What Can You Learn From These Stories?
BY Marc Silber on August 15, 2009
Not long ago, I was talking with Chris MacAskill, Co-founder of SmugMug, about filming some tips. He mentioned that he’s often asked for stories behind the huge shots taken by their members that hang on their HQ walls. That’s right folks, when you go there, after you’ve been greeted by their 3 yellow labs, the next next thing you suddenly realize is that you’re looking at grande photos everywhere. Makes sense as that’s their game. So Chris invited me over to hear about a few:
The shot of Horsetail Fall in Yosemite–was that a new “firefall” or a PhotoShop trick? How the hell did John Harrison get this shot?
Chris lead us on a tour and told us the stories of two more shots by Leping Zha, with amazing use of light and being in the right place at the right time.
And the moral to these stories? “Chance favors the prepared mind” as Ansel Adams was fond of saying. What can you learn from these shots? Go after those images that you’ve visualized, find the right moment and capture them. But watch for yourself.
Tell me your stories about your shots and attach them to your comment, love to see what you’ve got and hear how you captured it: the magic of photography and capturing the moment.
