rain # 2-8 ~ more rain please
Monday, July 23, 2012 at 11:17AM ;)
Trees, parking lot, and utility enclosure ~ Lake Placid, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Birch and benches ~ Lake Placid, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Tour boat and pool scum ~ Lake George, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Lightning ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Metal lawn chairs ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Barn and utility pole ~ Clintonville, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Sidewalk and trees ~ Old Montreal, Canada - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggenAs mentioned in my recent entry, water, in one state or another, I have embarked upon making a rain-based body of work. However, it's not as though I have just recently discovered the idea / allure of making pictures in the rain (or rain like conditions) because, truth be told, over the past few years, I have made a number of rain type pictures. In fact, upon a rather thorough look through my picture files, I have more than enough such pictures - as an example, a few of which are posted in this entry - to easily make a 20 picture folio (my "standard" folio print number).
That said, I won't be making a rain pictures folio from my current collection any time soon. In a manner of speaking, I feel as though that would be a bit like "cheating", inasmuch as the pictures were not conceived and made with an intentional rain body of work / folio in mind. As strong as most of the pictures are, putting together a folio from my current collection would, IMO, be a lazy-ass way of doing it.
Not that I am theoretically opposed to creating a body of work / folio of pictures from an accumulation of "unfocused" but similarly themed pictures made over a protracted period of time. In my larger body of work - 4,000+ pictures and growing - there are many ongoing themes / related referents which were not initially envisioned as separate bodies of work. However, as time progressed and a number of referent-related themes produced a separate and substantial number of pictures, those themes became self-evident as stand alone bodies of work.
In the case of rain referent pictures, I really do not think that I have devoted nearly enough focused / concerted effort to the making of those pictures. At least not enough to justify a rain referent folio which represents my thorough and honest opinion, picture wise, on the subject. So, here I sit, rain gear at the ready, hoping for rain.
My apologies to all the Adirondack tourists hoping for sunny days.
<b<BTW, I'm curious - anyone else out there working on a body of work, intentionally or emergent?
Reader Comments (3)
I find that my own portfolios often emerge as a result of unconciously being attracted to certain subjects over a period of time. As I keyword and sort images in Lightroom themes emerge. I'm a typical snapshooter and I photograph mainly to document everyday life in Arctic Norway. Very rarely do I plan a shoot or theme. Rather I just carry cameras everywhere and fire away whenever I feel inspired.
Coincidentally I'm working on rain images as well. I always prefer to shoot in bad weather as I hate sunshine. Capturing wind and rain is a real challenge, and it's been an ongoing project for more than 10 years.
Keep 'em coming Mark. I love 'em!
Here are some images from a project that I am currently pursuing.
http://www.anilraophotography.com/gallery/tafoni/tafoni.html
My progress has been so slow in the last two yearws that its embarrassing, but I am hopeful that the collection will grow over time.
Very nice set of photos (even if they weren't initially made to be seen together!)