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I usually know before I see my images if I bottled lightning – if my scans will reveal what made me look twice plus that little something extra. It only ever happens when I forget about my gear.
Through practice, and study, and trial and error I have come to know my camera so well, that there are times when I am so entranced with what I’m seeing, that I don’t stop to think about dials or settings or light metering. I let my eyes take over, and my brain and hands follow with the tasks they’ve practiced so many times that their work can be subconscious.
When things come together in this way, the process of making the images is, in itself, sublime, and the pictures become a wonderful bonus.
“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”
John Ruskin
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love this site! and the viking in Chincoteague…love him! I go there all the time, my grandparents lived there and I spent every summer in Chincoteague until I was married. Now my daughter and I go at least once a week in the summer.
It is an amazing place – like traveling back in time. How wonderful to get to spend time there every year!
I love the idea that the making of images itself is sublime, whatever the outcome!
When all the planets align like that, it is such a thrill, Kim!
love these, D! And your message speaks to me!
Thank you, Meg. And I get impression from your LA photos especially that you experience this feeling too – somehow it leaves it’s mark on the images.
Love all of these Debbie! Beautiful! But those fire crackers pretty much light up my world!
Thank you, Holly. I have so much fun making pictures of firecrackers!
I got goosebumps reading that one. And the featured image is stunning.
Wow, Angie, thank you!
Yes, bottled lightning (and to those beautiful tones in the photos)! I love the way you described it—the moment of capture and the anticipation of waiting around for your film to be developed.
and the excitement of seeing those scans the first time. right? it’s a cheap thrill, I guess, but it works for me!
Since I have had the privilege of knowing your work via other “places”, I have seen some of these images. They got me then, and they have me now. I have been a fan of yours since you began with your point and shoot and you had me convinced you were using a fancy dslr at the time and now you shoot film so beautifully on top of that. I admire how you stretch and grow and keep growing and how you explain how now your gifted eyes take over your brain.
xxoo times 1,000,000 Tracie! I think we’ve all grown so much over the years, I know I see constant stretching in your photography too.