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I just got done teaching for the day, it put me into the mood to post another image. I really do enjoy teaching (and talking in general about) photography. The class I am doing right now is Fundamentals of Photography, the basics. Of all the classes I have taught so far, both on my own and through NewSpace and Exposure Northwest, this has become my favorite class. Something about working with beginners, helping them to understand the basic elements both on the technical side and the creative side of creating photographs is inspiring to me too. It helps remind me of my beginnings, the good and the bad, and I really appreciate that. Sometimes as we get better and better at this whole photography thing, we sort of lose our grip on certain perspectives we held when we were still fresh and new to this. We get too set in our ways. We get too convinced of the way we create our photos. We forget what it was like to be uncertain and unsure, but still plunging valiantly ahead into unknown territory. I make an effort to not do any of those things and I still find myself tending toward them, so I know other photographers must also face those difficulties.
Part of it though is just enjoying the freshness of it all. It is sort of like following my son around and seeing him fascinated and impressed by everything. It is still all so new to him. A lot of the students in this class are this way too, to them so much is new and fresh, a lot of which is not necessarily stale to me, but at least is familiar and that familiarity brings benefits and drawbacks. I like how amazed they get learning about apertures, how excited they are to even learn to shoot their cameras in manual. To blur subjects with long exposures and to isolate subjects with shallow depth of field.
And I like to be reminded how fascinating all this can be, was once was in fact. It still is, in a way, but it is easier to forget, to become jaded by the familiarity of the whole process. To take the process for granted in a quest for the result.
I like the process of photography, of making an image. The ingredients that go into from start to finish. It is fascinating, and there are so many variables involved that possibilities for deviation and alteration are mind boggling.
But I am wandering now, and have a pizza to bake. Mmmm, homemade pizza. Photography is lure enough to pull me even from that, but only temporarily.
Anyhow, this was shot with a Fuji 6x17 I borrowed from Matt. If you like it, stop by his stream and tell him thanks for letting me borrow it. I am in the process of scanning the California stuff, and ought to be ready to begin posting that in a week or so. I like to take my time and mull things over, but I know some of you folk down there are eager to see the results, so I have lit a small fire under it. I have about five panos from California scanned in and one or two more to go, then on to the Holga, Pentax and pinhole work. Cull and edit and the posting will begin.
Til then, chill out at Proxy with me.
(And yes, I was struck by the irony that the posted image on Flickr is almost smaller than the negative it came from ;-P )
After seeing so many beautiful images of this spot on Flickr, I just had to go check it out for myself.
Here's my modest contribution to the photo pool.
A huge, multi tiered waterfall in Central Oregon. One of the most popular in Oregon, partially for how beautiful it is, partially for how easy it is to access. Because of all it's tiers and platforms, it's an awesome place to do some water / photography study.
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Proxy Falls is one of the most frequently photographed waterfalls in Oregon and is certainly among the most photogenic waterfalls in the entire country. Anybody who as had a waterfall calendar has undoubtedly seen pictures of this gorgeous cascade. Fed by springs on the shoulder of North Sister, Proxy Creek breaks over a wall of columnar basalt liberally marinated in mosses, veiling 226 feet in two streams.
First time visiting this one. I’d have to rank it as one of the top two or three falls I’ve seen in person so far. It’s hard to grasp the scale of it from photos, it drops over 200 feet. Sadly I forgot my adapter for my telephoto so I was left with only my wide angle, but I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out.