• frost,  leaves,  Plants,  quotes

    Life is the subject

    January 8, 2023

    With time, photographers learn that nearly everything within the frame looks different with a change of perspective. A move to the left or right, up or down, controls how elements in the frame relate to each other. The story changes, often dramatically, when we alter the angle from which we view it. A different lens, a different filter, and it changes again. The photographer with some experience understands that vision is not only what we see but how we see, and that’s as true with the camera in our hands as it is without it. In that way, life is not at all like a camera. Life is the subject.

    David DuChemin

    As we face another day of overcast skies and cold weather I thought I’d like to share another image that represents a feeling of the cold. Stay warm.

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  • landscape,  natural areas,  Pineridge Natural Area,  quotes,  sunrises

    “the shot”

    February 15, 2022

    There is no the shot. There are photographs you’ve made—and photographs you will make, but there is no one, single, “the shot.” Not while you’re still photographing, there isn’t.

    David duChemin

    The above quote is a from David’s latest post. I enjoyed the read and wanted to share it with you. I’ve always connected with his writing, read all six of his books, but I was impressed with his concept that there is always another image yet to be taken. So, I’ll say to you now that I did not get the shot on this image but I will try again. And the final image in his post left me speechless.

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  • flowers,  Plants,  quotes

    More Flowers

    August 9, 2017

    “Courage is not only the willingness to face uncertainty but to embrace it, to collaborate with it.” David duChemin 

    Another image taken at the CSU Experimental Gardens. We have had overcast skies and a lite rain for the past few days. This brings cooler temperatureS and higher humidity, so this morning I’m wearing a jacket. Forecast is for the same weather the next four days. 

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  • Black and White,  Candid Portraits,  Documentary/Street,  music,  People/Portraits,  quotes

    A Little Jazz Music

    July 31, 2017

    The music is in His Soul
    Jazz musician near Bourbon Street in New Orleans

    “More photographs of beautiful moments have been lost by looking at our cameras than will ever be lost to missed focus or poor exposure.” David duChemin

    I took this image of the musician near Bourbon Street in New Orleans back in 2008 while I was still flying (working). There were perks with that job and one was the photographic opportunities offered on the longer overnights. 

    Through those long overnights my interest in street and documentary photography was discovered. My camera equipment changed as the smaller mirror-less gear was more to my liking and much easier to travel with. The “decisive moment” began to take on more importance, knowing I could not come back and retake an image if I missed it.

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