january 2, 2023
I went out the other day to shoot and told myself I'd be happy if I got one photo, and this was my one good shot. This one was a step forward for me in one specific way: I am happy I got the wires in the shot, and I framed everything as carefully as I could with them, rather than 1) not considering them, 2) hoping I could remove them, or 3) finding them a nuisance.
I'm realizing part of what makes my recent work better than my old "photos-of-stuff" methods is that I try to consider the entire frame fully, vs. just "the subject". In the desert, this is relatively easy, because I explicitly went places where only one or two structures would exist, and I could frame and plan to my heart's content; it's a little harder out here in the small towns of the mountainous Pacific Northwest, but I'm trying to make sure I keep the same mentality. Even down to the telephone lines.
