Winsor wrote:
>Rowell like Adams was out there enough to visualize photo
>possibilities when the light changed. He would often return to the
>scene when the light was the way he wanted it. Hard to to as a
>tourist. I guess we need to go "on assignment" once in a while.
That's the attitude I'm taking with Mt. Rainier, Winsor. I've seen it enough
times to know that to get a "great" shot, I'm going to have to be there, at
the right spot, during "magic light" time, or during extraordinary weather
conditions... SOMETHING that will take either blind luck or a lot of planning
and patience to achieve.
Takes an hour and a half, gas, food, and $10 (or a season pass) each trip up
there. But it's worth it every time, even if the photos don't turn out the
way I hope they should. The air is clean, smelling of spruce, the views
awesome, the tourists happy and friendly, even if they can't speak the same
language. One of the really entertaining parts is watching people you just
know have never actually seen any snow before, play in the snow, sliding,
throwing snowballs, squeeling with delight.
The "on assignment" aspect of it is being driven home to me very quickly.
I'm going to pick my spot, then try to be there at the right time and light.
Maybe take an entire roll, or a good portion of it, of just one view of one
spot, bracketing, changing lenses, etc. Maybe with two OMs with two
different types of film as well, one lower contrast than the other, etc.
There are SO many possibilities for just one shot.
Rich
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