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The human element...how important is it? In my previous post a contact mentioned that I should have set the timer on my camera and walked into the scene. I suppose I'll hear it here as well. In honesty, it never occurred to me. Is it a lack of imagination? A different aesthetic value? In this, I can easily imagine a person in black walking across the bridge, perhaps unformed due to the 8 sec exposure. For me though, this has an element of anticipation that I like. Not knowing what the next moment will bring? Or who or what will enter? I like that.
I think there is also another reason that it never occurred to me to walk into the frame. There is a certain artistic discomfort I feel with placing myself in the picture. While I like it in the work of others, it feels forced and contrived in my own. That's not to say I won't try it in the future. Perhaps it's just a matter of comfort. The more one does it, the easier it becomes. I'm not sure.
I'd be interested to hear your take. The human element...how important is it?
In preparation of our yearly Backyard Harvest Fest for our backyard visitors, we started setting the arena bit by bit, slowing putting out some of the decorations each day. Slow and steady wins the race, and this little squirrel shows her approval of our newest tactic.
As some of you may know, squirrels are big scaredy-cats! They don't take to change, and new things are very frightening, even if the food is clearly visible! As such, we've learned if you put out things slowly, the scaredy-cats seem to get over their fear quicker than when we'd set up the entire arena in one day.
I mean, what's more terrifying than going to bed on day when everything is perfectly normal, and when you wake up the next morning the yard is full of pumpkins, gourds, jack-o-lanterns, Indian Corn, Goodie Bowls and just all kinds of scary stuff!?!
Construction underway on a new hotel for the German hotel chain Motel One. Situated on the street called The Minories, near Aldgate, the hotel is due to open in 2015.
Setting the Stage Donor Appreciation at the Carolina Theatre of Greensboro – October 17, 2023
- photo credit: Lynn Donovan Photography