civilized ku # 2109 ~ you wound me
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 11:18AM ;)
Asgaard Farm ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggenAfter purchasing some pork chops, goat shanks, and goat cheese - and chatting up the owner, re: a summer portrait project of all the farm workers (it's a go) - I was returning to the car when I spotted the Asgaard Farm scene, the picture of which accompanies this entry.
The wife was asked/instructed to wait in the car while I made a few pictures of the scene. "No problem," she said, "but you're just chasing the light."
Ouch, and double ouch. I am not a light chaser. I never chase the light.
However, at times, the light does seem to chase me and, if the opportunity to picture the light in a scene worth picturing in order to make a picture which is not "all about the light", I'll make a picture or two. IMO, the Asgaard Farm picture is about so much more than just the light.
That said, because it was such a nice warm and sunny afternoon and we had a number of stops to make on our rounds, I deemed it best, despite my wounded pysche, to just enjoy the day and not deliver a lecture on the finer points of picture making to my captive audience - a subject about which she is so enthralled that the possibility of spending an hour or two trapped next to me in the passenger seat while I prattle / natter on about things photographic was most certainly high on her list of things to do on a fine Saturday afternoon.
Reader Comments (1)
The wonderful lightning bolt shape and cupola shadow add so much interest to this picture... why can' you just enjoy the magic and not worry about "chasing the light"?
Wait, I am not sure I am addressing you or the wife.
Maybe both.