My wife often comments that she knows which sort of shot I will go
with, including photographing the same flowers annually.
Chris
On 15 Jul 2009, at 04:46, Moose wrote:
> I know some of my favorite subjects aren't everyone's cup of tea. I
> certainly wonder sometimes why I continue to shot the same things over
> and over again. Flowers are an example. I continue to shoot many of
> the
> same ones I shot last year, and the year before and the decade before,
> and so on. Yes, overall technical quality has improved over the
> decades,
> mostly with equipment improvements, and a little due to technique.
>
> But the real reason is very simple. I enjoy it. Spending an hour or
> few
> shooting at a garden, then the evening browsing through the images
> just
> makes me feel happy. I can't think of a better reason. Nor do I need
> to
> know why. Endless, to me repetitive, images of flying machines just
> bore
> me. A few, carefully chosen images with interesting color,
> composition,
> etc, where photographic values predominate, nice. A gallery full of d
> planes flying or languishing in museums? Nah. But I imagine others
> find
> taking and viewing them as enjoyable as as I do with flowers and other
> images of nature.
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