How I Really Take My Photographs
To tell you the truth, when I’m taking my photographs, I’m not the analytical type. It’s only after I look at the images I’ve photographed that I can analyze them.
On the other hand, at the time of taking the photographs, it’s all about feeling for me – whether it feels right.
Actually, the way I really take my photographs, feels more of an intuitive experience. Sometimes, it almost feels like I’m receiving spiritual guidance or having a psychic experience.
For example, when I took the photograph for the month of February in the 2008 Edgar Cayce Divine in Nature Calendar, I did not analyze the type of photograph I wanted by saying, “I need something in the foreground so the mountain does not look so flat.”
Au contraire, I had a feeling of what I wanted. I knew that in many photographs of mountains the mountains looked tiny and flat. It mystified me that a mountain can be huge but in many photographs it looks and feels tiny. Because of this, I knew what I did not want. However, I did not know how or where I was going to get what I wanted – a photograph of Mount Reiner that conveyed a powerful intense feeling.
Therefore, I drove around Mount Reiner National Park. As I drove, I kept looking for a place where the mountain had a looming feel to it. When I came to the place, I knew it was right. I felt it. That’s why it feels like a psychic or spiritual experience to me. The knowingness defies logic.
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