learned from experience that most of the power of photography comes from within us. When I connect emotionally with the world around me in my home city and state, I often get photographs that equal my best efforts in the far corners of the world.
Regards,