April 25, 2021

When you see an image worthy of your efforts you have a choice, be stealth and move slowly toward your subject or observe the changing light and place yourself in a middle position whereby you can create your own personal, original imagery and not the cliche photos of redundancy.  

Being surrounded by potential subjects you must have patience, as you study your visual compositions beginning to change in nature’s warm light.

You have to move fast if the light begins to waver and clouds form and you have just seconds to compose your landscape and click the shutter.

Or rethink your best path to take in getting as close to the subject as possible as the light begins to spread its wings and cover your chosen subject leading your eye to a unique reflection in still water.

Photographers take a slice of reality out of the flow of time in our external, physical existence that is never stagnate but in continuous flux creating unique systems of revelations through nature’s evolution.

You must be present and aware of your surroundings in order to capture those fleeting moments others miss.

Change in seasons, change in weather, change in light, change in understanding, change in becoming more than just a photographer but an image creator that walks through the flow of your time, your possession of time by creating your unique piece of the puzzle before you, not a snap shot but a study of the scene in mother nature or on the streets of cities.

The externality of our existence is elusive, we become cattle hungry for more physical products that amount to nothing while it distracts you and the wealthy steal more of your hard earned efforts without the means to rise up and get to our unique destinations.

You have been suckered into believing that this reality has always been present when in fact it is like all externalities, created for a specific purpose and that purpose is an addiction to power over the people that work not for a god but for the godless rich seeking more and more of your money.

In photography you are a visual hunter examining the landscape before you, exploring angles of possibilities, seeking that moment when everything is flowing with unique light and the scene opens up to your inner intuition and the click of the shutter is such a positive sound and you know you have made something special.

Most photo shooters would have passed by their inner landscape ignoring the possibilities because they were not focused on the present but other worries nagging at them, their mind filled with the over powering need to find things that distract them from their true purpose, so all they want to do is click the shutter and move on without realizing that they just past up an iconic landscape, a pure revelation of mother nature.

It doesn’t take long to capture a subject in a split second, in a reality in constant flux most of us ignore and take for granted. We have more important things to do that have nothing to do with artistic talent but investments that add more cash to our off shore accounts.

That is why great photography is not only a personal means of expression but a means to capture  moments in the flow of time to be forever viewed in a reality still with wonder, questions that are in constant flux. Whereby no scene remains stagnant.

You can come and go to a favorite location to create photographs and each time you find something different, some unique subject that catches your internal vision and you can intuitively feel that if the light continues to get better you will have an image to be proud of.

Reality changes like the seasons change and we ignore the possibilities of change by taking photographs of the mundane images everyone shoots. We refuse to see the seasons as a clue for creating good images. As seasons change your image creation also changes, matures as you begin to get a feeling for the external reality of illusive stability. Our vision is in tune with the outer reality because we have adapted to a world that seems stagnate but is actually in turmoil and ready to explode with color and violent storms, and volcanic eruptions.  

To immerse yourself in the external world is the only way to dig deep into the under currents of living a photographers life rather than just taking images of  surface subjects without depth and a personal vision.

When we create images time changes, it allows us to flow into nature without fear but with a visual purpose.

Our external vision if focused properly can penetrate a different realty than our intellectual conception of it,
our intellect can be a numbing barrier between you and your inner visual senses, trying to get you back to your redundant life style that appears concrete but in your inner reality of self awareness, it is continually in flux.

Our intellect is not your ally but an instigator, a bait and switch normalcy controlling the outcome of your personal vision in seeing a landscape continually changing.

Your mind wants to keep things simple without having you begin to see and feel your power of individuality, seeking a bigger purpose in your life rather than settling for the chaos of redundancy.

Anticipation is the key to a successful image and you must be intuitively present to see the subtle changes taking place as you explore the scene before you.

Don’t be fooled by the stasis of the scene it is changing and the sunlight is moving and shadows can be good or distracting so use your intense awareness of the scene and what you want state in your image composition that allows viewers to see and feel your unique vision.

 

 April 9, 2021

Photography Blog:

Image creation is a magical experience through preparation, insight, determination and intuition.

Anything can become an amazing subject to explore and make images of.

Images just don’t happen they are made. A good photographer enters his own unique world. His/her emotions begin the search for a subject worthy of the feelings that can’t be pushed away, that can’t be ignored.

Whether they are happy or sad these feelings must be expressed and internalized through the outline of a photograph taking shape in your mind a vision forming and then externalized through the image creation.

A photograph is nothing but ones inner world being shown to the world.  We mustn’t fear our inner world being represented through great image creations.

For our truth in life is what we are attracted to in the physical world that dictates to us our emotional states. We must move past the confusions of our externalized world trying to move you closer to conformity of being present and not your visual intuition seeing a subject that represents your inner feelings and your anger at the indifference of wealth as the world crumbles in polluted air and minds.

Photography is an expression of your inner mind and no one else’s.

We must move away from the greedy eyes to your own personal vision of subjects that reflect your inner being.

As photographers we are drawn to certain subjects more than others. Your childhood world played a big part in your older consciousness wanting to return to those early years when everything was new and visually exciting.
 
In some cases your early experiences at creating art were horrendous without mercy and your inner being was crushed but through seeking an outlet for your artistic vision photography gave you confidence to explore your inner fears and create works of art by believing in yourself and your inner talent.

To see reality in its truth you must explore the past and conquer your fears by channeling the external world into a photographic structure, an image that
you make and no one else.

Your unique focused vision is your inner release, letting go of earlier times and people that tried to break you but couldn’t.

When you are in tune with the environment you have chosen to explore you must open your mind to the overwhelming possibilities that are present.

Your subconscious begins its duty of drawing you closer to your subject with little details that will eventually be the foundation of your photograph.

Focused attention leaves behind the hectic pace of everyday life and allows you these moments of calmness amongst the subjects you are drawn too.

We are not robots seeking a subjects that are redundant without a visual connection to ourselves.  

What we like or dislike external to us has been conditioned in us through parents, brothers, sisters, friends, enemies, teachers etc… We need to break through these early barriers and open ourselves to new image challenges that just might open our inner vision to new horizons.

Photographers feed off their own personal vision. We seek imagery that reflects our own unique style. We are not afraid to experiment with light, lenses, shutter speeds, filters..etc, that will give our subject that extra technique and vision that can stun the viewer with its momentous truth.

My fear nowadays is the overwhelming amount of images being taken and posted online, these images are snap shots of passing moments without a visual anchor to excite our senses.

These social media imagery degrade the photographic history of our best photographers. Now anything can be and is used in ads as if the message was anything but what the models were wearing. Every photograph taken now it seems is an ad for some product.

Photographs in todays culture of video games, self praise without self awareness, demeans photography and its original purpose to give people the ability to see the world through the eyes of a photographer giving his life so others can feel the hypocrisy of power, the hate, starvation, wars, climate change, instead of a surface reflection without depth of purpose, an imitation of ones inability to dig deeper into our earthly history and present moments.

A good photographer sometimes needs to put his blinders on and not listen to the repetitious voices of the talking heads and just move forward with their own personal projects that can shed light on the destruction of this planet by the oligarchs that now rule us all.

A good photographer nowadays need to be strong, determined and not allow voices of conformity, to
control your focused independent photography projects.

Don’t be corralled by the redundant visions of security by those that do not want to find the truth of our existence performing for the elites, doing their shallow formulas of mind control.

Keep focused on your independent photography projects.

When the subject is finally discovered and your intense visual perception of the landscape excites
your vision you flow into the dramatic scene as an observer connected through your senses on high alert as you begin to compose your image waiting making changes to your composition as the light becomes intense begins to cooperate with your intent and you feel the moment is near as the sunlight illuminates your unique perspective because you had positioned yourself where you knew the elements of nature would meet your intuitive awareness that drew you to this particular location to create great photographs.