Why Do You Take Pictures? by bmac62
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As I spent considerable time postworking this image today I found myself asking questions.
GOT A MINUTE OR TWO TO ASK YOURSELF THE SAME QUESTIONS?
Do you take them
...purely with subject matter in mind?
...to illustrate a story you have to tell?
...to record where you've been?
...to try photographic techniques you like?
...to try your hand at art for art's sake?
...A COMBINATION OF SOME or ALL OF THESE THINGS?
...OR SOME OTHER REASON not even listed above?
Bill
P.S. Hope you like the airplane cockpit above:)
P-51B
"Awaiting Feathers"
Comments (44)
superb shot... like mountain climbers say...'cos its there'
I do it because I am driven to freeze these little moments in time, which is always too shot, so I can look at them more carefully to see more, and also to show others what I see. Excellent question and I also see a lot in your shot! I am also somewhat driven to see other people's photos and I could stand at the end of a photo print machine for an hour anytime just watching prints coming out.
Great pic.
I want to tell a story with my photgraphs for the audience. Thats why a worked as a newsphotographer and I loved it.
Amazing shot of the cockpit before I forget! My reasons for photography are vast, but mainly because I LOVE the medium and the excitement of the shoot! There is not much else that is as thrilling as getting "the perfect shot".... And then the arty postwork and learning new techniques... etc.etc. Great questions Bill!
Good POV
I just point & shoot & hope for the best, then put on comp & think, how did I get that :o) I am sure I couldn't take a pic of a cockpit of a plane & make it look as good as yours :o)
Photographs are a recorded, visual and primal "footprint" of where we have been. To remind us of it when we cannot remember, and to share with others who have a like interest or shared passion (for the subject be it art, photography, aircraft, girls, cars etc).
All above but originaly I strated to take picture to preserve the past for the future. I always joking with it...."when I will be 90yr old hope still able to see a picture (click on the mouse) and browse my file looking back on the good time, where I been and what occupied my mind. This is a fabulous angle and to see the 'interior' is a great.
Dang, Bill, you want me to write a book here, don't cha? LOL! I don't know - I'd have to say all the reasons you listed, and about a million more.... And that goes for my art as well as my photography... The world through Rod's eyes - or mind (what's left of it). I have this constant need to create; it's like a drug. It's MY drug of choice. And it makes no difference if I have a camera in my hand, or a mouse/Wacom stylus. Now, you've got my thoughts flowing - I may just have to sit down and write a little essay... :-D Excellent photo of the 'front office' as well!
We all have opinions and they are varied and interesting - to me (still a novice at it) it will always be an extension of my eyes, mind & mood at the time of capture, not to mention light-play and the atmospherics ... BTW I love the reflections of the corrugated, galvanised steel, BB
My camera is glued to my arm... thats my answer and I am sticking to it.. :) Nice work!!
Well young Bill.. This is a brilliant shot, with great postwork, as I know the difficulties with reflections off aircraft canopies! lol Myself, I take a photo for a record of the moment, the place, an event.. Later, I may put it through photo shop.. I rarely go out with the express desire to try a 'technique'.. But that's me! LOL Great work mate! Back in 3 days.. Rob
All the times I wished I had taken my camera!